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Madonna doesn't try to steal the show and consequently this turns out to be an excellent film. In 1943, with the males away fighting, The All American Girls' Professional Baseball League was formed to keep the National Baseball League running. Hanks is the real star as the cynical manager/coach who learns to love his team. A comic and touching story highlighting many of the contradictions that working women face. High slush factor. find out more...

A PRIVATE FUNCTION (1984)

Certification15 Our Rating

Winner of three British Academy Awards. A satire on post-war Britain as food-rationing gives way to a new materialism. Michael Palin steals a pig destined for the table of the town's top folk. The screenplay is by Alan Bennet and the whole reminiscent of the best of Ealing farce. find out more...

AFTERNOON DELIGHT (2013)

Certification18 Our Rating

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BAARIA (2009)

Certification15 Our Rating

Giuseppe Tornatore directed this grand-scale portrait of life and love over several decades in the small town in Sicily where he was born. We see a number of important historical events through the eyes of young Peppino, watching the fortunes of his town and his family rise and fall. While open to accusations of nostalgia, superficiality and indulgence the film is something of a feast for the senses.
A rambunctious family saga the kind they don't, and probably shouldn't, make any more. find out more...

BARTON FINK (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

It's 1941 and the golden days of Tinsel Town. Seriously earnest New York scriptwriter Barton Fink is lured to Hollywood with an offer to write a wrestling movie. Stricken by writer's cramp and seeking inspiration, Barton finds it in real life events. This witty drama was a Cannes Film Festival multi-award winner. find out more...

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BOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 2: DISC 3 (2011)

Certification15 Our Rating

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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CATCH-22 (1970)

Certification15 Our Rating

Adapted from the classic, absurdist, anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. "Catch-22" is the story of Yossarian, a pilot who trys to opt out of flying bombing missions by being declared insane, the catch being that anyone trying to avoid bombing missions by being insane must be sane. This dark classic catches much of the flavour of the book, the insanity, the corruption and the absurdity of war. Think MASH, but non-linear - flawed but awesome. find out more...

DIVIDED WE FALL (2001)

CertificationPG Our Rating

Like 'Life is Beautiful' the film successfully manages a comic take on the horrors of WW2. In a small Nazi-occupied Czech town childless Josef and his wife Marie hide Jewish ex-boss David in their small flat whilst coping with the unwanted friendship of ex-employee and collaborator Horst. Brilliant, bizarre, and very dark. find out more...

DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

CertificationU Our Rating

Winner of four Oscars including Best Film and Best Actress. Jessica Tandy stars as Miss Daisy, the cantankerous Jewish widow who very unwillingly has to hire a black chauffeur. Over the years these two very different people have to learn to live together. Both humourous and touching. find out more...

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)

Certification12 Our Rating

When low budget indie Jewish Deep South melodrama �Home For Purim' gets the potential Oscar nod the cast and crew, some of them blindly na�ve in the glare of the fickle empire that is �Hollywood', are swept along by the resulting hype and frenzy. Christopher Guest gets the gang back together for another gently satirical mocumentary side swipe; clever, witty and beautifully performed �For Your Consideration' is a typically charming and understated gem from the people who brought you, and for the find out more...