smw's - Rented List
-
The world is still facing the threat of Islamist terrorism and with Russia also emerging as a new super power, the MI5 team face even more frightening and deadly challenges. Six months on from their terrifying ordeal at the hands of the Red Backs, Adam is back on the Grid but there is no sign of Jo. There's a new Spook on the block when a secret assignation between MI5 and the Russian intelligence services (the FSB) brings Harry's old protégé Lucas North back into the fold after eight years languishing in a Russian prison. Harry is- thrilled to have him back but does Lucas have the necessary skills to rejoin MI5 at the top level? And more importantly after eight years with only a high ranking Russian spymaster for company, can Lucas's loyalty really be taken for granted...? - Director:
- Peter Hoare
- Cast:
- Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth, Richard Armitage
- Formats:
-
-
The Happy Family (1952)Mr. Lord Says No
When the Government decides to build the Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything appears to be going to plan. All except for the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by the House of Lords, a corner shop owned by Henry Lord (Stanley Holloway) and his wife Lillian (Kathleen Harrison). When the Lords' decline the compensation offered by government civil servant Mr Filch (Naughton Wayne) they barricade themselves in to avoid the demolition of their beloved home. And when they are joined by an ambitious BBC sports broadcaster the outside world gets to hear a running commentary of the hilarious events from inside the House of Lords'. - Director:
- Muriel Box
- Cast:
- Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne
- Formats:
-
-
Anthony Hopkins won an 'Outstanding Lead Actor' Emmy for this gripping and masterful portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the last, desperate months of World War Two. January 16th 1945. With the allies closing in on Berlin from the east and west, and Allied bombers blasting Berlin by day and by night, Adolf Hitler takes up permanent residence in his command bunker under the Chancellery Building. Refusing to believe the war is lost, an increasingly irrational Hitler issues insane orders to a dwindling band of his most loyal followers, even as his dreams die in flames all about him... - Director:
- George Schaefer
- Cast:
- Susan Blakely, Frank Gatliff, Cliff Gorman
- Formats:
-
-
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)Vivir y morir en Los Ángeles
Full of flash, style and grit, this raw tale of corruption and revenge features one of the most harrowing car chases ever caught on film and a shockingly explosive ending. Federal Agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) has a score to settle, and he's through playing by the rules. Whether that means blackmailing a beautiful parolee, disobeying direct orders or hurtling the wrong way down a crowded freeway, he vows to take down a murderous counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) by any means necessary. But as the stakes grow higher, will chance's obsession with vengeance ultimately destroy him? - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow
- Formats:
-
-
The Wall (2012)Die Wand
An adaptation of the best-selling novel by the Austrian author Marlen Haushofer, the film stars Martina Gedeck who, in the course of a shoot that lasted over several seasons, gives a solo performance of enormous strength, both mental and physical. An invisible wall cuts off a woman alone in the Alps but for a dog, a cow, a cat and her determination to survive, even when the rest of the world has possibly perished. - Director:
- Julian Pölsler
- Cast:
- Martina Gedeck, Karlheinz Hackl, Ulrike Beimpold
- Formats:
-
-
Robert (Hubert Milkowski), a young Polish immigrant, arrives in Norway to work for a fish factory in hopes of paying off his mother's rising debts. Suppressing his true self to fit in with the other Poles at the factory, Robert develops feelings for Ivar (Karl Bekele Steinland), the out and proud son of the factory owner who also moonlights as a drag performer. As the two get to know each other, a worker's strike breaks out and Robert is faced to decide on his future: will he choose financial stability or his community? Polish-Norwegian director Leiv Igor Devoid's feature is a striking and honest portrayal of the intersecting limits of class and culture. - Director:
- Leiv Igor Devold
- Cast:
- Hubert Milikowski, Karl Bekele Steinland, Edyta Torhan
- Formats:
-
-
Based on the bombshell New York Times investigation, 'She Said' follows the remarkable true story of how reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor went from underdogs to inspirations by shattering the silence surrounding sexual assault in Hollywood. Determined to expose the truth many fear to tell, Megan and Jodi's partnership shakes up the system, empowering courageous women to retake their strength through stories of survival in this extraordinary film from Emmy-winning director Maria Schrader, featuring captivating performances by two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan. - Director:
- Maria Schrader
- Cast:
- Keilly McQuail, Lola Petticrew, Katherine Laheen
- Formats:
-
-
