Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life may be an improvement on its 2001 predecessor, but its appeal is mostly aimed at fans of the video games that inspired both movies. That pretty much leaves you with some fun but familiar action sequences, and the ever-alluring sight of Angelina Jolie (reprising her title role) as she swims, swings, kicks, shoots, flies, jet-skis, motorcycles, and free-falls her way toward saving the world, this time by making sure that a grimacing villain (Ciaran Hinds) doesn't open Pandora's Box (yes, the actual mythological object) and unleash a deadly plague that will "weed out" the global population. Exotic locations add to Jolie's own coolly erotic appeal, but we're left wondering if this franchise has anywhere else to go. --Jeff Shannon
In 1939 London middle-aged governess Miss Pettigrew has a glamorous change of career and life when she becomes social secretary for an actress and singer.
A brutal bloody and gripping saga of obsession corruption and poisonous greed; Paul Thomas Anderson's Award Winning There Will Be Blood is a masterly unwavering inspection of a consummately evil man whose trailblazing spirit is equalled only by his murderous ambition. In the dying years of the nineteenth century Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) a struggling silver miner realises that true wealth lies in oil extraction. Driven by a passionate hatred for others and an intense psychological need to see competitors fail he heads for the oil-rich land of California in a bid to manipulate and exploit the landowners of dust-worn Little Boston in to selling him their properties. Forefront of the town is self-styled `faith healer' Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) who is structuring his own sinister plan to funnel the residents' impending wealth into his self-founded church. As Plainview's empire expands so does his obsession with the intrinsic value of power and he becomes increasingly irascible and paranoid along the way. What follows is a vindictive ruthless and violent chain of events as Plainview fails to deliver on promises as he pits himself against the town's perturbed and unstable charismatic teenage preacher. In addition to stunning visuals and an exceptional captivating score from accomplished composer (and Radiohead guitarist) Jonny Greenwood director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) owes his best work to date to the incredible Academy Award winning performance as Plainview by Daniel Day-Lewis and the staggering portrayal of Eli Sunday by Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). Bearing similarities to Citizen Kane and Giant There Will Be Blood is an intelligent thought-provoking and powerfully-eccentric epic masterpiece that is as enchanting as it is timeless.
"The Nativity Story" chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus.
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business.
Eighties icons Crockett and Tubbs come to the big screen in this Michael Mann-directed adventure.
Series 1: Starring Jared Harris (Chernobyl), Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown), The Terror is inspired by the British Royal Navy's real life expedition into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, The Terror highlights all that can go wrong when a group of men, desperate to survive, struggle not only with the elements, but with each other. Series 2:In The Terror: Infamy the second instalment of producer (and Primetime Emmy® winner) Ridley Scott's horror-tinged anthology World War II-era Japanese-Americans on South California's Terminal Island are menaced by a bakemono or folkloric spectre. Suffering forced evictions and imprisonment after the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Terminal Islanders are hounded by prejudice and injustice, as well as bad omens and bizarre deaths. One of them, Chester Nakayama, decides to take on the malevolent entity, journeying to realms of evil in both the present and the distant past.
Starring Jared Harris (Chernobyl), Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown), The Terror is inspired by the British Royal Navy's real life expedition into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Finding instead a monstrous, gothic horror that stalks the boats and the minds of the men in a desperate game of survival, the men are forced to face their worst fears. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, the crew must simultaneously battle the elements, the supernatural and eventually themselves to try to overcome the true Terror. This is the UK BBC listing with English language with English subtitles
Evil loves innocence. The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is given a new twist when seen through the innocent eyes of Dr Jekyll's housemaid Mary Reilly. Mary (Julia Roberts) is sensitive to the needs and weaknesses of her master Dr Henry Jekyll (John Malkovich) and is prepared to do almost anything for him. Her trust is a blessing as the doctor embarks on a new dangerous experiment - one that will bring about a meeting between Mary and Dr Jekyll's sinister assistant Mr Hyd
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its combination of sumptuous beauty and revolting decadence. Few directors polarise audiences in the same way as Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th-century painting as by the French New Wave. A vile, gluttonous thief (Michael Gambon) spews hate and abuse at a restaurant run by a stoic French cook (Richard Bohringer), but under the thief's nose his wife (the ever-sensuous Helen Mirren) conducts an affair with a bookish lover (Alan Howard). Clothing (by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Gaultier) changes colour as the characters move from room to room. Nudity, torture, rotting meat, and Tim Roth at his sleaziest all contribute the atmosphere of decay and excess. Not for everyone, but for some, essential. --Bret Fetzer
The 2011 BAFTA winning adaptation of John Le Carré's classic novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is now available in stunning 4K with newly commissioned artwork. George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, does his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the service, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, skilled and successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment. An acting masterclass from the crème de la crème of British film; Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour); Colin Firth (The King's Speech); Tom Hardy (Inception); Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) and inspired direction from Let the Right One In's Tomas Alfredson make this gripping and tense adaptation of John le Carré's classic spy novel essential viewing. Includes brand new interviews on the UHD disc with all the original bonus features included on the Blu-Ray disc. Also includes a limited poster for the initial print run - featuring the brand new artwork by Matt Taylor. Special Features NEW Conversation between Mark Kermode and Tomas Alfredson NEW Film Critic Jason Solomons discusses Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NEW Film Critic Matthew Sweet discusses Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NEW Le Carré Biographer Adam Sisman shares his thoughts on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Commentary with Director Tomas Alfredson and Actor Gary Oldman Smiley Featurette Inside the Circus Featurette Shadow World Featurette Interviews :- Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Director Tomas Alfredson and Writer Peter Straughan John le Carré Featurette Deleted Scenes UK premiere Featurette Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Sky Movies Special Photo Gallery Teaser Trailer
Jamie Bell stars in this darkly funny coming of age story about a misfit who likes to watch the world from a tree house in the grounds of his father's house.
