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Calendar Girls

This is a feel-good movie which makes you laugh and cry, and the best part, no violence, no blood and no explicit sex. Helen Mirren shows once again that she is a great actress, regardless of the role she plays.B0001I55M450ACQYIC13JXAOIACQYIC13JXAOIS. BarrettSanta Cruz, CA02008-09-15

Witty and utterly charming

Calendar Girls <br /> <br />During a business trip to Washington, D.C., I saw the original Rylstone calendar on which the movie was based. I was intrigued, to say the least so had to see the film when it came out. Later, I bought the DVD (this, like a similar film--The Full Monty--is one you'll want to have in your DVD library). <br /> <br />The film is loosely based on a true story, of a North Yorkshire District Women's Institute group who posed for a caalendar to raise money for a hospital waiting room sofa where John, the husband of one of the members had died of leukemia. <br /> <br />It is a story of love and compassion, and also of the problems brought on by fame. It is heartwarming, humorous, witty, touching, and utterly charming. <br /> <br />There's nudity, but presented in a tasteful way. You'll love all the women in the tiny fictional town of Knapley. Kudos to the magnificent Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, who play Chris and Annie (the characters on whom the film was based). <br /> <br />Buy it, rent it, enjoy it! <br /> <br />Highly recommended for sheer entertainment value.B0001I55M450A3QQ5R8EEWUK7MA3QQ5R8EEWUK7MLisa Hutson02008-09-08

Excellent Movie

Great story. Makes a great gift for most any woman. Over the age of 35. Younger than that might just not get it. Excellent movie!B0001I55M420A32A7BQBED1HXJA32A7BQBED1HXJCarolyn BurgodLibrary GalSouth Dakota02008-07-21

Calendar Girls review

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The acting is wonderful. All the ladies just seem to click. The story is very heart warming and one that most people can relate to. I could watch this movie over and over and laugh and cry everytime I see it.Calendar GirlsB0001I55M450A1N8HLXAJTC89EA1N8HLXAJTC89ET.M.O.California02008-05-27

Great Movie

This is a great movie about women. It definitely lifts your spirit and makes your day. This film celebrates the beauty of a woman. Ladies, if you feel like you are ever old for something, watch this film... <br /> <br />This film is a must see for all - young and old.DescriptionWhen 12 ordinary members of the Women's Institute, a prim and proper local ladies' club, decide they need to find a more compelling way to raise money for a new charity, they turn to their traditional annual calendar and give it a very untraditional twist. Behind the usual baked goods, the apple pressing, and the flower arrangements are the women -- completely nude! Starring 2003 Golden Globe nominee Helen Mirren (Best Actress, CALENDAR GIRLS) and Julie Walters (HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS), CALENDAR GIRLS is a terrifically entertaining comedy. And that's the naked truth.Amazon.comIn the sensible yet elegant hands of actresses Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, <I>Calendar Girls</I> walks a fine line between sappiness and snickering and ends up both wonderfully funny and gently touching. When her best friend Annie (Walters, <I>Billy Elliot</I>) loses her husband, Chris (Mirren, <I>Prime Suspect</I>, <I>Gosford Park</I>) cooks up a scheme to memorialize him: They and their friends--all fiftysomething women--will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular, but the success may drive a wedge between the two women's friendship. Based on an actual event, <I>Calendar Girls</I> carefully balances the stories of several women as it follows the calendar's media explosion, becoming a surprisingly moving fable of loss, determination, and the perils of fame. 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a watcher

This movie is one of my favorites and I show it to everyone that comes over to my house. <br />I love the enchanting but true story line, don't miss it!B000GFLE1S50AQRWZGBU9CBSAQRWZGBU9CBSLaurie S. BuysHesperia, CA USA02008-10-10

Great Movie

This was a funny and touching movie, I love the main character Lola/Simon. Everyone should see this movie.B000GFLE1S50A291YT5KPSZX9TA291YT5KPSZX9TR. CharlesFlorida02008-06-27

Touching, funny.

