Showing posts with label Starring: Michael Caine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starring: Michael Caine. Show all posts

Last Orders (2001)

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Written and directed by Fred Schepisi, this is a disappointing adaptation of Graeme Swift‘s Booker Prize-winning novel.  When Alex (Michael ...

The Weatherman (2005)

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Extremely downbeat drama with flashes of comedy.  Nicolas Cage plays a TV weatherman having problems with his dying father (Michael Caine), ...

Little Voice (1998)

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Drama starring Jane Horrocks as “Little Voice”, a talented singer who – following the death of her father – hides away in her room owing to ...

Now You See Me (2013)

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Highly entertaining but totally unfeasible thriller.  Four street magicians are brought together by a criminal mastermind to pull off large-...

Children of Men (2006)

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Co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, this is a remarkable dystopian thriller adapted from a novel by P. D. James.  It’s 2027 and the w...

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

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Alternative title: An Hour Too Long .  During World War II , Operation Market Garden was an Allied operation that took place in September 19...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

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Charming comedy starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin as two rival con artists working in the south of France. Both actors are on top fo...

Water (1985)

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Michael Caine plays the Governor of the (fictional) Caribbean island of Cascara. The generally quiet, happy life on this remote British col...

Shiner (2000)

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Tough Brit crime thriller about a boxing promoter, Billy “Shiner” Simpson ( Michael Caine ), whose fortunes are hanging in the balance. Bill...

Without a Clue (1988)

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Amusing and intelligent spin on Sherlock Holmes, starring Michael Caine as the famous detective. The twist is that this Holmes is a total ...

The Statement (2003)

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Directed by Norman Jewison, this drama was adapted from a novel by Brian Moore, which was itself based on events relating to real-life Vichy...

Quicksand (2003)

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Martin Raikes (Michael Keaton) plays an American bank investigator who is framed for murder by ruthless thugs using a Monaco film studio to ...

A Shock to the System (1990)

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Graham Marshall ( Michael Caine ) works as an advertising executive in New York . After losing out on a promotion, he sets off for home and ...

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)

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Lewis Fielding ( Michael Caine ) is a successful novelist. When his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) takes a trip to Baden-Baden to “find her...

Silver Bears (1978)

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In this mildly amusing banking thriller adapted from a novel by Paul Erdman, Michael Caine stars as a monetary wizard who creates a Swiss b...

Half Moon Street (1986)

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Awkward thriller that completely fails to make the most of its talented stars.  An American scholar named Dr. Slaughter ( Sigourney Weaver )...

Educating Rita (1983)

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Hugely charming comedy-drama written by Willy Russell and directed by Lewis Gilbert. Rita a.k.a. Susan (Julie Walters) is a 26-year-old work...

The Whistle Blower (1986)

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Spy thriller. Michael Caine stars as a retired naval officer and Korean War veteran. Nigel Havers is his son, a linguist working for GCHQ w...

Youth (2015)

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Paolo Sorrentino drama set at a luxury spa hotel in Wiesen in the Swiss Alps, where wealthy and famous people rest, relax and pass the time ...

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

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Charming New York comedy written and directed by Woody Allen . It examines the lives and relationships of three sisters, played by Mia Farr...