Tagged: Alan Rickman




Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)
Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) and his friends form Dumbledore’s Army to teach Hogwarts’ students how to perform defensive spells, which new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge (Carter) refuses to teach. Based on the novel by J. K. Rowling.




Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007)
Plot: Benjamin Parker (Depp), unjustly sent to prison, vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns, he takes on a new name, Sweeney Todd, reopens his barber shop, and becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who “shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.” Based on the musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim.




Die Hard (1988)
Plot: On a trip to Los Angeles to try to patch things up with his estranged wife Holly (Bedelia), New York cop John McClane (Willis) suddenly finds himself involved in a hostage situation. Terrorists, led by Hans Gruber (Rickman), have taken over the Nakatomi building where Holly works. With Hans seemingly one step ahead of both the LAPD and the FBI, it looks like it’s up to John McClane to save the day.




Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
Plot: When the Earth is demolished by an alien species, plain Arthur Dent (Freeman) is whisked away by his friend Ford Prefect (Def), who isn’t exactly from where he says he is. On this trip, he’ll encounter the President of the Galaxy (Rockwell); a depressed android named Marvin (Davis/Rickman); the real intelligent life on Earth; The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything…and a girl he met at a costume party (Deschanel). Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.




Love Actually (2003)
Plot: 5 weeks before Christmas we take a peek inside the love lives of 8 British couples: A man (Neeson) still grieving over the loss of his wife and his stepson (Sangster) who is in love; a newly married couple (Knightley and Ejiofor); the newly-elected British Prime Minister (Grant); a high-powered exec (Rickman) his wife (Thompson); a writer (Firth) trying to escape from it all; a pair of body doubles (Freeman and Page); a young woman (Linney) with family issues and a man (Marshall) about to adventure to America.




Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is danger in his 3rd year at Hogwarts – this time from convict Sirius Black (Oldman), who has escaped from the wizard’s prison of Azkaban. Harry also has to be on the lookout for the Dementors, the creepy Azkaban prison guards looking for Sirius. Plus, will the new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts , Professor Lupin (Thewlis), be able to last longer than any of his predecessors?




Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)
Plot: Robin of Locksley (Costner) returns from the Crusades to find his father murdered and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Rickman) attempting to wrest control of the throne from the absent King Richard. Robin meets up with a group of outlaws in the depths of Sherwood Forest. Together they begin stealing from the Sheriff and giving to the poor, even while Robin begins to fall in love with the King’s cousin, the beautiful Maid Marian (Mastrantonio).