A funny, touching, inspiring, feel-good movie. I bought a copy for myself after having seen a friend's copy. I've watched it probably a dozen times with various friends. Everyone I've watched it with has loved it. Some have also bought copies to share with their friends. "Change your mind about someone." (If you watch the movie, you'll understand.) B000GFLE1S50AA7W0CFRXF46LAA7W0CFRXF46Ljustinecanada02008-05-01

amazing!

i love this movie. lola's such a flamboyant character that stands up to all of the crap people give her and keeps on going. she has such a strength of character that i guess i want to see from someone facing such adversity. gender identity is such a delicate issue for some and i'm glad that there are such main stream movies as this that address the issue. its a really touching movie and its both feel good and sad... if that makes sense, but i enjoy watching it every time its on.B000GFLE1S50A1Z2NBU422C8TWA1Z2NBU422C8TWNeftali CentenoEntertainment PersonChicago, IL02008-04-21

A Wonderful movie!!

Kinky Boots is a great feel good movie. <br />I saw it in theater and I loved it. So I finally got it on DVD, it was as good as when I saw it in the theater. I really recomend this movie to everybody. all the actors and actresses in this movie were wonderful. I have to say its one of my favorite movies. <br /> <br />Please check this movie out!!DescriptionInspired by a hilarious true story, this refreshing, feel-good comedy comes from the hit-making team that brought you CALENDAR GIRLS! For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory! Fun and original, it's a must-have movie that proves the best way to fit in is to stand out!Amazon.comWhen you are a tall strapping man who dresses like a woman for a living, finding a pair of sexy but durable shoes can be worth your weight in gold. Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor)--a drag queen also known as Simon--finds her shoe salvation in straight-laced Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton), who has inherited his father's shoe factory. Unable to pay the bills making traditional loafers and wingtips, Charlie agrees to make Lola a pair of kinky boots that turn out to be so fabulous the pair end up going into business together. They face a few obstacles, such as the bawdy union workers who aren't too keen on taking orders from a drag queen who's more of a man than they are. Then there's Charlie's posh real estate girlfriend, who wants to convert the factory into pricey condos. 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SIMPLY AMAZING

"The Hours" is a beautifully crafted, thought-provoking, brilliantly acted movie. Superlatives fail to describe this film. It is a movie about the lives of 3 women, their depression, their choices. <br /> <br />Nicole Kidman is convincing as the silently tortured bi-polar Virginia Wolfe who desperately wants to be normal for the sake of everyone around her, but because of her untreated illness, cannot. Juliann Moore is the most heart-wrenching as the mother who desperately wants to be a good mother and wife but because she is so emotionally dettached and unfulfilled in those roles, she cannot. Merle Streep is the lesbian who plays nurse-maid to her male ex-lover now dying of AIDS. She wants to rescue him. She cannot. <br /> <br />Three actresses playing the roles of three women who are unsuccessfully playing roles and whose characters ultimately fail miserably. Their lives are poignant: brutally so. <br /> <br />The poet/author, Virginia Wolfe, devoid of all hope that she can ever overcome her violent mood swings and exhausted from trying, wades into the river and drowns herself. This is the only way she believes she can save(or free) herself and those she loves. Juliann Moore's character commits the unthinkable act of abandoning her young son who worships her. In her mind she is saving (or freeing) herself and those she loves. Merle Streep's character assumes the ever-busy role of "Mrs. Dalloway" (the character from Virginia Wolfe's famous novel). She desperately attempts to distract her dying ex-lover who tragically wants to die more than anything because he never could get over the crippling truth that the mother he worshipped abandoned him. <br /> <br />Three hurting women, much loved, who abandon those who love them. This is a sad movie. It is not a movie made for entertainment as much for philosophical value. It is deep and thought provoking. If you are not accustomed to such films or have an aversion to same, this movie is not for you. As for me, I believe this movie is one of the greatest of all time. I highly recommend it to anyone who is not above soul-searching and exploring the depths of the female psyche.B00005JKTI20A2R4XG0L7Z01V8A2R4XG0L7Z01V8Dumb Blonde ReviewingI'm A Lonely Angel Stuck On The Slow PathIn my bed02008-10-01

