David Blair

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)

, 2h
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Biographie, Documentaire, Policier
Acteurs James Bolam, James Hazeldine, Tony Melody, Alan Rothwell, Susan Cookson, Deborah Norton
Rôle DC Mark Denham
Note68%

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Torpilles sous l'Atlantique (1957)

, 1h38
Réalisé par Dick Powell
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Guerre, Thriller, Action, Aventure, Historique
Thèmes La mer, Transport, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Action sous-marine, Guerre en milieu sous-marin, Politique, Films pour enfants, Forces armées des États-Unis
Acteurs Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins, David Hedison, Frank Albertson
Rôle Ellis
Note73%

Durant l'été 1943, Murrell, alors capitaine d'un cargo, est torpillé par un sous-marin allemand et perd son épouse dans le naufrage. Recueilli après avoir passé vingt-cinq jours sur un radeau, il accepte le commandement d'un destroyer d'escorte de classe Buckley car il préfère, dit-il, « être du bon côté du canon ». Son passé de « civil » inspire une certaine méfiance à ses hommes, mais l’occasion se présente bientôt pour lui de prouver ses capacités.

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Les trois mousquetaires (1948)

, 2h5
Réalisé par George Sidney
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Cape et d'épée, Action, Aventure, Romance
Acteurs Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, June Allyson, Vincent Price, Lana Turner, Angela Lansbury
Rôle un frère de d'Artagnan
Note70%

D'Artagnan, jeune noble provincial venant de sa Gascogne natale, arrive à Paris pour s’engager dans le régiment des mousquetaires du roi Louis XIII. Il s’installe en pension chez le vieux M. Bonacieux, dont la femme Constance ne le laisse pas indifférent. Son tempérament enthousiaste et bouillonnant lui vaut de provoquer en duel trois mousquetaires : Athos, Porthos et Aramis.

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Hurricane - Bataille d'Angleterre (2018)

, 1h45
Réalisé par David Blair
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Action, Historique
Acteurs Iwan Rheon, Adrian Zaremba, Nicholas Farrell, Sam Hoare
Note58%

En 1940, le Royaume-Uni est le seul pays en Europe à être en état de lutter contre la souillure grandissante de l'empire nazi. Ses habitants nerveux se demandant ce que l'avenir réserve. Mais une poignée de personnes sur cette île assiégée ne sait que trop bien ce que sera le futur. Ils ont vu Varsovie brûler, la Pologne s'écrouler, la France capituler. Des hommes comme Jan Zumbach, Witold Urbanowicz, Miroslaw Feric et Tolo Lokuciewski, les pilotes de l'Armée de l'Air polonaise, qui savent que si la Luftwaffe n'est pas arrêtée, la Pologne, la Hollande et la France n'auront été que des hors-d'œuvres pour Hitler. Ils sont donc prêts à se battre si on leur confie des avions.

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The Messenger (2015)

, 1h41
Réalisé par David Blair
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Horreur
Acteurs Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Joely Richardson, David O'Hara, Tamzin Merchant, Andrew Tiernan
Note52%

A child grows up loving his father who took his life when he was a child. After the father's death the child is shown to have the ability to see and talk with souls who have not "gone into the light". The souls beg him to help with talking to their loved ones and all three are shown tortured mentally until the task is completed. It is shown that as a child is in and out of psychiatric clinics and hospitals thru adulthood. In the end he saves a lady who tried to kill herself and finally the constable and sister believe it is true. The psychiatrist still will not put her professional career on the line and still believe it is only within his mind and not the connection to the lost soul who asked his help to save the lady's life. He is always blamed for events that happen badly while he is trying to help the lost soul. He is always putting himself at risk to help the lost souls, but is never really thanked by the lost souls. During the story it is revealed to him that his nephew, the son of his sister, also sees lost souls, but has never told to anyone but him. The nephew tells him about a lost soul he sees that drowned in the pool, though unclear about how long ago the drowning occurred. The story ends with the reappearance to the sister's child, his nephew, a ghost of a boy who drowned in the pool from a family who had occupied the home prior to the sister and her family moving in. At the same time, the sister is at her brother's home sees a newspaper clipping several years ago about the death of the boy in her swimming pool.

