Alex O’Reilly
@sisch35.bsky.social
Retired GP. Lefty film lover and discovering Funeral Doom metal
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No One Knows about The Persian Cats (2009) Iran
Two young Iranian musicians want to form an underground band but are hindered by the cultural police. They attempt to get visas to Europe u=in the hope of getting their music played.
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No One Knows about The Persian Cats (2009) Iran
Two young Iranian musicians want to form an underground band but are hindered by the cultural police. They attempt to get visas to Europe u=in the hope of getting their music played.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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No One Knows about The Persian Cats (2009) Iran
Two young Iranian musicians want to form an underground band but are hindered by the cultural police. They attempt to get visas to Europe u=in the hope of getting their music played.
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No One Knows about The Persian Cats (2009) Iran
Two young Iranian musicians want to form an underground band but are hindered by the cultural police. They attempt to get visas to Europe u=in the hope of getting their music played.
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A Prophet (2009)France
A young delinquent ‘Muslim’ is in prison alone and vulnerable. A fellow inmate is a seasoned Corsican mob boss and offers protection. He rises to the challenge.
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A Prophet (2009)France
A young delinquent ‘Muslim’ is in prison alone and vulnerable. A fellow inmate is a seasoned Corsican mob boss and offers protection. He rises to the challenge.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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A Prophet (2009)France
A young delinquent ‘Muslim’ is in prison alone and vulnerable. A fellow inmate is a seasoned Corsican mob boss and offers protection. He rises to the challenge.
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A Prophet (2009)France
A young delinquent ‘Muslim’ is in prison alone and vulnerable. A fellow inmate is a seasoned Corsican mob boss and offers protection. He rises to the challenge.
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Gal (Ray Winstone)just wants to live in easy retirement from his criminal safecracking past. But an enforcer (Ben Kingsley) to persuade him to do one more job.
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Gal (Ray Winstone)just wants to live in easy retirement from his criminal safecracking past. But an enforcer (Ben Kingsley) to persuade him to do one more job.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Gal (Ray Winstone)just wants to live in easy retirement from his criminal safecracking past. But an enforcer (Ben Kingsley) to persuade him to do one more job.
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Gal (Ray Winstone)just wants to live in easy retirement from his criminal safecracking past. But an enforcer (Ben Kingsley) to persuade him to do one more job.
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A Separation (2011) Iran
A couple are torn between achieving a better life abroad from Iran and the need to care for a father with Alzheimer’s. The only solution appears to be an amicable divorce.
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A Separation (2011) Iran
A couple are torn between achieving a better life abroad from Iran and the need to care for a father with Alzheimer’s. The only solution appears to be an amicable divorce.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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A Separation (2011) Iran
A couple are torn between achieving a better life abroad from Iran and the need to care for a father with Alzheimer’s. The only solution appears to be an amicable divorce.
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A Separation (2011) Iran
A couple are torn between achieving a better life abroad from Iran and the need to care for a father with Alzheimer’s. The only solution appears to be an amicable divorce.
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Does Trump meet the definition of a ‘Dirty old man’?
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Does Trump meet the definition of a ‘Dirty old man’?
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Bedazzled (1967)
Stanley (Dudley Moore) wants to woo Margaret (Eleanor Bron). Trouble is he is shy and withdrawn. He makes a pact with the Devil (Peter Cook) in exchange for seven scenarios that will net him his goal.
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Bedazzled (1967)
Stanley (Dudley Moore) wants to woo Margaret (Eleanor Bron). Trouble is he is shy and withdrawn. He makes a pact with the Devil (Peter Cook) in exchange for seven scenarios that will net him his goal.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Bedazzled (1967)
Stanley (Dudley Moore) wants to woo Margaret (Eleanor Bron). Trouble is he is shy and withdrawn. He makes a pact with the Devil (Peter Cook) in exchange for seven scenarios that will net him his goal.
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Bedazzled (1967)
Stanley (Dudley Moore) wants to woo Margaret (Eleanor Bron). Trouble is he is shy and withdrawn. He makes a pact with the Devil (Peter Cook) in exchange for seven scenarios that will net him his goal.
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Bowfinger (1999)
A movie producer (Steve Martin) plans a zombie film and to use an Eddie Murphy lookalike (Eddie Murphy) and neophyte camera team along side ambitious unknown actors to cut costs.
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Bowfinger (1999)
A movie producer (Steve Martin) plans a zombie film and to use an Eddie Murphy lookalike (Eddie Murphy) and neophyte camera team along side ambitious unknown actors to cut costs.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Bowfinger (1999)
A movie producer (Steve Martin) plans a zombie film and to use an Eddie Murphy lookalike (Eddie Murphy) and neophyte camera team along side ambitious unknown actors to cut costs.
