Ron Cook
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1948-12-01
Locus Natus: South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Et ut:
Chocolat
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they...
release : 2000.12.22popularis : 15.453
Confetti
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
release : 2006.05.05popularis : 8.686
Empire of Light
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of...
release : 2022.12.09popularis : 16.138
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
release : 1989.10.13popularis : 18.347
Lucky Break
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from...
release : 2001.08.24popularis : 4.164
Thunderbirds
Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill...
release : 2004.07.23popularis : 18.118
The King's Man
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop...
release : 2021.12.22popularis : 77.177
On a Clear Day
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For...
release : 2005.08.18popularis : 6.358
Topsy-Turvy
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking....
release : 1999.12.15popularis : 10.215
Hornblower: Duty
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where...
release : 2003.01.06popularis : 3.328
Hornblower: Loyalty
Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
release : 2003.01.05popularis : 4.582
Scandalous
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
release : 1984.01.29popularis : 2.301
The Other Boleyn Girl
Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes...
release : 2003.03.28popularis : 12.412
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2004 movie THUNDERBIRDS.
release : 2004.07.24popularis : 4.257
Number One
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
release : 1985.03.01popularis : 1.272
Sharpe's Honour
1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out...
release : 1994.06.08popularis : 3.469
Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
Grenfell sets out to discover why the devastating fire of 14 June 2017 happened after the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, and who was responsible...
release : 2022.06.12popularis : 0.514
Henry VI Part 2
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
release : 1983.01.09popularis : 1.866
Henry VI Part 1
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
release : 1983.01.02popularis : 2.88
The Tragedy of Richard III
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the...
release : 1983.01.23popularis : 4.295
Henry VI Part 3
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
release : 1983.01.16popularis : 1.163
Bert & Dickie
Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare)...
release : 2012.07.25popularis : 3.129
Turbulence
An adolescent girl, sexually abused as a child by her father, runs away from home.
release : 1991.03.24popularis : 1.588
Sew Torn
A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her...
release : 2024.03.10popularis : 5.502
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to...
release : 2009.02.28popularis : 6.124
Dead Gorgeous
Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder...
release : 2002.10.21popularis : 1.267
Time Gentlemen, Please
A would-be publican decides to set up shop on a remote island with a flat-pack DIY pub, but encounters more competition than he bargained for.
release : 2010.09.24popularis : 1.421
Day To Remember
Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his...
release : 1986.12.21popularis : 1.553
The Merchant of Venice
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy...
release : 2004.12.03popularis : 19.094
Hot Fuzz
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he...
release : 2007.02.14popularis : 29.314
The Fool
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working...
release : 1990.12.07popularis : 2.545
Charlotte Gray
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman...
release : 2001.12.28popularis : 8.621
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.
release : 2008.05.27popularis : 1.322
Fields of Gold
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths...
release : 2002.06.08popularis : 2.855
24 Hour Party People
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a...
release : 2002.02.13popularis : 10.057
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...
release : 2006.03.16popularis : 2.91
Quills
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer,...
release : 2000.11.22popularis : 15.611
Mrs Biggs
The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald...
release : 2012.09.05popularis : 2.348
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles...
release : 2002.12.26popularis : 5.82
Secrets & Lies
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to...
release : 1996.05.24popularis : 14.349
Murder
Chris Maurer is killed the day after his 21st birthday and his grieving mother, Angela Maurer, is unable to come to grips with that fact. She is...
release : 2002.05.01popularis : 3.914
Land of the Blind
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
release : 2006.05.01popularis : 16.492
The Magic Shop
A father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.
release : 1982.02.05popularis : 0.7
The Merry Wives of Windsor
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page....
release : 1982.12.28popularis : 2.113
Let the Good Times Roll
A short autobiographical film written by Dexter Fletcher.
release : 1998.06.09popularis : 2.637
18% Grey
When his wife leaves him, struggling Bulgarian photographer Zack sets out on a wild trip from London to Berlin. It is a journey that reveals the...
release : 2020.01.24popularis : 1.355
National Theatre Live: King Lear
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought...
release : 2011.02.03popularis : 1.251
102 Dalmatians
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely...
release : 2000.10.07popularis : 18.799
Secrets of a Superstud
In this silly soft-core sex comedy, Tony Kenyon is Custer Firkeshaw, the owner of a girlie magazine. He stands to inherit a fortune… If he can...
release : 1976.07.19popularis : 3.207
The Critic
Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any...
release : 2024.09.13popularis : 24.704