Joanna Brookes
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Biography: Joanna Brookes is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes Criminal, In the Loop, Their Finest, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Dreams of a Life She trained at Webber Douglas graduating from 1979-1982
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK
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Survival of the Fittest
Overview: Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to help her keep her independence, but Molly keeps trampling on people.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-21
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The Dinner After
Overview: A guilt-stricken Angela visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, descending the evening into a nightmare.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Hospital!
Overview: Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-30
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The Fool
Overview: A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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The Infidel
Overview: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-18
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Criminal
Overview: CIA Agent Bill Pope is on a mission to track down a shadowy hacker named 'The Dutchman'. When he gets mysteriously killed, an experimental procedure transfers his memories into a dangerous ex-convict. When he wakes up Pope's memories, his mission is to eliminate The Dutchman before the hacker launches ICBMs and starts World War III.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-07
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Their Finest
Overview: During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Genres: Romance War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-19
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Overview: Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-17
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Dreams of a Life
Overview: A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-16
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In the Loop
Overview: The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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Under Suspicion
Overview: In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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