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Bowfinger (1999)
A movie producer (Steve Martin) plans a zombie film and to use an Eddie Murphy lookalike (Eddie Murphy) and neophyte camera team along side ambitious unknown actors to cut costs.
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Ghost Dog; The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Forest Whitaker is a hitman who works by the samurai code in service of his “master” a local mobster. A job doesn’t go to plan and he becomes the target. The code requires he protects a young woman but also not to harm his ‘master'.
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Ghost Dog; The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Forest Whitaker is a hitman who works by the samurai code in service of his “master” a local mobster. A job doesn’t go to plan and he becomes the target. The code requires he protects a young woman but also not to harm his ‘master'.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Ghost Dog; The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Forest Whitaker is a hitman who works by the samurai code in service of his “master” a local mobster. A job doesn’t go to plan and he becomes the target. The code requires he protects a young woman but also not to harm his ‘master'.
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Ghost Dog; The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Forest Whitaker is a hitman who works by the samurai code in service of his “master” a local mobster. A job doesn’t go to plan and he becomes the target. The code requires he protects a young woman but also not to harm his ‘master'.
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The Intouchables (2011) France
An aristocratic quadriplegic, following a paragliding accident, needs a carer. One young former criminal (Omar Sy) stays the course and friendship slowly develops. Based on a true story confirmed by the photos of the protagonists in the credits.
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The Intouchables (2011) France
An aristocratic quadriplegic, following a paragliding accident, needs a carer. One young former criminal (Omar Sy) stays the course and friendship slowly develops. Based on a true story confirmed by the photos of the protagonists in the credits.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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The Intouchables (2011) France
An aristocratic quadriplegic, following a paragliding accident, needs a carer. One young former criminal (Omar Sy) stays the course and friendship slowly develops. Based on a true story confirmed by the photos of the protagonists in the credits.
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The Intouchables (2011) France
An aristocratic quadriplegic, following a paragliding accident, needs a carer. One young former criminal (Omar Sy) stays the course and friendship slowly develops. Based on a true story confirmed by the photos of the protagonists in the credits.
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21 Grams (2003)
The second film in Alejandro Inarritu’s “Trilogy of Death”. A hit and run accident involves a mathematician , grieving mother and a born again christian.
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21 Grams (2003)
The second film in Alejandro Inarritu’s “Trilogy of Death”. A hit and run accident involves a mathematician , grieving mother and a born again christian.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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21 Grams (2003)
The second film in Alejandro Inarritu’s “Trilogy of Death”. A hit and run accident involves a mathematician , grieving mother and a born again christian.
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21 Grams (2003)
The second film in Alejandro Inarritu’s “Trilogy of Death”. A hit and run accident involves a mathematician , grieving mother and a born again christian.
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Coupe de Ville (1990)
A father (Alan Arkin) tasks his three sons to drive his treasured car home for their mother's 50th Birthday. The brothers are truly disparate and have gone their separate ways for 5 years. Cue ructions.
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Coupe de Ville (1990)
A father (Alan Arkin) tasks his three sons to drive his treasured car home for their mother's 50th Birthday. The brothers are truly disparate and have gone their separate ways for 5 years. Cue ructions.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Coupe de Ville (1990)
A father (Alan Arkin) tasks his three sons to drive his treasured car home for their mother's 50th Birthday. The brothers are truly disparate and have gone their separate ways for 5 years. Cue ructions.
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Coupe de Ville (1990)
A father (Alan Arkin) tasks his three sons to drive his treasured car home for their mother's 50th Birthday. The brothers are truly disparate and have gone their separate ways for 5 years. Cue ructions.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
A Frank Capra film. It’s all you need to know really. Scoring 7.9 on IMDB. A crazy story about a crazy family and serial killing. All seems fine , sort of, until the arrival of Jonathan (Raymond Massey) and Dr Einstein (Peter Lorre), plastic surgeon.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
A Frank Capra film. It’s all you need to know really. Scoring 7.9 on IMDB. A crazy story about a crazy family and serial killing. All seems fine , sort of, until the arrival of Jonathan (Raymond Massey) and Dr Einstein (Peter Lorre), plastic surgeon.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
A Frank Capra film. It’s all you need to know really. Scoring 7.9 on IMDB. A crazy story about a crazy family and serial killing. All seems fine , sort of, until the arrival of Jonathan (Raymond Massey) and Dr Einstein (Peter Lorre), plastic surgeon.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
A Frank Capra film. It’s all you need to know really. Scoring 7.9 on IMDB. A crazy story about a crazy family and serial killing. All seems fine , sort of, until the arrival of Jonathan (Raymond Massey) and Dr Einstein (Peter Lorre), plastic surgeon.
