Biography: Joanna Lumley |
The daughter of a high-born British military major, actress Joanna Lumley was a model before entering films with 1968's Some Girls Do. In 1976, she took on the Diana Rigg-like female lead on the British TV action series The New Avengers, costarring
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Cast: Whoopi Goldberg William H. Macy Jim Broadbent Judi Dench
Tags: Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Family
Length: 79min
A plucky little girl and her dog join their magical pals to save the world in the computer-animated comedy-adventure for the whole family. The Enchanted Village is a happy place ruled by the good-natured wizard Zebedee where young Florence and her...
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
Cast: Ben Kingsley John Schlesinger
Tags: Black Comedy Musical
Length: 120min
John Schlesinger directed this razor-sharp retelling of the familiar Demon Barber legend, previously a Victorian penny-dreadful by Christopher Bond (The Story of Pearls), a stage play by George Dibdin-Pitt, a Tod Slaughter film (the 1936 Sweeney Todd,...
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
Cast: Albert Finney
Tags: Odd Couple Film Comedy of Manners Comedy Drama
Length: 104min
A sort of mannered, British version of The Odd Couple (1970), this drama won four of the seven major BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated. Albert Finney stars as Reggie Cunningham-Jarvis, a former Royal Air Force squadron leader who is utterly...
Cast: Peter Bogdanovich Edward Herrmann Cary Elwes
Tags: Comedy of Manners Showbiz Drama Period Film Comedy Drama Satire
Length: 110min
Peter Bogdanovich turns his sights on the 1920s for a fictitious look at the possible reasons for the death of silent movie producer Thomas Ince (played here by Cary Elwes) after spending a holiday with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (played by...
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
Cast: Joanna Lumley
Tags: Animal Picture Family
Length: 72min
Beverly Joubert and Derek Joubert, a husband-and-wife team who've won widespread acclaim (and a certain amount of controversy) for their beautiful but unflinchingly realistic wildlife documentaries (including Eternal Enemies and Wildlife Warriors),...
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss Susan Sarandon Simon Callow Tim Burton
Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Family
Length: 80min
A young boy's discovery of a gigantic peach triggers an eventful journey across the sea in this strikingly designed and surprisingly twisted animated adventure. A live-action framing device establishes the dark yet fanciful mood one might expect from...
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Cast: David Niven Blake Edwards Robert Wagner Henry Mancini
Tags: Police Comedy Comedy
Length: 110min
Curse of the Pink Panther was released just after Trail of the Pink Panther with a script that has someone looking for the inept Inspector Clousseau and the fabulous stolen Pink Panther diamond at the same time. In Curse, Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass) is...
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar
Tags: Mystery Detective Film
Length: 89min
Murder and double-dealing among the idle rich sets the stage for this drama. Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) is a British detective who travels to a wealthy community along the coast of France in 1938; he's there to attend the funeral of a friend and wants...
Tags: Slapstick Comedy Drama Screwball Comedy
Length: 90min
Mad Cows is a slapstick comedy about sex and the singles scene. Single and confused Maddy has just had a baby. The first day that she goes out with her baby, she gets arrested at Harrods for shoplifting. While in detention at the Holloway Prison's...
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance
Length: 108min
Since its London and Broadway stage debut, playwright Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine has proven an excellent showcase for any number of talented actresses (Loretta Swit won the 1989 Sarah Siddons Award for her work in the Chicago production). In...
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