Kevin Allen
Biography: Kevin Allen is an English-born Welsh screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. In 1997 he directed and wrote the cult Welsh black comedy feature "Twin Town". He also directed the films "The Big Tease" and "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London" and hit TV series "Benidorm". He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Keith Allen and uncle of singer Lily Allen . Allen first came to national prominence in 1990 when he documented an England fan's eye view of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy with his camcorder for the BBC series "Video Diaries" in an episode entitled "On The March With Bobby's Army". Kevin's first acting roles came by way of "The Comic Strip" and progressed to the BBC sitcom "The Thin Blue Line" and many other theatre and TV roles. He also wrote and directed several documentaries for the BBC in the 1990s.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 15, 1959
Deathday: N/A
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Eat the Rich
1987-10-23
Eat the Rich
Overview: Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-23
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Spice World
1997-12-18
Spice World
Overview: World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-18
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Twin Town
1997-04-11
Twin Town
Overview: Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their family. When their father, Fatty, is injured while working on a roof for local kingpin Bryn Cartwright, they try in vain to claim compensation. Thus begins a campaign of terror, which local policemen Terry and Grayo are ill-equipped to prevent, involved as they are in a drugs deal with Cartwright.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Not Even God Is Wise Enough
1993-10-20
Not Even God Is Wise Enough
Overview: Sometimes Busi is a champion boxer, sometimes a rock star. But when he escapes from court, where he is facing a charge of assault, he embarks on an odyssey that brings him before his estranged father
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-20
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Save the Cinema
2022-01-14
Save the Cinema
Overview: The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-14
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2010: Moby Dick
2010-11-23
2010: Moby Dick
Overview: That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring “Xena” alum Rene O’Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator. But the boat — now a high-tech submarine — is also bigger, and Capt. Ahab is as determined as ever to settle the score and take down the mighty sea mammal that maimed him.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-23
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The Trials of Oz
1991-11-09
The Trials of Oz
Overview: Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-09
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Les Dogs
1990-08-03
Les Dogs
Overview: Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-03
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The Skulls
2000-03-31
The Skulls
Overview: A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984-11-03
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
Overview: Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and Foyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-03
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Funseekers
1988-03-26
Funseekers
Overview: Tourists arrive in Ibiza for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Jamie is upset when the annoying Tony moves into his room. He gets his revenge when he discovers that Tony is too old to be part of the Club 18-30 clientele.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-26
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Jealousy
1993-05-27
Jealousy
Overview: Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair with her handsome water aerobics instructor. Seeing a name and number in her diary he follows her in drag, only to find it is a transvestite club she is covering as a journalist and where he is embarrassingly chatted up. In the event his suspicions are correct but the proof comes at a cost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-27
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Private Enterprise
1986-01-02
Private Enterprise
Overview: Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by the newly disbanded group Toy Department, which he takes to a promoter, Brian. Together they have a chart hit with the 'mystery' group but complications arise when Brian wants a live tour.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990-02-08
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Overview: In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklands, which have indeed been taken over by the Argentinians after all. He is tied to a stake alongside Frances who he has finally met and been captured with. The pair are sentenced to death by dictator, General Galtieri. Stan, in a desperate attempt to stall for time, recounts how he and his fellow 'South Atlantic Raiders' managed to make it to the Falklands. After just escaping from prison and making their getaway in an ice cream van.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-08
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993-04-22
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Overview: When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the seventies are teamed up with a television detective of the nineties to solve the crime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-22
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993-04-29
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Overview: A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom they imprison in their sex factory. Fortunately for the world the secret agent James Blond,a decidedly non-feminist secret agent,sets out to rescue the men and see off the Space Rats in his own inimitable way.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-29
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Different for Girls
1996-10-01
Different for Girls
Overview: Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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Different for Girls
1996-10-01
Different for Girls
Overview: Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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The Love Child
1988-09-22
The Love Child
Overview: When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more than a normal, responsible life, working in an office and taking care of the grandmother who raised him. But his grandmother has other ideas, and Dillon finds himself lured into an alternate lifestyle of art, pleasure and rebellion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-22
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He's Asking For Me
1990-02-18
He's Asking For Me
Overview: After a sheltered upbringing in St. Helena, Norah arrives in England and goes to live in London, taken under the wing of her Uncle and his business associate Andy. She works for the latter and falls in love with him, but he refuses to reciprocate her feelings. When she starts receiving a series of obscene phone calls and letters at home and work, she is determined to identify the caller, and strongly suspects Andy
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-18
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Bernard and the Genie
1991-11-23
Bernard and the Genie
Overview: Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-23
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Trainspotting
1996-02-23
Trainspotting
Overview: Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-23
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The Firm
1989-02-26
The Firm
Overview: A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-26
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990-02-05
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Overview: The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-05
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Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988-03-19
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Overview: Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-19
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The Supergrass
1985-11-08
The Supergrass
Overview: While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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Xtro
1982-12-06
Xtro
Overview: Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-06
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Toy Boys
1999-03-31
Toy Boys
Overview: Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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Laughterhouse
1984-09-01
Laughterhouse
Overview: A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000 geese 100 miles to market.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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The Angry Earth
1989-01-01
The Angry Earth
Overview: About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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