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Philomena (2013) #518 Remove Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham. A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent. |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) #782 Remove 90mins. BBC. Directed by David Kerr. With Nonso Anozie, John Hannah, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake. A modern re-telling of the classic fantasy drama by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream holds a star-studded cast with euphoric effects and melodramatic storytelling. |
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La linea (2009) #216 Remove Directed by James Cotten. With Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Armand Assante. The unstable new kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel is targeted by an assassin for elimination. aka The Line |
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Sully (2016) #1030 Remove Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey. The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew. |
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993) #529 Remove Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton. Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. Shakespeare. |
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A Night at the Opera (1935) #525 Remove Directed by Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding. With Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. |
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Lady and the Tramp (1955) #813 Remove Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. With Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson. The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt. 76 mins. Disney |
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Iris (2001) #486 Remove Directed by Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville. True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease. |
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Pinocchio (2019) #1364 Remove Directed by Matteo Garrone. With Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini. Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits. Literary Analysis |
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Milk (2008) #129 Remove Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. |
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Flushed Away (2006) #1474 Remove Flushed Away: Directed by David Bowers, Sam Fell. With Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno. The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life. |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) #782 Remove 90mins. BBC. Directed by David Kerr. With Nonso Anozie, John Hannah, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake. A modern re-telling of the classic fantasy drama by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream holds a star-studded cast with euphoric effects and melodramatic storytelling. |
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War and Peace (2007) #1053 Remove 4 x 90 min episodes. The story of five aristocratic families in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars of 1812. |
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An Inspector Calls (2015) #1372 Remove A mysterious Inspector investigates the wealthy Birling family and their dinner guests following the suicide of a young woman. An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) #782 Remove 90mins. BBC. Directed by David Kerr. With Nonso Anozie, John Hannah, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake. A modern re-telling of the classic fantasy drama by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream holds a star-studded cast with euphoric effects and melodramatic storytelling. |
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Irresistible (2020) #1346 Remove Directed by Jon Stewart. With Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton. A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town. |
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A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) #164 Remove Directed by Brad Silberling. With Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken. When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune. |
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Alice in Wonderland (2010) #33 Remove Directed by Tim Burton. With Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway. Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. |
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Irresistible (2020) #1346 Remove Directed by Jon Stewart. With Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton. A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town. |
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All Creatures Great and Small (2020) #1322 Remove 6x45 min episodes. Channel 5. The numerous adventures of a friendly staff at a country veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire. A remake of the 1978-1990 series. Taken from the autobiographical books by James Herriot. |
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The Barbarian Invasions (2003) #79 Remove Directed by Denys Arcand. With Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze. During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son. |
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Frozen II (2019) #1290 Remove Directed by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee. With Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom. |