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Directed by John IrvinOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Spy films,
Political filmsActors Alec Guinness,
Michael Jayston,
Anthony Bate,
George Sewell,
Bernard Hepton,
Ian William RichardsonRating84%
George Smiley (Guinness), deputy head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, is forced into retirement in the wake of "Operation Testify", a failed spy mission to Czechoslovakia. Veteran British agent Jim Prideaux (Bannen) had been sent to meet with a Czech general he's been told has information identifying a deep-cover Soviet spy planted in the highest echelons of British Secret Intelligence Service, known as the Circus because of its headquarters at Cambridge Circus in London. , 1h36
Directed by John IrvinOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Transport films,
Aviation filmsActors Jeremy Irons,
Forest Whitaker,
Jason Priestley,
Charlotte Rampling,
Briony Glassco,
Lois MaxwellRating53%
Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) is the European editor of The Economist, a magazine based in London, England. Jack has a wife named Maria (Briony Glassco) and three kids named Joanne (Anna Maguire), Julia (Holly Boyd), and Andrew (Joel Pitts)., 1h50
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Ghost filmsActors Fred Astaire,
Melvyn Douglas,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
John Houseman,
Alice Krige,
Craig WassonRating62%
The plot is taken from the novel of the same name by Straub, but greatly changes and simplifies it., 1h37
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Horror,
RomanceActors Glenda Jackson,
Ben Kingsley,
Richard Johnson,
Michael Gambon,
Jeroen Krabbé,
Rosemary LeachRating68%
Two lonely Londoners - Neaera Duncan, a children's author (Glenda Jackson), and William Snow, a bookstore assistant (Ben Kingsley) - find common ground when visiting the sea turtles at London Zoo; independently of each other, both perceive that the turtles are unnaturally confined, and they hatch a plan with the assistance of zookeeper George Fairbairn (Michael Gambon) to smuggle them out and release them into the sea, which they ultimately succeed in accomplishing. Their release of the turtles represents metaphorically their release of themselves from their own inhibitions., 1h43
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about immigration,
Mafia films,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
L'Outfit de Chicago,
Gangster filmsActors Patrick Swayze,
Liam Neeson,
Adam Baldwin,
Helen Hunt,
Bill Paxton,
Ben StillerRating58%
Truman Gates (Patrick Swayze), raised in Appalachia, has migrated to Chicago to become a police officer. Married to Jessie, who has a baby on the way, he seems to have made the transition from hillbilly to respectable law man. When the local coal mine closes, Truman persuades his younger brother Gerald (Bill Paxton) to look for work in Chicago. But things take a turn for the worse when soon after landing a job as a truck driver, Gerald's vehicle is hijacked by mobsters and Gerald is killed by Joey Rosellini (Adam Baldwin), the nephew of mob boss Poppa John Isabella (Andreas Katsulas). , 1h39
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing filmsActors Michael Caine,
Martin Landau,
Andy Serkis,
Claire Rushbrook,
Frances Barber,
Danny WebbRating58%
The story centers on Billy "Shiner" Simpson (Caine) a boxing promoter banned from legitimate fights until he finds a promising start in his son Eddie. The night of the fight sees Eddie killed, and Simpson suspects rival Frank Spedding (Landau). Billy seeks revenge, only to grow mad as his suspicions draw closer to home., 1h37
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Heist films,
Chase films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Harvey Keitel,
Stephen Dorff,
Timothy Hutton,
Lucy Liu,
Famke Janssen,
Michael Jai WhiteRating60%
Retired thief, Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel), comes out of retirement to help his youngest brother, Lee (Timothy Hutton), with a jewelry heist in Palm Springs. Along for the job are hired muscle, Jorge Montana (Wade Dominguez), and wheelman, Skip Kovich (Stephen Dorff), but Skip is running late. While they wait for Skip, the three men prepare for the heist by surveying the jewelry store they're planning to rob. Elsewhere, Skip is doing business with gunrunner, Odell Williams (Michael Jai White), who offers Skip his services, in case he needs anything. Once Skip finally arrives to the rendezvous spot, a trailer park, he joins the crew and the heist happens, the next day. Everything went down without a hitch, thanks to Jorge's scrambling of the police monitors and traffic signals., 1h46
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Kathryn Harrold,
Darren McGavin,
Sam Wanamaker,
Paul Shenar,
Steven HillRating56%
On December 16, 1985, in a remote wooded cabin, a mob informant is under protection by the FBI. They are ambushed by a hit squad who brutally slaughter the bodyguards and the witness. One of the agents killed is Blair Shannon, son of FBI Chief Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin), who vows revenge., 1h52
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
ActionThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Dylan McDermott,
Steven Weber,
Courtney B. Vance,
Don Cheadle,
Michael Dolan,
Michael BoatmanRating66%
The film begins with footage of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
It then shifts to a platoon of soldiers fighting in Vietnam, 1969 ending with a soldier dying on a helicopter. As they prepare to be sent into action again, the platoon of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, receives five FNGs as replacements - Beletsky, who constantly frets that he won't be able to remember everything he has been taught; Languilli, who gets annoyed when people mispronounce his name; Washburn, a quiet man and the only African-American member of the squad; Bienstock, who is outgoing and has volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam; and finally Galvan, the quietest new soldier but the most promising of the new intake.