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Common (2014)

, 1h30
Réalisé par David Blair
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Michelle Fairley, Nico Mirallegro, Michael Gambon, Susan Lynch, Daniel Mays, Jodhi May
Note72%

Johnjo O'Shea is an ordinary 17-year-old, with the exception that he is a hemophiliac. He is asked to give a few friends of his older brother a lift in his brother's car, so that they can visit a pizza takeaway. Johnjo is unaware that one of his passengers has been tipped off by a friend who runs that shift at the pizza place that an adversary is about to enter, and the real reason for wanting a lift is to get there quickly to confront him. One of the other boys starts an argument with a bystander (Tommy Ward), and stabs him, fatally. The drama then follows the police and legal procedures, as well as the conflicts between family members, the boys involved and the community. Although he and his family consider him to be an innocent bystander, he ends up in court charged as an accessory to murder, under the doctrine of common purpose, the "common" of the film's title, which may also make reference to the view that segments of society might take of the working class youths involved.

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Best Plans (2012)

Réalisé par David Blair
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action
Acteurs Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Stephen Graham, David O'Hara, Lee Ingleby, Maxine Peake, Mark Strange
Note62%

Danny a pris sous sa protection Joseph : un géant qui a gardé la naïveté d'un enfant. Vivant d’expédients et de petits larcins, Danny se voit obligé de profiter de l'innocence de Joseph pour rembourser ses dettes auprès du parrain local. Joseph va se frotter à la dure réalité de la vie des bas-fonds mais va également découvrir les premiers sentiments amoureux.

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The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)

Réalisé par David Blair
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Science-fiction, Thriller, Comédie, Action
Acteurs Timothy Spall, Bobby Ball, Frances Barber, Aisling Loftus, Brendan O'Carroll, Alice Barry
Note69%

Taxi-driver Morris Morrissey (Bobby Ball) is the manager of Georgie Godwin (Timothy Spall), the self-styled 'Fattest Man In Britain'. Morrissey feeds Georgie who hasn't left his house and stays in watching Jeremy Kyle shows and programmes about distant places in the world, which he marks off on a globe. He relies on Morrissey and Janice (Frances Barber) to provide him with everything he needs to live. Georgie's garden is overgrown after 23 years of neglect, and Social Services send a community service worker to clean the garden, which Georgie is not too sure about. When the community service worker turns up, it is 18-year-old Amy (Aisling Loftus). While Amy pulls weeds, cuts the grass and hedge and plants flowers, Georgie watches her and tells Janice what she's done that day. One day while Amy is working in the garden, her boyfriend Joe turns up and shouts and pushes her. Seeing this, Georgie bangs on the window and Joe hurriedly leaves. Amy goes inside and Georgie offers her various types of chocolate but Amy says she is pregnant to which Georgie replies "If you're as good as a mother as you are with my garden, you're gonna be a great mum". One night while Morris and Janice are round Georgie's, Amy turns up with cuts on her face and says her drug addict boyfriend Joe kicked and punched her. Georgie says Amy can stay at his, in his Mum's old room. In return (and because she sees Georgie as a father figure), Amy cooks his dinner, cuts his hair and redecorates the house.

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Coup de foudre royal (2005)

, 1h35
Réalisé par David Blair
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Historique, Romance
Thèmes Politique, Royauté
Acteurs Olivia Poulet, Laurence Fox, Andrea Riseborough, Peter Egan, Alexandra Moen, Richard Johnson
Note52%

In 1971, Camilla Shand (Olivia Poulet) meets Charles Windsor, The Prince of Wales (Laurence Fox) at a polo match. They get to know each other and begin dating. The relationship fizzles out when Charles travels overseas to join the Royal Navy in early 1973. Camilla immediately marries her ex-boyfriend Andrew Parker Bowles (Simon Wilson). Though Charles is hurt upon hearing about her marriage, they remain friends. Throughout their friendship Charles and Camilla hide their feelings for each other until 1979 when Lord Mountbatten (Richard Johnson) is murdered and Charles visits her more for emotional support. They re-ignite their romantic relationship during this period. Charles is now in his early 30s and his family and the British media begins calling him out to find a suitable bride. He meets Diana Spencer (Michelle Duncan) who the media falls in love with and they eventually get engaged. Although everyone is happy Charles is about to settle down, Charles and Camilla are not due to their feelings for each other, however, they end their relationship. The story ends with Charles and Camilla getting ready for his wedding in 1981, both looking grim while dressing up for the occasion.

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