Misfits star Lauren Socha reveals why she’s changing her accent – Sunday Mercury

June 18, 2012 by Netflowers

Misfits star Lauren Socha reveals why she’s changing her accent Nov 21 2010 by Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury LAUREN Socha is the first to admit that her Midlands accent is ‘common’. She wasn’t even put out when Jonathan Ross expressed his surprise that the Misfits actress really spoke like that. When she went on his chat show with her castmates, he told her he assumed she put on the ‘chav’ accent for the role of Kelly. But, although she doesn’t […]

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Traffik (TV mini-series 1989) – IMDb

April 25, 2012 by Netflowers

Traffik (TV mini-series 1989) – IMDb. Storyline The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he’s on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself. In Pakistan, the British home minister tours the poppy-eradication project and returns to London to find that his daughter is a heroin addict. While trying to save her, and helped by a crusading attorney, he learns the limits of government policy. Fazal, a […]

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The Long Good Friday (1980) – IMDb

April 24, 2012 by Netflowers

The Long Good Friday (1980) – IMDb. Storyline Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues. Written by Marty Cassady <martyc@bev.net>  

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Elizabeth (1998) – IMDb

April 21, 2012 by Netflowers

Elizabeth (1998) – IMDb. Storyline This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.Written by CharmedGirl47

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Skins (TV Series 2007) – IMDb

April 18, 2012 by Netflowers

Skins (TV Series 2007) – IMDb. Storyline Series One and Two focuses on a group of British teens tries to grow up and learn about love and life with little adult supervision (And lots of PARTYING). Sid tries to be everyone’s friend and usually ends up on the short end of the stick. He is mostly manipulated by best friend Tony, whose girlfriend Michelle he is in love with. Tony is one to try anything once, including every girl he […]

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The Crying Game (1992) – IMDb

April 16, 2012 by Netflowers

The Crying Game (1992) – IMDb. Storyline An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody’s lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name “Jimmy” and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows […]

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Ondine (2009) – IMDb

April 16, 2012 by Netflowers

Ondine (2009) – IMDb. Storyline On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a fisherman, on the wagon, living alone. His precocious daughter, Annie, about 10, has failing kidneys. One day, a nearly-drowned young woman comes up in his net; she speaks oddly, calls herself Ondine, and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother’s. Annie discovers Ondine’s presence and believes she’s a selkie, a mythical seal turned human while on […]

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Tipping the Velvet (TV mini-series 2002) – IMDb

April 16, 2012 by Netflowers

Tipping the Velvet (TV mini-series 2002) – IMDb. Storyline Dramatised from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed debut novel, “Tipping the Velvet” tells the story of Nancy Astley (Rachael Stirling), a young girl who works as cook and waitress in her Father’s seaside restaurant – that is until she witnesses the extraordinary performance of a new-to-town male impersonator – Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes) – and begins to undergo a complete life transformation. Suddenly whipped up – and quickly flung down – by her […]

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Atonement (2007) – IMDb

April 15, 2012 by Netflowers

Atonement (2007) – IMDb. Storyline When Briony Tallis, 13 years old and an aspiring writer, sees her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner at the fountain in front of the family estate she misinterprets what is happening thus setting into motion a series of misunderstandings and a childish pique that will have lasting repercussions for all of them. Robbie is the son of a family servant toward whom the family has always been kind. They paid for his time at […]

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Angela’s Ashes (1999) – IMDb

April 15, 2012 by Netflowers

Angela’s Ashes (1999) – IMDb.   Storyline Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie’s siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie’s Northern Irish father […]

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The Last Enemy (TV mini-series 2008) – IMDb

April 14, 2012 by Netflowers

The Last Enemy (TV mini-series 2008) – IMDb.   Storyline Researcher Dr. Stephen Ezard returns home to the UK after the reported death of his brother, Michael Ezard, only to find that his widow, Yasim Anwar, is harboring a wanted yet deathly ill illegal immigrant. Yasim, on the rebound from her husband’s death, becomes very intimate with Stephen. But after the death of Yasim’s immigrant friend, she disappears with the body, leaving more questions than answers. Stephen is then hired […]

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Let Him Have It (1991) – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Let Him Have It (1991) – IMDb.   Storyline In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek’s friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England’s belief in capital punishment. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>

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Eve Myles – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Eve Myles – IMDb.  