Growing mistrust between the British, American and Iranian Governments culminates in a series of high-risk operations at home, pushing the Section to its very limits. As Iran's race to become a nuclear power impacts on British and American security, the distinction between friend and foe becomes ever more blurred. Harry and his team start to question exactly whose agenda they're working to and who they can trust - both on and off the Grid. The electric atmosphere between Adam and Ros comes to a head but things are complicated further by Adam's ongoing and dangerous affair with a key asset inside the Iranian Embassy. Harry gains a new friend on the grid when he recruits old MI5 colleague Connie as desk officer. Clever, with plenty of old-school tricks up her sleeve, she might just be able to fill the void left by Ruth's departure. Contains Spooks Season 6 Episodes 1-10 uncut. - Director:
- Omar Madha
- Cast:
- Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth, Hermione Norris
- Formats:
-
-
Every house is identical. Every house is empty. Except for yours. Welcome to YONDER. Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) are a young couple looking to take the next step in their relationship and own their first home. Sold on the prospect of an ideal suburban lifestyle at the newly opened YONDER, they drive out with enigmatic estate agent Martin (Jonathan Aris) to take a look, and the trap is sprung. In YONDER, the food they're given has no taste, identical homes line identical streets tesselating toward the horizon underneath a sky dotted by uniform clouds, and every road leads right back to the new home that has become their prison. The idyllic dream of 'suburban bliss' has given way to a recursive nightmare, and the only hope for Gemma and Tom's escape lies within a mysterious box and the infant inside it. - Director:
- Lorcan Finnegan
- Cast:
- Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann
- Formats:
-
-
Young, handsome and wealthy, publishing tycoon David Aames (Tom Cruise) can have anything his heart desires. Still, David's charmed life seems incomplete. One night, David meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz) and believes he may have found the missing piece. But a fateful encounter with a jealous lover (Cameron Diaz) suddenly sends David's world out of control, rocketing him on a roller-coaster ride of romance, sex, suspicion and dreams...to a shocking, final awakening you will never forget. - Director:
- Cameron Crowe
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
- Formats:
-
-
The Station Agent (2003)Descubriendo la amistad
Fin McBride (Peter Dinklage), a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train depot in the middle of nowhere, a place that suits him just fine because all he wants is to be left alone. But that is not to be. Soon after moving in, he meets Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a distracted artist, and Joe (Bobby Cannavale), a friendly Cuban with an insatiable hunger for conversation who parks his hot dog truck right next door. With absolutely nothing in common, they find their isolated lives coming together in a friendship none of them could foresee. - Director:
- Thomas McCarthy
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale
- Formats:
-
-
Literature professor Harriet "Harry" Wild (Jane Seymour) is struggling to adjust to her recent retirement when she's mugged. While recuperating at the home of her son, Charlie (Kevin Ryan), a senior detective in the Dublin police, Harry reads his case files and notices that his current murder inquiry bears striking similarities to an obscure Elizabethan play. After Charlie rebuffs her input, Harry decides to find the killer herself to prove she was right. Little does she realize thatthis decision will lead herto a whole new life. When Harry crosses paths with wayward teen Fergus Reid (Rohan Nedd), she recruits his help in her investigation. Much to the dismay of Charlie and his wife (Amy Huberman), soon the unlikely pair are solving mysteries ranging from fledgling serial killers with Dostoevsky fixations to kidnappers, con artists, and psychopaths. - Director:
- Rob Burke
- Cast:
- Kevin Ryan, Jane Seymour, Rohan Nedd
- Formats:
-
-
John Haider (Oscar®-nominee Viggo Mortensen) is a 'good' and decent individual. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Haider explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Haider finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Yet with Haider's change in fortune, his seemingly inconsequential decisions potentially jeopardize the people in his life with devastating effects. - Director:
- Vicente Amorim
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker
- Formats:
-
-
From award-winning writer/director Justin Chon and inspired by true events, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of an American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a uniquely Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and stepdad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home. - Director:
- Justin Chon
- Cast:
- Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien
- Formats:
-
-
When his brother is murdered Joe (Martin Compston) finds solace in an old family friend, Piggy (Paul Anderson). Piggy helps Joe to cope with his grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. But as their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasingly dangerous world of violence and revenge. Soon Joe's life begins to collapse around him as he starts to question who Piggy really is, culminating in a brutal, disastrous climax that will stay with you forever. - Director:
- Kieron Hawkes
- Cast:
- Ed Skrein, Paul Anderson, Martin Compston
- Formats:
-