20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Talented young sketch artist Jerome Platz escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art college. Here his ambition is to become, like his hero Picasso, the world's greatest artist. Unfortunately the beauty and craft of Jerome's portraiture are not appreciated in an art class that he finds bewildering and bogus, neither his harsh judgments of his classmates' efforts nor his later attempts to create pseudo-art of his own win him any admirers, though he does attract the attentions of his dream find out more...

AWAY WE GO (2009)

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Thirty-something couple Burt and Verona discover they are expecting a child and begin to freak out about their abilities and resources to raise it. Moving from one set of friends/family to another they, somewhat annoyingly, discover they are strong enough to build their own model of 'a family'. Written by husband and wife duo Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, and directed by Sam Mendes, 'Away We Go' is a 'Garden State'-esque American Indie that will appeal to some and wildly annoy others. find out more...

BARRY LYNDON (1975)

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Winner of four Oscars, this film is shot with the most beautifully scenic backgrounds and with great attention to costume detail. An Irish adventurer, Barry Lyndon, crosses Europe from woman to job, but in the end returns to Britain seeking a wealthy marriage. find out more...

BEND OF THE RIVER (1952)

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The second of the terrific Stewart/Mann Westerns is characteristic of their pairings: adult themes played out against prairie vistas in which betrayal and violence can erupt at any time. Formerly a vicious Missouri raider, Stewart now leads an Oregon bound wagon train that, having brushed aside ineffective Native American resistance to the invasion, becomes embroiled in a conflict over resources between farmers (decent folk) and miners (womanising, drinking, thieving, scumbags). Welcome to Middl find out more...

BENNY AND JOON (1993)

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Joon is a beautiful, intelligent, but slightly unbalanced girl who lives with her heavily over-protective brother (Quinn). When Sam, a strange withdrawn young man (superbly played by Depp) appears, his delightfully comic nature wins Joon over. Quirky, romantic and tender in equal amounts. find out more...

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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)

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Action fantasy tale about a wise-cracking trucker who attempts to rescue his friend's fiance from a 2000 year-old magician who lives beneath San Francisco's Chinatown. He must battle demons, goblins and other terrors as he makes his way through the magician's dark domain. An excellent chop suey movie, very funny, highly entertaining and probably way ahead of it's time.

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BOLT (2007)

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Bolt is a dog and not just any old dog, he's the star of an American TV series, though he's been conned, as the fantasy nature of his role has been hidden from him and Bolt is firm in his belief that he's a Super Hero with appropriate powers. So, when his human TV companion, Penny, is kidnapped by a TV villain, Bolt leaps through a window to the rescue, though the unfortunate result is being shipped from Hollywood to New York in a cardboard box! Shorn of his Super Hero powers Bolt needs help and find out more...

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)

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Based on the novel by Truman Capote. A brilliant romantic comedy about a young girl, Holly Golightly, who is determined to marry into money, but discovers that her next door neighbour has more important qualities! find out more...

BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995)

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Beautifully made romance, told in flashback as the recently deceased Streep's incredulous children sort out her personal belongings. Eastwood is mesmerising as Robert, who brings a second chance of happiness to bored but married housewife Francesca in the summer of 1965. Tragically touching. find out more...

BRIGHT STAR (2009)

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London, 1818; the young Romantic poet John Keats begins an unlikely three year romance with chic urbanite neighbour Fanny, an affair cut short by his premature illness and death. A superbly made interpretation of love and its rendition through poetry. find out more...