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After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Oct 26, 2024 - 11 comments

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
posted by bbrown on Sep 30, 2023 - 4 comments

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey. [more inside]
posted by bbrown on Sep 29, 2023 - 8 comments

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy.
posted by bbrown on Sep 28, 2023 - 6 comments

A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jun 30, 2023 - 2 comments

A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Nov 17, 2022 - 82 comments

A badly burned man, Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery near the end of World War II. His past is revealed through flashbacks involving a married Englishwoman (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his work mapping the African landscape. Hana learns to heal her own scars as she helps the dying man. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 18, 2022 - 8 comments

Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner), Sgt. J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) are members of a bomb-disposal unit in Baghdad. As their tour of duty enters its final weeks, the men face a set of increasingly hazardous situations, any of which could end their lives in an explosive instant. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 16, 2022 - 3 comments

Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which has just started. After joining the Nazi party primarily for political expediency, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for similarly pragmatic reasons. When the SS begins exterminating Jews in the Krakow ghetto, Schindler arranges to have his workers protected to keep his factory in operation, but soon realizes that in so doing, he is also saving innocent lives. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 20, 2022 - 14 comments

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future. [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas on Jan 30, 2021 - 21 comments

The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 24, 2019 - 0 comments

Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted. [more inside]
posted by isthmus on Feb 10, 2017 - 18 comments

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Nov 5, 2015 - 58 comments

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Oct 29, 2015 - 27 comments

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Aug 14, 2015 - 8 comments

Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jul 27, 2015 - 26 comments

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. (capsule description from IMDB) [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Feb 15, 2015 - 34 comments