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Imagine Me & You (2005) – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Imagine Me & You (2005) – IMDb.   Storyline Rachel and Heck, long time friends and lovers, finally tie the knot, and during the celebration, Rachel starts a friendship with their florist, Luce. And while Rachel originally intended to match her new friend, Luce, up with her husband’s friend, Cooper, she soon finds out that Luce is a lesbian. During the course of their friendship, Rachel starts to question her own sexuality. And though she comes to realize she may […]

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Jude (1996) – IMDb

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Jude (1996) – IMDb.   SPOILER REVIEW- ****SPOILER REVIEW~******JUDE- Fawley (Eccleston) is a young man who dreams of a scholarly university education. Circumstances conspire against him, however, forcing him into a job as a stonemason and an unhappy marriage to a country girl, Arabella (Griffiths). He remains true to his dream, however, and months later, after his wifes sudden departure, heads for the city, where he thinks education lies for any man who is willing to work hard. There he […]

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FISH TANK ~2009 Amazon.com

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Amazon.com: Fish Tank    Editorial Reviews Amazon.com The Criterion release Fish Tank, from director Andrea Arnold (Red Road), is a bittersweet drama that belongs entirely to its depressed and rebellious teenage protagonist, Mia Williams (Katie Jarvis), as she roots around her Essex housing project looking for love and fun. Waves of ennui wash over her as Mia gets into negligible amounts of trouble to relieve herself, trying to set someone’s horse free, digging through junkyards or getting thugs to buy her […]

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The Worst Week of My Life (TV Series 2004–2006) – IMDb

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

The Worst Week of My Life (TV Series 2004–2006) – IMDb.   Storyline Only one week to go before the marriage of Howard and Mel which quickly escalates into the week from Hell. The series follows the bumbling Howard as he lurches from one appallingly embarrassing disaster to the next in the week leading up to his wedding.Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>

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28 DAYS LATER – 2002 FILM

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Hailed as the most frightening film since The Omen, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle’s vision on zombie horror isn’t just scary…it’s absolutely terrifying. The reason why these zombies are so terrifying is that they can run you down, these are not slow moving plodding zombies you can avoid just by quick walking. If these zombies get down behind you, you had better have your track shoes on. The lead characters Jim and Selena played by Cilian Murphy and Naomi Harris turn […]

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Billy Elliot (2000) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Billy Elliot (2000) – IMDb.   Storyline County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy’s poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferred to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy’s desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough […]

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Bugsy Malone (1976) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Bugsy Malone (1976) – IMDb.   Storyline A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use “splurge guns” that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of “Bugsy Malone” and the battle for power between “Fat Sam” and “Dandy Dan”.Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>  

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Breaking and Entering (2006) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Breaking and Entering (2006) – IMDb.   Storyline A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King’s Cross with his mother; he’s nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will’s architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows […]

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Brick Lane (2007) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Brick Lane (2007) – IMDb.   Storyline A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, through letters to Nazneed, tells of her carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to […]

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Wondrous Oblivion (2003) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Wondrous Oblivion (2003) – IMDb.   Storyline Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he’s a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David’s family is caught […]

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It’s a Free World… (2007) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

It’s a Free World… (2007) – IMDb.   Storyline Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times. Written by anonymous  

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Cass (2008) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Cass (2008) – IMDb.   Storyline An orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a daily basis, until one day when the years of pent up anger came out in a violent burst. CASS found through violence the respect he […]

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IMDb – Beautiful Creatures (2000)

April 10, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Beautiful Creatures (2000).   Storyline One stormy Glasgow night Dorothy and Petula’s lives are inextricably thrown together, bonded by a common flaw. Dorothy’s on the run from her boyfriend and Petula should be doing the same. Evasion, blackmail, murder, betrayal, revenge and a suitcase loaded with a million quid… it’s all there… and then some.

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Tipping The Velvet

March 1, 2012 by Netflowers

TIPPING THE VELVET TIPPING THE VELVET is a 3 part story of Nancy Astley, an oyster girl from the English town of Whitstable. Nancy falls in love with a stage performer named Kitty Butler. TIPPING THE VELVET derives from the Victorian era euphemism for cunnilingus. Nancy is played by Rachael Stirling, the daughter of Dame Diana Rigg. 1st Act. Nan moves to London and becomes a dresser for Kitty Butler, Kitty’s act is that of dressing up in men’s clothes and […]

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