Unexpected events occur over a long weekend when Pat, a glamorous British born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her autobiography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain, fat and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both sisters highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful me...
A woman's fight to adopt a war baby from the Third World after becoming unable to conceive.
A seemingly conservative woman and her clientele of kinky connoisseurs become daily tabloid sensations when it's discovered that her suburban brothel caters to some of Great Britain's elite. Members of Parliament, diplomats, judges, bankers, and even men of the cloth are all caught with their pants down in England's scandal of the decade. Julie Walters gives a sterling performa...
Julie Walters and a big friendly snow baby It’s the Christmas telly we deserve. Terry Pratchett’s short story is animated in a half-hour adaptation, following Granny (Walters) and her grandson Albert (Hugh Dancy) as they rescue a 14ft furry creature. Not everyone in their town is happy about it – is a lesson in Christmas spirit in order
Originally filmed in 2001 under the title "My Beautiful Son," the made-for-cable Strange Relations stars comedian Paul Reiser in the largely noncomic role of 39-year-old Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Lipman. Diagnosed with leukemia, Lipman desperately seeks out a close relative -- any close relative -- for a crucial bone marrow transplant. The news from his mother, Esther Li...
到底原片名Wah-Wah代表什么意思？原来指称叽哩咕噜的非洲土话，一方面摆明讽刺当地英国白人统治阶级明明鄙视却又刻意去亲近原住民的虚伪假面；另一方面对李察E葛兰来说，Wah-Wah是他烦恼苦闷时的忘情大喊，一种释放、一种情绪宣泄。集合了米兰达李察逊（Miranda Richardson）、茱莉华特丝（Julie Walters）及埃米莉华森三位杰出的英国女演员，李察E葛兰聪明又刻意地把琵琶别抱的生母、父亲新娶的继母两个身份代入政治批判。米兰达李察逊饰演的生母是个欲求不满的悲哀怨妇，担任殖民官的父亲（盖布瑞拜恩）象征着日渐萎糜的大英帝国，至于充满年轻活力却被当地保守上层阶级排挤的美国空姐继母，自然代表着美国新世界了。当剧情走到史瓦济兰脱离英国独立，主人翁瑞夫正巧也因为父亲健康一蹶不振而必须走出其羽翼，至此，政治暗喻已经非常明显了。独立的个体注定要脱离父...
影片改编自真实事件。故事发生在地处偏远的一处法国小镇之上，克里斯蒂安（朱莉·理查德森 Joely Richardson 饰）和莱尔（乔迪·梅 Jodhi May 饰）是情同手足的两姐妹，从小孤苦伶仃相依为命的生活让两人之间接下了深深的感情和羁绊。
长大后，为了谋求生计，两姐妹一起来到了当地的一户富裕人家做女佣，生活工作虽然辛苦，但只要两人能够在一起，日子过得也算是安稳平静。随着时间的推移，长久以来的寂寞生活令克里斯蒂安和莱尔的心中充满了空虚与激情，渐渐的，她们开始学会在彼此的身上寻找情感慰藉。一次工作中，莱尔无意里烫坏了女主人丹泽（朱丽·沃特斯 Julie Walters 饰）的婚纱，丹泽大发雷霆，就此点燃了悲剧的导火索。