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A Life less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle comes to America taking Ewan McGregor with him to play the role of a cleaning man who kidnaps his boss’s daughter (Cameron Diaz() as hostage to his wishes.
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A Life less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle comes to America taking Ewan McGregor with him to play the role of a cleaning man who kidnaps his boss’s daughter (Cameron Diaz() as hostage to his wishes.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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A Life less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle comes to America taking Ewan McGregor with him to play the role of a cleaning man who kidnaps his boss’s daughter (Cameron Diaz() as hostage to his wishes.
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A Life less Ordinary (1997)
Danny Boyle comes to America taking Ewan McGregor with him to play the role of a cleaning man who kidnaps his boss’s daughter (Cameron Diaz() as hostage to his wishes.
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I know where I’m Going! (1945)
An ambitious woman (Wendy Hiller) has set her sights on having a wealthy husband and secure life. She is to join him in the Hebrides. But the weather presents her sailing from Mull. To his island Kiloran. Here she meets Torquil (Roger Livesey).
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I know where I’m Going! (1945)
An ambitious woman (Wendy Hiller) has set her sights on having a wealthy husband and secure life. She is to join him in the Hebrides. But the weather presents her sailing from Mull. To his island Kiloran. Here she meets Torquil (Roger Livesey).
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January 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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I know where I’m Going! (1945)
An ambitious woman (Wendy Hiller) has set her sights on having a wealthy husband and secure life. She is to join him in the Hebrides. But the weather presents her sailing from Mull. To his island Kiloran. Here she meets Torquil (Roger Livesey).
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I know where I’m Going! (1945)
An ambitious woman (Wendy Hiller) has set her sights on having a wealthy husband and secure life. She is to join him in the Hebrides. But the weather presents her sailing from Mull. To his island Kiloran. Here she meets Torquil (Roger Livesey).
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Dow Jones loving the news.
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Dow Jones loving the news.
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Aftersun (2022)
A young woman recollects a holiday taken in Turkey alone with her estranged father 20 years earlier. She searches her memory and his photos.
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Aftersun (2022)
A young woman recollects a holiday taken in Turkey alone with her estranged father 20 years earlier. She searches her memory and his photos.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Aftersun (2022)
A young woman recollects a holiday taken in Turkey alone with her estranged father 20 years earlier. She searches her memory and his photos.
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Aftersun (2022)
A young woman recollects a holiday taken in Turkey alone with her estranged father 20 years earlier. She searches her memory and his photos.
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American Honey (2016)
A teenage girl joins an itinerant group of travelling magazine sales people. They appear lost with no place to go in their lives. The camera is your eye and the whole has a documentary feel.
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American Honey (2016)
A teenage girl joins an itinerant group of travelling magazine sales people. They appear lost with no place to go in their lives. The camera is your eye and the whole has a documentary feel.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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American Honey (2016)
A teenage girl joins an itinerant group of travelling magazine sales people. They appear lost with no place to go in their lives. The camera is your eye and the whole has a documentary feel.
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American Honey (2016)
A teenage girl joins an itinerant group of travelling magazine sales people. They appear lost with no place to go in their lives. The camera is your eye and the whole has a documentary feel.
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
John Ford goes East, well Middle East. It’s the first world war and a group of lost British soldiers have to hole up at an oasis where they are stranded and hounded by bandits.
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
John Ford goes East, well Middle East. It’s the first world war and a group of lost British soldiers have to hole up at an oasis where they are stranded and hounded by bandits.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
John Ford goes East, well Middle East. It’s the first world war and a group of lost British soldiers have to hole up at an oasis where they are stranded and hounded by bandits.
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
John Ford goes East, well Middle East. It’s the first world war and a group of lost British soldiers have to hole up at an oasis where they are stranded and hounded by bandits.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
!942, a British soldier ( Franchot Tone) manages to pass himself off as a waiter in Cairo hotel where Rommel has stationed himself. Can he discover the General’s secret strategy? Directed by Billy Wilder in 1943.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
!942, a British soldier ( Franchot Tone) manages to pass himself off as a waiter in Cairo hotel where Rommel has stationed himself. Can he discover the General’s secret strategy? Directed by Billy Wilder in 1943.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
!942, a British soldier ( Franchot Tone) manages to pass himself off as a waiter in Cairo hotel where Rommel has stationed himself. Can he discover the General’s secret strategy? Directed by Billy Wilder in 1943.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
!942, a British soldier ( Franchot Tone) manages to pass himself off as a waiter in Cairo hotel where Rommel has stationed himself. Can he discover the General’s secret strategy? Directed by Billy Wilder in 1943.
