Ruth Ellis lives with her 10-year old son Andy next to a night club. Read More »
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) Mike Newell, Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder Read More »
Enchanted April (1992) Mike Newell, Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson
This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. Read More »
The Good Father (1985) Mike Newell, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter
Bill (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is a man who’s very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. Read More »
Bad Blood (1981) Mike Newell, Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill
During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people Read More »
Blood Feud (1983) Mike Newell, Robert Blake, Cotter Smith, Danny Aiello
Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy’s campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice. Read More »
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) Mike Newell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, Dean Alexander, Drama, Sport
Chuck Murdock is an all American kid living in a sleepy town in Montana. He is the top pitcher of the little league team as well. Read More »
The Awakening (1980) Mike Newell, Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Horror
An American archaeologist is in Egypt with his pregnant wife, searching for the tomb of a long-lost Egyptian queen. At the same moment he discovers the tomb and opens it’s accursed seal, his wife gives birth to his daughter. Years later it transpires that the malevolent spirit of the Egyptian queen left the tomb just as he was entering, and possessed his baby girl. As the truth becomes clear, the archaeologist realizes that he must destroy his daughter in a ceremonial ritual, before she uses her awesome powers to threaten the safety of mankind.
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) Mike Newell, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with the the insufferably cruel behavior of Louis XIV (Richard Chamberlain), a group of musketeers plot to replace the king with his twin brother, Philippe (also Chamberlain). They kidnap Phillipe and temporarily lock him in the Bastille, where he is inevitably recognized as a dead ringer for Louis. Word gets back to the king and, fearing for his safety, he decides to have his brother locked in an iron mask and subsequently imprisoned for life.
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