Carter Burwell
1) Missing link
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Stop-motion animation featuring the voice talents of Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis and Zoe Saldana. In search of a legendary creature, said to be the missing evolutionary link between man and beast, Sir Lionel Frost (Jackman) discovers the giant, talking Mr. Link (Galifianakis), the last of his kind, who enlists the help of the monster investigator to find his distant cousins. The duo joins forces with adventurer Adelina Fortnight (Saldana) and...
2) Anomalisa
Publisher
Curzon Artificial Eye
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Charlie Kaufman writes and co-directs this stop-motion animated comedy drama, based on his own play. The film follows self-help author and motivational speaker Michael Stone (voice of David Thewlis) as he travels to Cincinnati, Ohio to promote his latest book. Despite making his living as an inspirational guide to others, Michael is in the middle of an existential crisis and suffers from an unusual condition where he observes everyone as looking and...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Wacky comedy drama from the Coen Brothers, set in 1950s Hollywood when the studios were in their heyday. The story follows a day in the life of 'fixer' Ed Mannix (Josh Brolin) who has to retrieve famous actor Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) after he has been kidnapped while filming the next big blockbuster 'Hail, Caesar!'. A group called The Future is holding Whitlock ransom for 100,000, and it's up to Mannix to get him back. The star-studded cast...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Ent
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
American dark comedy drama in which a mother becomes frustrated at the local police force's ineptitude to solve her daughter's murder. When no potential perpetrators have been identified and the investigation slowly grinds to a halt, Mildred (Frances McDormand) takes matters into her own hands to ensure that the media, local citizens and the police take her plight seriously and find her daughter's killer.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Ent
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Bill Condon directs this US drama starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. After meeting widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online, elderly con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) resolves to take everything she has. As he works his way deeper into her life, Betty's son Steven (Russell Tovey) begins to suspect that Roy is not all that he appears. But is Betty as credulous as Roy perceives?
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Chris Pine and Casey Affleck star in this adventure drama based on the Pendleton rescue operation which is recounted in Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias's book. In February 1952 a terrible storm hits New England and an oil tanker is split in two off the coast of Cape Cod. A United States Coast Guard crew of four, including Boatswain's Mate First Class Bernard Webber (Pine), is sent on a dangerous rescue mission aboard a small lifeboat. While 30...
8) The founder
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
John Lee Hancock directs this biopic which stars Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the American businessman and founder of multinational fast food company McDonald's. The film follows Kroc as he transitions from unsuccessful food mixer salesman to ruthless businessman after a meeting with Mac and Dick McDonald (John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman), the humble owners of a new hamburger restaurant in California. Recognising the potential for a nationwide...