Paul Barber’s Typical Vibe
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Paul Barber has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s.
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Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Dir. Peter Cattaneo · With Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Wim Snape

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
Dir. John Mackenzie · With Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Dir. Ronny Yu · With Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer

The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Dir. Antonia Bird · With Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle