Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (
2010) | IMDb:
6.1
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
Starring:
Emma Thompson
,
Asa Butterfield
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Maggie Smith
,
Rhys Ifans
Directed by:
Susanna White
Brideshead Revisited (
2008) | IMDb:
6.7
Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Based on the classic British novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Starring:
Matthew Goode
,
Ben Whishaw
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Emma Thompson
,
Michael Gambon
,
Patrick Malahide
Directed by:
Julian Jarrold
The Pianist (
2002) | IMDb:
8.5
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Frank Finlay
,
Maureen Lipman
,
Emilia Fox
,
Ed Stoppard
The Little Vampire (
2000) | IMDb:
5.7
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
Starring:
Jonathan Lipnicki
,
Richard E. Grant
,
Jim Carter
,
Alice Krige
,
Pamela Gidley
,
Tommy Hinkley
Directed by:
Uli Edel