80% (3)  Venus  95 min,  R,  [Comedy, Drama, Romance]  [Roger Michell]  [16 Feb 2007]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 89%,   Metacritic: 82%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations.
Actors:  Beatrice Savoretti, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips, Peter O'Toole, Philip Fox
Writer:  Hanif Kureishi
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  Maurice Russell, once a great actor, is now living in London in the twilight of his life. Those of his generation remember him fondly, while those in the younger generations have no idea who he is. He spends most of his time hanging out with his friends Ian, also an actor, and Donald, or visiting with his wife Valerie for who he has great affection but with who he no longer lives. His acting career is virtually over, he only taking roles on the odd occasion when he needs the money. Ian has decided to invite his young great-niece Jessie from the provinces to come and stay with him, basically to act as his caregiver in case he falls ill, but also to be his companion. He envisions listening to Bach with her and her cooking him food to which he is accustomed. Jessie's stay is nothing as he envisions. She doesn't know how to cook, she drinks all his alcohol, and she has unrealistic visions of what she will accomplish in her life. Maurice, however, sees in Jessie, a person who can help him recapture part of his youth and vigor, including more fully realizing his thoughts of sex. Maurice calls her Venus, after one of his favorite paintings. As Maurice and Jessie spend more time together, they use each other to get what they want. But it isn't until Maurice approaches the end of his life will either understand if what they have is true friendship.
Rotten Tomatoes:   An aging pair of veteran English actors whose success never quite took hold finds their quiet existence suddenly interrupted by the arrival of one of the men's precocious grandnieces in director Roger Michell's affectionate comedy drama. Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) may still land the occasional paying gig -- Maurice has recently been cast as a corpse in a popular television drama -- but for the most part, their days are spent cataloging their ailments over meals at their favorite café. Though the arrival of Ian's grandniece Jessie doesn't immediately set so well with her curmudgeonly great uncle, Maurice takes an immediate liking to the girl, and makes it a mission to expose the youngster to some of the bustling capitol's best-known sights. As the newly invigorated septuagenarian does his best to teach the wide-eyed youngster a thing or two about life, he soon comes to realize just how little he truly knows about the subject at such a late point in life.
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77% (3)  Attack the Block  88 min,  R,  [Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller]  [Joe Cornish]  [13 May 2011]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 66%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 90%,   Metacritic: 75%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 20 wins & 36 nominations.
Actors:  Alex Esmail, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Leeon Jones
Writer:  Joe Cornish
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  UK, France
Plot:  Attack the Block follows an unlucky young woman and and a gang of tough inner-city kids who make an unlikely alliance to try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into a war-zone.
Rotten Tomatoes:   From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone. -- (C) Sony Pictures
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75% (3)  Journeyman  92 min,  [Drama, Sport]  [Paddy Considine]  [30 Mar 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 82%,   Metacritic: 72%,   External Reviews
Awards:  6 nominations.
Actors:  Brendan Ingle, Jodie Whittaker, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts
Writer:  Paddy Considine
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  Matty Burton is the middleweight boxing champion of the world. Now, coming towards the end of his career, he knows that he must make his money and get out of the game. His aim is to secure a home with his wife Emma, and a future for their baby daughter Mia. After a titanic battle against Andre 'The Future' Bryte, Matty returns home to Emma, but moments later collapses on the living room floor from a delayed reaction to a devastating punch. When Matty awakes from the coma, the real fight begins. Suffering from memory loss and with his personality altered, Matty must begin to piece his life back together as his world disintegrates.
Rotten Tomatoes:   The story of middleweight boxing champion Matty Burton. As he approaches the end of his career he knows that he must make his money and get out of the game, to secure a home and future with his wife and baby daughter. After a titanic fight with the brash and controversial Andre Bryte, Matty collapses on his living room floor, a delayed reaction to a devastating punch. Awaking from the coma, the real fight begins. Suffering from memory loss and with his personality altered, Matty must begin to piece his life back together as his world disintegrates.
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51% (3)  One Day  107 min,  PG-13,  [Drama, Romance]  [Lone Scherfig]  [19 Aug 2011]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 70%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 36%,   Metacritic: 48%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 win & 2 nominations.
Actors:  Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Jodie Whittaker, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Mison
Writer:  David Nicholls (screenplay), David Nicholls (book)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, UK
Plot:  Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their university graduation. We see them every year on the anniversary of that date - July 15th. Emma is smart but success doesn't come quickly for her, whereas for Dexter, success and women come very easily. Through the years they grow apart as their lives take different directions and they meet other people. But as they grow apart from those other people and their lives start taking opposite directions again, Emma and Dexter find that they belong with each other.
Rotten Tomatoes:   After one day together - July 15th, 1988, their college graduation - Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself. -- (C) Focus Features
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42% (3)  St. Trinian's  97 min,  PG-13,  [Comedy, Family]  [Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson]  [21 Dec 2007]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 58%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 31%,   Metacritic: 39%,   External Reviews
Awards:  5 nominations.
Actors:  Gemma Arterton, Jodie Whittaker, Rupert Everett, Talulah Riley
Writer:  Piers Ashworth (screenplay), Jamie Minoprio (additional material), Nick Moorcroft (screenplay), Ronald Searle (cartoons), Jonathan M. Stern (additional material)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn't realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps ripping off the girl with the pearl earring (a painting by Johannes Vermeer) might be the way out?
Rotten Tomatoes:   St Trinian's, the infamous school for "young ladies," is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank is threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthodox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla's who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school. In true St Trinian style, the girls are in a league of their own -- smart, fearless and determined to defend the school they love to the end. They need to unite the warring girl gang cliques and come up with the cash fast to save the school.
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37% (2)  Hello Carter  80 min,  [Comedy, Drama]  [Anthony Wilcox]  [04 Oct 2013]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 58%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 17%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Annabelle Wallis, Antonia Thomas, Charlie Cox, Jodie Whittaker
Writer:  Anthony Wilcox
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK
Plot:  Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
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28% (2)  A Thousand Kisses Deep  84 min,  [Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller]  [Dana Lustig]  [15 Jun 2012]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 48%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 8%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 nomination.
Actors:  David Warner, Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox, Jodie Whittaker
Writer:  Alex Kustanovich (screenplay), Vadim Moldovan (screenplay)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  UK, USA
Plot:  Returning home from work, Mia witnesses an aged woman leap from a window. Scattered around the old woman's broken, lifeless body Mia discovers shredded pieces from a beloved photograph of herself and her former lover Ludwig. Highly unnerved, Mia begs Max, the buildings' all knowing custodian, to let her into the deceased woman's flat. While inside this strangely familiar place, Mia recognizes the contents as her own. Confused and disturbed by what lies before her, she bolts back and forth in time where she is forced to realize it was her very own life that ended before her. Now, the only way to safeguard her future is to go back to her past and confront the man she loves deeply but dreads most.
Rotten Tomatoes:   How well do you know yourself and those you love? Returning home from work, Mia witnesses an aged woman leap from a window. Scattered around the old woman's broken, lifeless body Mia discovers shredded pieces from a beloved photograph of herself and her former lover Ludwig. Highly unnerved, Mia begs Max, the buildings' custodian , to let her into the deceased woman's flat. While inside this strangely familiar place, Mia recognizes the contents as her own. Confused and disturbed by what lies before her, she bolts back and forth in time where she is forced to realize it was her very own life that ended before her. Now, the only way to safeguard her future is to go back to her past and confront the man she loves deeply but dreads most.
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