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Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:55:37 -0500

This continuing saga of the war between the Death Dealers (vampires) and the Lycans (werewolves). The truth about the ancient feud between the two tribes becomes clear as Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan-vampire hybrid, try to discover the secrets of their bloodlines as they the run from the vampires, having been the cause of Viktor, the vampire leader?s death.

Gosford Park

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0500

Maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman takes a witty and absorbing look at the foibles of the British class system in this intelligent murder mystery set in the early '30s. Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas) are a pair of wealthy British socialites who have invited a variety of friends, relatives, and acquaintances to their mansion in the country for a weekend of hunting and relaxation. Among the honored guests are Constance (Maggie Smith), Lady Sylvia’s matronly aunt; Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam), William's cousin who is also a well-known actor and songwriter; and Morris Weissman (Bob Balaban), an American film producer who is friendly with Ivor and researching an upcoming project. Observing the proceedings are the domestic staff of the mansion, including imperious butler Jennings (Alan Bates); footmen George (Richard E. Grant) and Arthur (Jeremy Swift); Probert (Derek Jacobi), a valet to Sir William; housekeeper Mrs. Wilson (Helen Mirren); Mrs. Croft (Eileen Atkins), who oversees the kitchen; and Elsie (Emily Watson), a maid. Also on hand are the guests' personal servants, including Mary (Kelly Macdonald), Constance's maid; Henry (Ryan Phillippe), Weissman's valet; and Parks (Clive Owens), a butler. While the servants are required to display a high level of decorum, they are expected to be passive observers who do not comment on what they see, though the gossip among them travels thick and fast once they retire to the servants' quarters downstairs. And it turns out that there's plenty worth gossiping about, especially after Sir William turns up dead, and everyone is ordered to stay at the mansion while the police investigate the killing. Gosford Park also features Charles Dance, Tom Hollander, Natasha Wightman, and Ron Webster; the screenplay was written by Julian Fellowes, based on a story by Altman and co-star Bob Balaban. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Nanny McPhee

Fri, 29 May 2009 22:22:27 -0400

A nanny reveals ways of making children behave that are much more effective than a time-out in this fantasy comedy based on the "Nurse Matilda" books for children by Christianna Brand. Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) is a widower who must tend to his business as an undertaker while looking after his brood of seven children. Brown’s offspring are a singularly ill-mannered lot who have managed to drive away 17 different nannies when their father arranges for one Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) to help out with the children. McPhee is an strange looking woman with a large nose, protruding teeth, and pock-marked skin, but it isn't long before the kids realize she has magical powers and isn't afraid to use them to help keep them in line. While the children aren't taken with McPhee's insistence on such things as saying "please" and listening to their elders, it becomes clear everyone has bigger things to worry about. Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) has insisted that if Mr. Brown cannot find a new wife within a month, she'll take custody of one of the children and cut off Brown's inheritance, and while Brown and the widow Mrs. Quickly (Celia Imrie) seem fond of one another, his ineptitude in courtship seems to insure he'll never get her to the altar. But while the Brown Children realize Nanny McPhee is a formidable opponent, she can also be a valuable ally as they learn to make use of her talents by being better children; they also discover that as they behave better, she begins to look less frightening. Emma Thompson, who played the title role in Nanny McPhee, also wrote the film's screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Hamlet (1996)

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:47:14 -0500

Kenneth Branagh writes, directs and stars in this four-time Oscar-nominated classic Shakespeare saga about the melancholy Dane.

Gosford Park (2002)

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:54:10 -0400

As a hunting party gathers at the country estate, no one is aware that before the weekend is over, someone will be murdered twice! The police are baffled but the all seeing, all hearing servants know that almost everyone had a motive.

Layer Cake (2004)

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:46:43 -0400

A West London drug dealer is caught in a high stakes game of life and death when he’s duped into trying to sell one million hits of Ecstasy stolen from a vicious Serbian drug lord.

Joseph Andrews (1977)

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:08:48 -0400

This adaptation of a Henry Fielding novel, written in 1742, chronicles the rise of a young Joseph Andrews who ascends from mere servant to become the personal footman and fancy of Lady Booby.

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:43:33 -0500

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of super-intelligent rats, in whom she has a deeper link to than she ever suspected.