Depressing

I bought The Hours for cheap, so I was impressed, and for once, ended up watching it within a couple of days of buying - not something I do often, judging by my "to watch" pile! <br /> <br />I always watch the trailers first on the DVD, if they're available. Some people disagree with this. Personally, I like doing it. Plus, I like watching the "coming soon" trailers too - it always gives me an idea as to what DVDs to add to my wishlist etc. <br /> <br />I watched The Hours with my Dad, and actually had to WAKE him up at the end - now he never falls asleep at movies. I do. What is The Hours about? Three women, with very little lives, and feeling trapped at every turn. Yes, there are also women kissing in this movie, for the guys - and girls I guess. <br /> <br />I didn't identify with any of the women, I found the film quite dull, and uninteresting. It had so much promise. And I couldn't handle watching Ed Harris in his role - normally I love him too! <br /> <br />I wouldn't recommend this movie - maybe it's because I haven't read the book, I don't know. I'd be interested in reading the book, perhaps, but I still have quite a few books on my "to read" list. (Stop buying books and DVDs!) I'll still keep the DVD - after all it was only cheap, and if I ever read the book, I might give it another try again. B00005JKTI11A33PNAQ33DGBJGA33PNAQ33DGBJGMichelle PolkMississippi, USA42008-08-09

The hours....

What an awful, awful movie! Flitting through 3 lives, we discover 3 miserable people. No reason for this movie but to waste an hour and a half. The potential of these actors together would have been awesome but they were wasted on a trash movie.B00005JKTI13AHH7IEK2QPMMZAHH7IEK2QPMMZGail RodgersmoonwishesNorth East, PA USA52008-07-25

Confused Mess of a movie

I looked forward with anticipation to watching this movie after I saw a trailer for it. I was greatly disappointed with it. Jumping between 4-5 time frames to women who you didn't know what their basic malfunction was made the movie very hard to understand. I had no clue until the credits were rolling that the one lady was supposed to be Virginia Wolfe, probably because I missed the clues. But why these woment were depressed, who was Richard and why was he in the one woman's life(Streep), were never answered. All in all it was not entertaining. Maybe if you have a degree in literature it might have made more sense, but as someone who has never read Virginia Wolfe's work (nor do I care to) it was a senseless and boring movie. My copy is going out the the thrift store. Maybe someone else will enjoy it. I'm just glad we got it cheap at a library sale as I would have hated to pay full price for it.B00005JKTI55A12JKRI88HVQ3EA12JKRI88HVQ3EMark WynSt Louis, MO USA62008-07-01

A beautiful and unforgettable film

This movie unforgettable and each time I watch it I find something new that make me look at life and relationships and death. The cast is first-rate, from Steep, Moore and Kidman to the smallest of roles. <br /> <br />The acting, the writing, the editing and the music are all excellent. The extra features are first-rate as well. <br /> <br />This film is one of the top ten movies I have ever seen. I can watch it again and again.DescriptionTHE HOURS tells the story of three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in a suburb of London in the 1920’s as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway, while also attempting to overcome the mental illness that threatens to engulf her. Laura Brown (Moore), a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Then, in contemporary New York City, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) is a modern-day mirror image of Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she plans what may be the final party for her friend and former lover, Richard (Harris), who is dying of AIDS.Amazon.com essential videoDelicate and hypnotic, <I>The Hours</I> interweaves three stories with remarkable skill: in the 1920s Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) grapples with her inner demons and slowly works on her novel <I>Mrs. Dalloway</I>; in 1949 housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) feels her own destructive impulses; and in 1999 book editor Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep)--much like the title character of Woolf's novel--prepares to throw a party, in honor of her dearest friend, a seriously ill poet (Ed Harris). Small details reverberate from story to story as a powerhouse cast (including Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, and Miranda Richardson) gives subtle and beautifully modulated performances. 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Brideshead Underdeveloped

