Brian McCardie
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Biography: Brian McCardie (1965 - 2024) was a Scottish actor and writer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 22, 1965
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 28, 2024
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Speed 2: Cruise Control
Overview: A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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The Ghost and the Darkness
Overview: Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Horror History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-11
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The Damned United
Overview: Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Dog Days
Overview: "Zoso (Conor McCarron) is living rough on the streets of Dundee. He is determined to take charge of his future and maintain a loving relationship with a daughter who now lives with his ex and her new partner. Zoso’s busking skills reveal a stunning musical talent but the odds are not in his favour until music lecturer Grace (Lois Chimimba) hears him perform. The search for hope is told with gutsy humour, energy and soul." - Glasgow Film Festival 2023
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-05
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Damaged
Overview: A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-12
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Mia and the Dragon Princess
Overview: Mia, a plucky barmaid, has her life thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.
Genres: Action Crime Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-21
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Filth
Overview: A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-23
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Kidnapped
Overview: When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-05
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Shell
Overview: Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-26
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Overview: A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-05
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Some Dogs Bite
Overview: A 14-year-old (Casey) leads his two half-brothers (H, 19 years old and baby Severino) on a journey to find and live as a family with his father after their mother dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Wasted Time
Overview: Accused of a crime he did not commit, Tommy decides to take the blame and serve a sentence at Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison, presuming his family will be looked after. However, he finds himself at the mercy of prison life whilst his family are left to fend for themselves. When he is finally released he is forced to pick up the pieces of his life and face the reality of his situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Low Winter Sun
Overview: Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-13
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The Groundsman
Overview: A Scottish football groundsman discovers the club he's been a part of for thirty years is going out of business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-20
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Peterman
Overview: The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters,but he's just a junkie with little more on his mind than getting that next fix.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-01
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Beyond the City Limits
Overview: Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-17
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The Rising of the Sap
Overview: When her daughter Bea abruptly arrives home, Elizabeth struggles to keep her from being unwittingly drawn into the power of The Rising.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-11
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Doors Open
Overview: Heist thriller and adaptation of Ian Rankin's book, which sees a bored millionaire plan to swap the contents of a gallery's warehouse with near-perfect forgeries.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-26
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SoulBoy
Overview: 1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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Rob Roy
Overview: In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Genres: Adventure History Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-13
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Low Winter Sun
Overview: Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-13
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Forget About Me
Overview: Two Scottish soldiers stationed in Germany head to Budapest to see a Simple Minds concert and fall for a local girl.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Walk Like a Panther
Overview: A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-09
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For Those in Peril
Overview: Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the village blames Aaron for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people. Steadfastly refusing to believe that his brother has died, he sets out to recover him and the rest of men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-18
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200 Cigarettes
Overview: In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Gerry Anderson's Firestorm
Overview: Filmed in ‘Ultramarionation’ Gerry Anderson’s FIRESTORM will be made using puppets, real sets, miniatures and practical FX - the next step in evolution from the old Supermarionation series of the 60s.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-27
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Come Out of the Woods
Overview: Three brothers living in rural Scotland struggle for intimacy and stability as they attempt to navigate their survival amongst a corrupt local police officer and the mysterious appearance of a girl's body on their land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-17
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Ellie Parker
Overview: Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support primarily from her friend Sam. But when Ellie meets Chris after a minor traffic accident, she sees new potential for both romance and her life in general.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-21
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Ghosts
Overview: Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-26
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Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Overview: England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to imagine the disproportionate consequences that such a selfless act will cause.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-23
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Our Ladies
Overview: In 1996 Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-04
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Kiss of Death
Overview: A killer has killed once and kidnapped another victim, challenging the investigative and forensic team to work out why. Suddenly everyone's past comes under scrutiny, everyone's version of the truth comes under suspicion. Kay Rousseau, who heads up the crime team, is back at work after the death of her child. Suspicion about her involvement in this death remains, not least in her own husband. Only Matt Costello, Kay's second-in-command and a dedicated, impassioned copper, is loyal to the core.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-14
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After The Fray
Overview: Set in the not so distant future a military veteran recounts his experiences on the front lines of a catastrophic world war. Constantly haunted by his past and unable to forgive himself, our protagonist must once again relive the terrible things he's done for a prying documentary film crew.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-09
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Solid Air
Overview: Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim for asbestosis, Junior resolves to pursue the case, encountering the young, ambitious lawyer Nicola Blyth who tells him he must produce a witness to testify on his father's behalf. Beneath Junior's altruism lies an uncomfortable truth. In debt and on the run from wealthy businessman, John Doran, following a disastrous loss at the poker table, Junior's only hope is to get his hands on his father's settlement. But hope, like luck, is in short supply. As father and son set out to find the witness, suspicion turns to torment as Robert learns of his son's motives and the true cost of Junior's betrayal is revealed.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-22
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Mr. Barrington
Overview: The story of a woman haunted by her past, a beguiling stranger who works his way into her psyche, and a husband who races to uncover the secrets of her history before they destroy her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-12
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