Death Defying Acts (
2007) | IMDb:
5.8
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Starring:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Guy Pearce
,
Timothy Spall
,
Saoirse Ronan
,
Malcolm Shields
,
Leni Harper
Directed by:
Gillian Armstrong
Oscar and Lucinda (
1997) | IMDb:
6.6
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Ciarán Hinds
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Richard Roxburgh
,
Christian Manon
Directed by:
Gillian Armstrong
Little Women (
1994) | IMDb:
7.3
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Samantha Mathis
,
Kirsten Dunst
,
Claire Danes
Mrs. Soffel (
1984) | IMDb:
6.1
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
Starring:
Diane Keaton
,
Mel Gibson
,
Matthew Modine
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Trini Alvarado
,
Jennifer Dundas