This is an odd movie. It's a fairly basic premise: a wealthy trio of dilettante siblings ask a cynical paranormal investigator (suffering from his own demons) to come and exorcise their beloved childhood nanny, who is plagued by ghosts and careening towards the boobyhatch. When he arrives at Stock Stately Home, things go (literally) bump in the night and suddenly the cynic is confronted with that which he has always decried. And et ceterah. <br /> <br />The first and most commendable thing about "Haunted" is that there's a very fine sense of creeping dread and several elegant scares to be had over the course of the first hour of this movie. Several scenes, not least the opening with its two very competent child actors, jump from the screen and speak to a very high standard. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, for every decent, well-filmed moment in "Haunted", there's a corresponding boring and/or unintentionally funny moment to counteract the sense of terror. Director Lewis Gilbert's lack of consistency is as confusing as it is detrimental to the overall effectiveness of "Haunted" - witness the mounting dread of David's (Aidan Quinn) first night in Edbrook House completely undermined by the appalling special effect sequence of his second night: it looks more like a commercial for some sort of salt-based floor cleanser than anything else. A wonderful set-piece involving a piano playing in an abandoned music room is similarly undone by David's positively gymnastic leap from a car towards the film's end... ...confusingly, "Haunted" seems to be saying, "Look, I know I can be great, but you're just going to have to sit there and put up with mediocre. Boo!!". <br /> <br />The acting here suffers from the same bipolarity of standard: on one hand, Quinn and Kate Beckinsale have a believable chemistry together and neither of them does much wrong - but on the other hand, the grinning foolishness of Alex Lowe and the downright laziness of Brideshead Reunited (Anthony Andrews and a surprisingly underused John Gielgud) make for tiresome, vanilla viewing. <br /> <br />This movie lacks a basic sense of direction. When it's good, it's excellent: when it's bad (and it is more bad than good: the end is tired and predictable, the visual effects laughable even for 1996, and there are LOTS of continuity goofs, in addition to the plain sloppy scenes) it's pretty unwatchable. <br /> <br />Great alternatives include 1989's "The Woman In Black", 1963's "The Innocents" and, of course, "The Others". Each of these movies delivers something in spades that "Haunted" fatally lacks: quality. Avoid this one unless you choose to see it on TV.B00005LQ0E30ANAYSRE3LX8GZANAYSRE3LX8GZMicheal HuntHellbourne02008-06-13

Haunted - Very Predictable, but enjoyable.

I guess these movies with the twist on them is becoming old news, because I guessed from only a few minutes into the plot what the outcome was going to be, and I guessed it right. And my suspicions grew stronger as the movie unveiled a few more clues to it's final outcome. <br /> <br />However, even tho I predicated what was going to happen in the end, there was a few twist and turns that I could not work out, and kept watching to find out where it was going, and that was enough to keep me interested from start to end of this story of a writer who is invited to a house to meet an elderly woman who was the nanny of of the house's 3 children. (The people who owned the house, not the house itself) <br /> <br />She claims she has been seeing ghosts and the house is haunted. Yet the 2 brothers and daughter she has helped to raise all there lives think she is just crazy. <br /> <br />So this man who has written many ghost stories based on the facts, who has never really encountered a ghost and claims they are non existent, stays with them in the house for a couple of days, to investigate and discovers there are in fact strange things happening in this house. <br /> <br />He suspects there may be someone behind it at first, but discovers much more then he ever expected to by the end of this film. <br /> <br />------ <br /> <br />As I said, I worked out very early in the film the outcome result of who certain characters and there story really where, but there are a lot of other things I did not predict, and it keeps you guessing to the end if your thoughts are right, or if it's something else. <br /> <br />If you care, I thought it was going to turn out that 2 of the characters where married and lying about there status etc.. but I guessed that one wrong. So if your someone who easily works out outcomes before they happen like I sometimes do, then I'd urge you to check this one out as it can confuse and trick you into one belief throwing you off the track your think it is going to in some aspects of the plot. <br /> <br />On the scare factor, I don't think it's on the creepy or spooky side of film making at all. It's more of a mystery film surrounding the supernatural then anything else really, don't expect blood and gore and terrifying scares from the walking dead, it's a clean mystery that slowly unravels as it proceeds with interesting twists and tales, yet very predicable for some like me, but even with that said, I still think it was a very enjoyable movie. <br /> <br />If you see it for rental, check it out, it won't kill you. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B00005LQ0E41A1POFVVXUZR3IQA1POFVVXUZR3IQz hayesplano,texas12008-01-23

An under-rated horror movie!

