Biography: Linus Roache |
Possessing a wistful handsomness and vulnerable charisma, British actor Linus Roache first gained recognition -- and controversy -- as a gay Catholic priest in Antonia Bird's 1994 Priest. A native of Manchester, where he was born in 1964, Roache is... more
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Tags: Crime Drama Crime Family Drama
Length: 102min
Robert Celestino's drama Yonkers Joe stars Chazz Palminteri as an aging gambler and professional cheat. Although Joe is quite good at his various unethical endeavors, he feels guilt about his chosen profession. He has a grown son (Tom Guiry) who...
Cast: Sidney Lumet Ron Silver
Tags: Comedy Drama Docudrama Courtroom Comedy
Length: 124min
A wise guy turns his own trial upside down by serving as his own lawyer in this comedy drama based on a true story. In 1987, an extensive investigation into the activities of the Lucchese crime family led to charges being filed against most of the key...
Cast: Linus Roache
Tags: Period Film Drama
Length: 98min
An Englishman intent on opening a spice plantation in Kerala attempts to gain the trust of the local villagers and destroys numerous lives in the process in this period drama from director/cinematographer Santosh Sivan. The year is 1937, and the power...
Cast: Omar Sharif Claire Bloom
Tags: Epic Hagiography
Length: 176min
Dougray Scott, Linus Roache, Omar Sharif, and Naveen Andrews headline this epic mini-series from director Robert Dornhelm, and following the Prince of Egypt as he discovers his true identity and sets out on a mission from God. An oracle has...
Cast: Gary Sinise Alfre Woodard Julianne Moore Dominic West Joseph Ruben Joe Roth
Tags: Thriller Supernatural Thriller Psychological Thriller
Length: 91min
A grieving woman must make a journey into her past in this psychological thriller. Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is a mother who is struggling to put her life back together after the unexpected death of her eight-year-old son. Telly begins seeing a...
Tags: Coming-of-Age Childhood Drama Drama
Length: 95min
A trio of troubled suburbanites attempts to come to grips with the personal issues that surface following the tragic death of one of their own in this introspective adolescent drama from L.I.E. screenwriter/director (Michael Cuesta). In the months...
Cast: Ian Hart
Tags: Prison Film Drama
Length: 97min
Brian Keenan, from Belfast, was in Beirut teaching English in 1986 when he was taken hostage by the Islamic Jihad. Blind Flight tells the story of his imprisonment. After his abduction, Keenan (played by Ian Hart) is held alone in a tiny, dark cell...
Cast: Angelina Jolie Clive Owen
Tags: Romantic Drama War Drama War Romance Romance
Length: 127min
Martin Campbell directs the omantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets...
Cast: Albert Finney Vanessa Redgrave
Tags: Period Film Marriage Drama Biopic Political Drama Drama
Length: 105min
Today, Winston Churchill is regarded as one of the great leaders of his time, and a hero for helping to guide Great Britain through the crises of World War II. But in the 1930s, Churchill's place in history hardly seemed assured; his early warnings...
Tags: Drama Biopic Political Drama
Length: 90min
The first biographical film produced by the FX cable channel, RFK covers the last five years in the life of Robert F. Kennedy, here played by British actor Linus Roache. The narrative begins in 1963, with the assassination of Bobby's brother,...
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