John Tams Movies

A year has passed since the Battle of Waterloo, and as an Indian Maharaja begins threatening British interests Sharpe (Sean Bean) is sent on his most treacherous mission to date. Assigned the thankless task of investigating the ominous rumors, Sharpe quickly discovers that the last scout, his own close companion Sergeant Harper, has gone missing. As reports begin to surface that East India Company Officer Colonel Dodd is actually the malcontent organizing the uprisings, Sharpe desperately tries to gain access into the Maharaja's impenetrable fortress. Upon gaining entry, however, Sharpe soon finds his plan taking an unanticipated turn for the worse. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

British writer-director Maria Giese filmed this independent sports drama, which centers around the wasted opportunities of young footballer Jimmy Muir (Sean Bean). Muir works in a brewery and lives with his parents and younger brother in the hard-scrabble industrial city of Sheffield, England. He loves to play soccer, but he is arrogant, disrespectful, and frequently drunk, and he has never made much of his talents. While playing for a local pub's team, Jimmy is spotted by Ken Jackson (Pete Postlethwaite), who recruits him for a higher league. Meanwhile, Jimmy embarks on an affair with a young Irish woman named Annie Docherty (Emily Lloyd), and he gets her pregnant. Jimmy gets offered a tryout with a professional club, Sheffield United. But the night before his tryout, he beds a stripper and gets roaring drunk. The next day he is useless, and he blows his big chance to make something of himself. Annie, who badly wanted him to succeed to get them both a better life, then leaves him. Jimmy finally realizes that he must change if he is going to have any kind of a future. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

In this action adventure, author Bernard Cornwell's fictional Major Sharpe is faced with the daunting task of teaching a ceremonial battalion to fight for real. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence, the BBC miniseries The Rainbow starred Imogen Stubbs as Ursula Brangwen, the beautiful, naïve daughter of a wealthy country squire. Ursula's sexual awakening came about as the result of her very close friendship with Winifred Inger (Kate Buffery), her swimming instructor. Desperately struggling to suppress her preference for romantic partners of her own sex, Ursula entered into marriage with Anton Skrebensky (Martin Wenner), a career soldier. The ensuing unhappiness of this union led to even more trials and tribulations for the hapless heroine, whose only "crime" was being born in the wrong place and the wrong time. Engendering a great deal of audience interest thanks to a brief nude scene, the three-part The Rainbow aired in 1988. One year later, a more explicit theatrical-feature version of the property was directed by Ken Russell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi