Sacha Dhawan Movies
- 2008
A teenager is imprisoned by a man claiming to protect her from a vicious beast in this dark thriller set in the Welsh countryside. Deep in the wilderness dwells a creature that hunts not for survival, but for the thrill of the chase. Sophie is a girl who lives to explore the unexplained. She's heard the stories about the mysterious animal, and can't resist the opportunity to find out for herself if it really exists. Venturing out into the fields with her friends, Sophie becomes the victim of a savage attack, and awakens in a locked room. On the other side of the door is Gavin, a man who wages an unrelenting struggle to hold the beast at bay. Is he keeping Sophie locked up for her own protection, or are his motivations more malevolent than he's leading on? Sophie's only hope is that her friends will come looking for her, but even if they do, that's no assurance that anyone will make it through this horrifying ordeal alive. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Holly Weston, Stephen Walters, (more)
An unruly collection of clever but crass Thatcher-era English high-school students seek to earn the scores needed to enroll in Oxford and Cambridge in director Nicholas Hytner and screenwriter Alan Bennett's screen adaptation of Bennett's Tony-winning play. The History Boys focuses on a group of eight students, all of them deemed by their overeager headmaster (Clive Merrison) to be the best and the brightest. Though they've been coddled by their humanities-loving instructor, Hector (Richard Griffiths), and their acerbic history teacher, Mrs. Lintott (Frances de la Tour), the boys are deemed in need of additional tutoring; thus, the brash, young Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore) is recruited to challenge them further. The subtle power games the boys used to their advantage with their previous tutors are of no use with Irwin, whose wit borders on the callous. Meanwhile, Irwin's presence -- and a hush-hush scandal -- forces all of the faculty members to reassess their position at the school. Hytner shot The History Boys shortly after the play's Broadway run, to capitalize on the enthusiasm and energy exhibited in the live shows. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, (more)