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No (2012)
Gael Garcia Bernal notches up another great role here as an ad executive tasked to devise a campaign against Pinochet’s dictatorship. Contrary to the normal approach he proposes an upbeat message “happiness is coming”.
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No (2012)
Gael Garcia Bernal notches up another great role here as an ad executive tasked to devise a campaign against Pinochet’s dictatorship. Contrary to the normal approach he proposes an upbeat message “happiness is coming”.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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No (2012)
Gael Garcia Bernal notches up another great role here as an ad executive tasked to devise a campaign against Pinochet’s dictatorship. Contrary to the normal approach he proposes an upbeat message “happiness is coming”.
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No (2012)
Gael Garcia Bernal notches up another great role here as an ad executive tasked to devise a campaign against Pinochet’s dictatorship. Contrary to the normal approach he proposes an upbeat message “happiness is coming”.
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Billy Liar (1963)
Billy (Tom Courtney) is a dreamer and often found in his own fantasy world, namely Ambrosia. He wants to discard his “Northern” working class identity. An encounter with Julie Christie may change things…
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Billy Liar (1963)
Billy (Tom Courtney) is a dreamer and often found in his own fantasy world, namely Ambrosia. He wants to discard his “Northern” working class identity. An encounter with Julie Christie may change things…
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December 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Billy Liar (1963)
Billy (Tom Courtney) is a dreamer and often found in his own fantasy world, namely Ambrosia. He wants to discard his “Northern” working class identity. An encounter with Julie Christie may change things…
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Billy Liar (1963)
Billy (Tom Courtney) is a dreamer and often found in his own fantasy world, namely Ambrosia. He wants to discard his “Northern” working class identity. An encounter with Julie Christie may change things…
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Mediterraneo (1991.
It’s WW 11 and an Italian army unit is stationed on a peaceful Greek island. They through circumstance find themselves abandoned there. Soon the locals discover they are harmless and engagement develops.
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Mediterraneo (1991.
It’s WW 11 and an Italian army unit is stationed on a peaceful Greek island. They through circumstance find themselves abandoned there. Soon the locals discover they are harmless and engagement develops.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Mediterraneo (1991.
It’s WW 11 and an Italian army unit is stationed on a peaceful Greek island. They through circumstance find themselves abandoned there. Soon the locals discover they are harmless and engagement develops.
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Mediterraneo (1991.
It’s WW 11 and an Italian army unit is stationed on a peaceful Greek island. They through circumstance find themselves abandoned there. Soon the locals discover they are harmless and engagement develops.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Maggie Smith stars. With a spot on Edinburgensian accent she inhabits the role of an inspirational teacher in a private girl’s school in the 30’s. She is a free spirit, a modern woman and this becomes problematic.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Maggie Smith stars. With a spot on Edinburgensian accent she inhabits the role of an inspirational teacher in a private girl’s school in the 30’s. She is a free spirit, a modern woman and this becomes problematic.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Maggie Smith stars. With a spot on Edinburgensian accent she inhabits the role of an inspirational teacher in a private girl’s school in the 30’s. She is a free spirit, a modern woman and this becomes problematic.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Maggie Smith stars. With a spot on Edinburgensian accent she inhabits the role of an inspirational teacher in a private girl’s school in the 30’s. She is a free spirit, a modern woman and this becomes problematic.
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
Pauline Collins reprises her role in Willy Russell’s play about a Liverpudlian housewife who through chance wins an all expenses holiday to Greece with her friend. Her meeting a local man transforms her.
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
Pauline Collins reprises her role in Willy Russell’s play about a Liverpudlian housewife who through chance wins an all expenses holiday to Greece with her friend. Her meeting a local man transforms her.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
Pauline Collins reprises her role in Willy Russell’s play about a Liverpudlian housewife who through chance wins an all expenses holiday to Greece with her friend. Her meeting a local man transforms her.
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
Pauline Collins reprises her role in Willy Russell’s play about a Liverpudlian housewife who through chance wins an all expenses holiday to Greece with her friend. Her meeting a local man transforms her.
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Educating Rita (1983)
Working class Rita (Julie Walters )wants to develop and engages an alcoholic Open University English tutor to help. It’s a clash of cultures and it isn’t only Rita who is educated.
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Educating Rita (1983)
Working class Rita (Julie Walters )wants to develop and engages an alcoholic Open University English tutor to help. It’s a clash of cultures and it isn’t only Rita who is educated.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Educating Rita (1983)
Working class Rita (Julie Walters )wants to develop and engages an alcoholic Open University English tutor to help. It’s a clash of cultures and it isn’t only Rita who is educated.
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Educating Rita (1983)
Working class Rita (Julie Walters )wants to develop and engages an alcoholic Open University English tutor to help. It’s a clash of cultures and it isn’t only Rita who is educated.
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