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Nathan Barley

starring: Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan
directed by: Chris Morris

October 17, 2005
Chris Morris has an eye for the sensitive underbelly of society and makes comedy that occasionally crosses the line into documentary because its humour cuts so close to the truth. This time his target is the Hoxton, Clerkenwell, Liverpool Street set.

Nathan Barley is just that series, working on media and digital projects I found it quite surreal as the characters and the antics so closely reminded me of people I knew. The performances are great and the humour slightly less barbed than some of Chris Morris' earlier projects. But make no mistake Nathan Barley is the Ali G of the creative classes.

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Cambridge Spies : Complete BBC Series [2003]

starring: Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Rupert Penry-Jones, Toby Stephens, Jenna Harrison
directed by: Tim Fywell

June 02, 2003
I watched this after reading The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell, which follows a similar theme and includes the same group of people. Must say this is an excellent DVD, excellent acting and everything else that has already been mentioned!

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Benidorm - Series 1-2 - Complete

starring: Nicholas Burns, Paul Bazley, Jake Canuso
directed by: Sandy Johnson

November 17, 2008
I watched this after reading The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell, which follows a similar theme and includes the same group of people. Must say this is an excellent DVD, excellent acting and everything else that has already been mentioned!

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Man Stroke Woman : Complete BBC Series 2

starring: Daisy Haggard, Ben Crompton, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns, Nick Frost

November 19, 2007
If you liked series 1 then you will certainly like series 2. To buck the trend I would say that series 2 is even better than the first. There are a fair few sketches that fall flat, but then that is true for just about every sketch show I have ever seen. However the majority will leave a smile on your face and there are some real gems in there as well. It certainly deserves a place in my collection.

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Roman's Empire [2007]

starring: Mathew Horne, Chris O'Dowd, Nicholas Burns, Montserrat Lombard

May 26, 2008
..or rather, do, because this is top quality off-the-wall Brit humour that seems to have largely slipped by unnoticed. Some excellent comedy performances from many faces that you will know (without necessarily being able to name them), in a series that actually justifies the tag 'surreal'.

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Dirty Weekend [1993]

starring: Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Michael Coles, David McCallum, Christopher Ryan
directed by: Michael Winner

August 07, 2006
Michael Winner is back - this time without Charles Bronson, who went on filming DEATH WISH V. This time Winner tells the story from a woman's point of view - and does a good job at it! Descent directing and a quite good story - based on Helen Zahavi's novel of the same title.
The psychological aspect of this movie is a lot better than in most of its kind - Lia Williams is convincing as Bella by portraying her transformation from victim to vigilante. There is some cynical dark humor in this as well - a wink to that end scene of Death Wish 1?
Quite graphic in the depiction of sex and violence, but then again, aren't they all? A few scenes do seem a bit staged (Gun store scene) or remind of other movies (Bella taking out 3 guys in an alley, Bronson-style), ... Read More:

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587: The Great Train Robbery [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Ran Burns, Nicholas Abeel, Ariadne Baker-Dunn, Roger Schmelzer, Amy Anderson
directed by: Dan T. Hall

January 27, 2004
Michael Winner is back - this time without Charles Bronson, who went on filming DEATH WISH V. This time Winner tells the story from a woman's point of view - and does a good job at it! Descent directing and a quite good story - based on Helen Zahavi's novel of the same title.
The psychological aspect of this movie is a lot better than in most of its kind - Lia Williams is convincing as Bella by portraying her transformation from victim to vigilante. There is some cynical dark humor in this as well - a wink to that end scene of Death Wish 1?
Quite graphic in the depiction of sex and violence, but then again, aren't they all? A few scenes do seem a bit staged (Gun store scene) or remind of other movies (Bella taking out 3 guys in an alley, Bronson-style), ... Read More:

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Cambridge Spies [2003]

starring: Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Rupert Penry-Jones, Toby Stephens, Jenna Harrison
directed by: Tim Fywell

June 09, 2003
I watched this after reading The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell, which follows a similar theme and includes the same group of people. Must say this is an excellent DVD, excellent acting and everything else that has already been mentioned!

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Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation, Vol. 1 [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Andrew Robinson, Grace Kirby, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince

October 02, 2001
I watched this after reading The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell, which follows a similar theme and includes the same group of people. Must say this is an excellent DVD, excellent acting and everything else that has already been mentioned!

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587: The Great Train Robbery [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Nicholas Abeel, Ran Burns

June 05, 2006
I watched this after reading The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell, which follows a similar theme and includes the same group of people. Must say this is an excellent DVD, excellent acting and everything else that has already been mentioned!