Bob Peck – MRQE

An Ungentlemanly Act (TV)

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

Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually lead to the Falklands War. As the Argentine forces land on the main island and make their way towards Government House, the handful of British defenders batten down the hatches and prepare to defend the Governor Rex Hunt, his family and their fellow islanders from the invaders.

A Performance of Macbeth (TV)

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

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC’s small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

Macbeth (TV)

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

This 1976 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth was originally broadcast on Thames Television in 1978. The company’s artistic director Trevor Dunn directs the cast on a small bare stage with mostly black costumes and minimal props. After the witches (Susan Dury, Judith Harte, Marie Kean) announce the prophecy that Macbeth (Ian McKellen) will be the next king, the elderly King Duncan (Griffith Jones) proclaims that his son, Malcolm (Roger Rees), will be heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth (Judi Dench) learns about the witches’ prophecy in a letter, prompting he to ask the gods to remove her femininity so she can make her weak husband kill the king. When Duncan comes to visit Macbeth’s castle, he is murdered in his sleep. Macbeth kills the guards, claiming they were the murderers. In fear of their own lives, Duncan’s sons flee the country and Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland. Riddled with guilt, Macbeth goes mad and sees horrible visions while the witches announce the prophecy of his downfall. Also starring John Woodvine as Banquo, Ian McDiarmid as the porter, and Bob Peck as Macduff.

“Edge of Darkness”

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

Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.

Slipstream

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

Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.

“Hard Times”

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

Charles Dickens’ bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.

Smilla’s Sense of Snow

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

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.

Jurassic Park

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

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Ladder of Swords

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

An escaped convict, pursued by an obsessive policeman, hides out in a travelling circus

On the Black Hill

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

The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.