Justine Waddell – MRQE

Tess of the D’Urbervilles (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Thomas Hardy’s classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Justine Waddell stars as the hapless Child of Nature who is tossed around by the dark forces of fate. Jason Flemyng is the dark and sinister Alec D’Urberville whose relentless pursuit of Tess triggers the heroine’s downfall. Oliver Milburn plays the handsome young Angel Clare, the caring rebel who falls deeply in love with Tess.

Great Expectations (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

Dracula 2000

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Abraham Van Helsing, who has tangled with Count Dracula in the past, works as an English antiques dealer. Simon is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship.

The Fall

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Fall

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A prosecutor (Scott Kinworthy) learns that his brother’s (Benny Ciaramello) alibi for murder may be the ruin of them both.

Chaos (2005/II)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.

The Real American – Joe McCarthy

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An unflinching look at the rise and fall of one of the most infamous political figures in US history.

Killing Bono

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.

Thr3e

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.

Mansfield Park

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When spirited young woman, Fanny Price is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she’s meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns ‘their’ ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own.