MATTHEW GOODE

THE DUKE (2022)
Starring Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Aimee Kelly, Charlotte Spencer, Jack Bandeira, Sian Clifford and John Heffernan. Directed by Roger Michell.

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage.

THE KING'S MAN (2022)
Starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Matthew Goode, Gemma Arterton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Brühl, Stanley Tucci, Charles Dance and Rhys Ifans. Directed by Matthew Vaughn.

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency.

REVIEWS The King's Man - A welcome realignment for the unusual franchise

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (2018)
Starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton, Katherine Parkinson and Kit Connor. Directed by Mike Newell.

In the aftermath of WWII, free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during wartime.

REVIEWS The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Post-war romance meets detective story

ALLIED (2016)
Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan and Matthew Goode. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.

REVIEWS Allied - Zemeckis not yet back to his old form

SELF/LESS (2015)
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode and Victor Garber. Directed by Tarsem Singh.

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man. But everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organisation that will kill to keep its secrets.

REVIEWS Self/less - Should have been more

THE IMITATION GAME (2015)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, James Northcote and Tom Goodman-Hill. Directed by Morten Tyldum.

English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.

REVIEWS The Imitation Game - Absolute brilliance

BELLE (2014)
Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Tom Felton, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Miranda Richardson. Directed by Amma Asante.

Belle follows the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a young woman who was raised alongside her English cousin as an aristocrat in 18th century England. Dido is from noble blood, but is also the child of a negress slave. As both children blossom into womanhood, the issue of how to find a suitable marriage for the beautiful and accomplished young woman begins to surface. While Lord Mansfield presides over the famous Somersett’s Case, an influential case in the abolition of slavery in England, Dido meets the handsome John Davinier, and their mutual attraction begins to draw strong attention.

REVIEWS Belle - A beautiful portrait of an important woman
Belle - Historical romance and lessons from the past