As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil who is trying to take human form once more.
Irresistible BBC drama featuring Richard Gere in his first major television role for 30 years. From bestselling author and Emmy-nominated writer Tom Rob Smith. Max (Richard Gere) owns one of the world's most influential media empires. Information is his trade: he holds dark secrets on everyone, and uses his power ruthlessly. His son Caden (Billy Howle) is editor of Max's mouthpiece, The National newspaper. But Caden is crumbling under the pressure of his father's expectation, numbing his pain with cocaine and intense anonymous sex. When Caden's excess causes a massive stroke, he's left like a helpless child. For Kathryn (Helen McCrory) Max's estranged wife this is a chance to reconnect with the sensitive boy Max ripped away from her. As Max and Kathryn fight for the soul of their son, another fight is about to begin, a fight for the heart of the nation. Because Caden knows secrets that could bring Max's empire crashing down. And Caden's silence can't be bought. Starring: Richard Gere (Chicago, Pretty Woman); Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders, Harry Potter); Billy Howle (The Witness for the Prosecution); Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley); Sinéad Cusack (Call the Midwife); Paul Ready (Motherland); Pippa Bennett-Warner (Harlots); Danny Sapani (Black Panther); Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones) Created & Written By: Tom Rob Smith (London Spy; The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) Bonus Features: Introducing Motherfatherson Creating Motherfatherson Becoming Caden London
Angelina Jolie returns as archaeologist and explorer extraordinaire Lara Croft who has to journey to a sunken underwater temple that leads to a sphere containing the mythical Pandora's Box.
Woman in Black - Based on the classic ghost story the Woman in Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful Woman in Black Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror. Woman in Black: Angel of Death - England 1941. With London in the midst of the blitz two teachers evacuate a group of schoolchildren to the abandoned Eel Marsh House. Seeking safety from the bombs in the remote coastal location the group instead find themselves facing a far deadlier and terrifying evil when their arrival awakens the Woman in Black.
Former French Policeman Xavier Lombard exiled in disgrace and currently living in London makes a living as a private investigator and takes up a seemingly routine case of finding a rich family's missing drug addict son Leon. What begins as a straight forward missing persons case for Lombard becomes a personal quest to uncover the truth about Leon's involvement in a child smuggling ring. Lombard undertakes to bring the guilty to justice and his journey takes him to Mexico from where the elusive Austrian runs his empire. A taut compelling and uncompromising thriller charting one man's fight to end the suffering.
Based on the classic ghost story, The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House.
The same year as the BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1995) writer Andrew Davies and star Colin Firth were also hard at work on Circle of Friends, an Irish romance brought to the big screen by director Pat O'Connor (Dancing at Lughnasa). It's 1957 and three small-town friends Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe) and Nan (Saffron Burrows) arrive at university in Dublin, the scene set for an entertaining obstacle course along the path to true love. Jack, an excellent Chris O'Donnell, is the object of Benny's affections, and as the still unsure young woman beginning to find her way Driver gives an extremely engaging performance. Alan Cummings has a rather stereotyped role, which involves him in an attempted rape scene, one not only out-of-character with the rest of the film, but not even in the original novel. The transfer of 1990s mores onto 1950s Catholic Ireland jars a little towards the end, but whereas the cinema usually portrays Ireland as either a backdrop to "The Troubles", or--Angela's Ashes-style--as a land of hard working-class struggle, it's appealing to see it taking a look at the adventures of decent, ordinary middle-class people. The plot never springs any serious surprises, but makes for beautifully photographed Sunday-night TV-style nostalgia. --Gary S. Dalkin
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