Yes, this is definitely one of the under-rated horror gems that is not your typical gorefest that is so characteristic of horror movies these days. A thrilling, subtle adaptation of James Herbert's novel - Aidan Quinn plays David Ash, a debunker of supernatural phenomena. David himself had a tragic incident in his life, losing a beloved twin sister when they were both very young. <br />At the behest of an old lady who previously worked as a nanny in an old country manor in the English countryside, Davod goes there to help her resolve the question of whether or not there are spirits haunting the manor.The strange happenings lead him to doubt first his own skepticism, and eventually his sanity. Things get further complicated when David finds himself falling for Christina [an alluring and enigmatic Kate Beckinsale] who is a member of the family that owns the house. Christina's and David's mutual attraction to each other face the disapproval of Christina's brothers, especially the older brother [played by Anthony Andrews]. <br />David also finds himself being haunted by visions of a young girl who looks very much like his deceased sister. Is he really seeing supernatural entities or is he going mad? This is a first-rate supernatural thriller that has some genuine jump in your seat moments, and a credibly eerie atmosphere. Highly recommended!B00005LQ0E44A3NQ4ST5AV8D7TA3NQ4ST5AV8D7TJedUK42007-10-14

No ghosts please, we're British

I first saw this in 1999 when it was shown on TV and I taped it, mostly on a whim. At that time I had no idea who Kate Beckinsale was, and I'd never heard of Aidan Quinn. To be honest reading the film description of a guy who investigates a haunted house made me expect some kind of silly Poltergeist/ Nightmare On Elm Street type horror schlock movie. <br /> <br />So it was something of a surprise to see the first moments of the film, with an Edwardian lady seated at a piano playing a melancholy yet moving piano piece. Further in it became apparent that this certainly wasn't a blood and gore shocker. For anyone thinking of renting or buying this I don't want to give the plot away too much, but if you're expecting any blood or gore, move on immediately. This film is made of many parts. It has elements of a period drama (1930s English manor- very Agatha Christie) ghost story, and psychological drama. <br /> <br />David Ash, played by Aidan Quinn, is a paranormal investigator who finally agrees to visit an elderly woman (Nanny Tess , playedby Anna Massey) at a country estate after she has sent him many letters asking him. He meets Christina Marriell (played by Kate Beckinsale, then virtually unknown) and her two brothers, suave but smarmy and artistic Robert (Anthony Andrews) and the irreverant Simon (Alex Lowe). Nanny Tess is obviously in a state of fear, yet Ash is seemingly unbale to find anything to help her. In the end Ash becomes as shaken and disturbed as Nanny Tess by events in the house, and a vision of his long dead sister leads him to discovery that unwravels a surprise ending. <br /> <br />Overall the film manages to sustain our interest throuhgout. The early 1930s ambience is authentically done. The scenery in Sussex, England looks stunning in autumn colours. The acting is uniformly well done. And the soundtrack by Debbie Wiseman is wonderful. ( I even bought it on CD a few days ago!) <br /> <br />On the negative side though, the special effects are rather poor. And although I praised the acting, there is a certain conflict of styles. Aidan Quinn is an excellent actor, but his distinctly American "method" style of acting seems strange when he's having a conversation with the very English "Agatha Christie TV drama" style of the other cast. And although it's billed as "horror" I can't really think of any places where it's actually *scary*. (Although I admit I don't believe in anything supernatural) There's a sense of tension and unease, even creepiness, around, but anyone expecting to hide behind the sofa is going to disappointed. <br /> The main fault with this film though was the awkward script. Lines like "There was a peculiar scratching at my door last night. When I went to see what it was I was prevented from opening by someone pulling from the other side. Someone as strong as I am" and "So...you're from the colonies" make you wonder who actually gave the go ahead with the script. Did anyone actually realise how bad some of this dialog actually is? <br /> <br />So I can't really say this is a 5 star movie because it certainly has some faults. Although not quite on the same level as Robert Wise's 1963 classic The Haunting, Haunted is an intelligent and well crafted story. The Haunting and Haunted- now there's a good double bill! <br /> <br /> <br />PS Drooling Kate Beckinsale fans please note- that's a body double in the film. :p <br /> <br /> <br />B00005LQ0E32A3R6DJXXIZ3IRAA3R6DJXXIZ3IRAW. KoenigsmannWendy KoenigsmannNorthern Hemisphere32007-06-24

