Bob Hoskins – MRQE

Doomsday

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britaininfecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

Michael

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

A Prayer for the Dying

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jack Higgins’ straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into “one last job”

World War II: When Lions Roared (TV)

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This made-for-TV historical drama focuses on the sometimes uneasy alliances between three of the world’s great leaders — Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston Churchill (Bob Hoskins), and Joseph Stalin (Michael Caine) — as they met in 1943 for the Tehran Conference, in which they discussed the Allied drive against Germany and the possible postwar relationship between the three nations. With all dialogue for the three principle characters drawn from transcripts and reporting of the event, Then There Were Giants was first aired as a two-part miniseries; it was later released on home video under the title World War II: When Lions Roared.

The Lost World (TV)

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle’s character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger’s more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.

Mussolini and I (TV)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betrayal of his son-in-law and untimely demise.

The Wind in the Willows (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Matt Lucas as a marvellous Toad, Mark Gatiss as a spiky rat, Lee Ingleby as a nervous Mole, and Bob Hoskins as a grumpy old Badger make a classy cast within yet another version of Kenneth Grahame’s classic book.

Il papa buono (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Angelo Roncalli, born in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, is known for his profound spirituality as well as his extraordinary goodness from the young years of his life. When he feels a need to serve God, Angelo goes to study theology in Bergamo, and in Apollinare School (Rome) and becomes a priest. During his studies, he gets to know his two dearest friends, Mattia and Nicola. Very soon, most people see marvelous talents in him, including his wide knowledge and a constant readiness for sacrifice. The Holy See makes him go further to bishop and cardinal, and the Holy Father sends him to various places as a representative of the Church. When Pius XII dies on October, the 9th, 1958, 77 year-old Angelo goes to Rome, to conclave to choose a new pope. However, this time, it is him who hears gentle words of Jesus “Tu es Petrus!” (“You are Peter!”) and from October, the 28th leads the church as pope John XXIII

Noriega: God’s Favorite (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.

The Secret Agent

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs which leads to tragedy not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.