Lester Burnham (Spacy - giving a sublime performance) is a middle-aged suburbanite lost in a world he doesn't recognise anymore. His job has become meaningless, his wife has turned into a bitch-on-wheels and his rebellious daughter hates his guts. For Lester his only source of enjoyment seems to be choking the chicken in the shower each morning. His lonely existence begins to change, however, when he meets his daughter's friend, Angela and what starts as wishful thinking rapidly ends up with Les
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FORREST GUMP (1994)
Certification12 Our Rating
Multi-Oscar-winning tear-jerker with King of Hollywood Hanks as the chump, sorry, Gump in question. As America's best loved bozo, he overcomes his immense naivety to become the hero of a nation, with the help of some ground-breaking computer wizardry. Unashamedly nostalgic feel-good fodder, or reactionary Bush territory �)*&, take your pick.
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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Roberto Benigni stars and directs this award littered Chaplinesque comic fable. In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido, an imaginative man, turns to humour, pretending that the Holocaust is a game and tha
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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1949)
CertificationU Our Rating
A wonderfully witty story of a society wedding that seems doomed to failure. Hepburn is superb as the sassy Tracy, fighting off the advances of sarcastic ex-hubby, Grant, and the unwelcome attention of Stewart, the tabloid hack. As the wedding approaches, who will she marry? Deliciously funny!
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