Enjoyable film -- surprise ending . . .

Let me say this first: I usually do not like films starring Kate Beckinsale. It's not that I don't like her, I don't even know her, but I've never found her convincing as a "dark" type of character; nevertheless, while her acting is good in "Haunted," even here she is a little too peppy for me, although her numerous nude scenes are probably the reason why many men like this film. To sum up things up, I did like this movie, as it played on aspects of reality and unreality quite well, and I really didn't see the ending coming, which is a nice change. Aidan Quinn does a great job acting here, and his character is believable. He is another one of those actors I'm not really fond of, but he's great here.Amazon.comProfessor David Ash (Aidan Quinn) is skeptical of the supernatural, yet he is invited by elderly Nanny Tess Webb (Anna Massey) to investigate paranormal goings-on at her country estate. When Ash arrives, he meets her three adult children (Kate Beckinsale among them, who becomes his future love interest) and the family doctor (John Gielgud), all of whom deny anything is going on and claim that Nanny Tess is merely hallucinating. Yet after spending some time there, the professor begins experiencing unexplainable visions that only Nanny Tess, and often only he, sees. Furthermore the ghost of his sister, who died as a child in a drowning accident, begins to roam the estate. Is he imagining it and going mad? Or is the house truly haunted? Adapted by Tim Prager from the James Herbert novel, Lewis Gilbert's highly memorable film is a brilliant haunted-house tale with chilling scenes and an exceptional plot twist. <I>--Bryan Reesman</I>B0001932ZU0783116926B00023P4I8B00009MEKN6305714886579588General579580British Cinema284926By Country163313Art House & International404276Genres130DVD139452Video722735011General AAS579580British Cinema284926By Country163313Art House & International404276Genres130DVD139452Video503134Period Piece502916By Theme163313Art House & International404276Genres130DVD139452Video569602Gothic292225By Theme163396Horror404276Genres130DVD139452Video569598Haunted House292225By Theme163396Horror404276Genres130DVD139452Video163407General163396Horror404276Genres130DVD139452Video923878General512030Mystery & Suspense404276Genres130DVD139452Video292287Mystery512030Mystery & Suspense404276Genres130DVD139452Video163411Suspense512030Mystery & Suspense404276Genres130DVD139452Video163442General163431Science Fiction & Fantasy404276Genres130DVD139452Video415914General163450Television404276Genres130DVD139452Video410610Andrews, Anthony409682( A )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video412142Bassett, Linda411316( B )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video412392Beckinsale, Kate411316( B )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video424912Gielgud, John424172( G )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video435714Massey, Anna434574( M )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video442532Quinn, Aidan442450( Q )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video446112Shalet, Victoria444858( S )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video447146Smith, Liz444858( S )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video447398Somerville, Geraldine444858( S )404278Actors & Actresses251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video355715011General355678011British Cinema355667011Foreign & International251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video355718011Period Dramas355678011British Cinema355667011Foreign & International251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video355831011Horror355824011By Genre355667011Foreign & International251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video355886011Period Piece355859011By Theme355667011Foreign & International251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video354767011All Lionsgate Titles468376Lionsgate Home Entertainment468374Studio Specials251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video579526( H )579510Titles251273011Custom Stores44261011Specialty Stores130DVD139452Video387546011DVD387545011Format (binding)386709011Refinements130DVD139452Video405388011R405383011MPAA Rating (feature_browse-bin)