Fri 26-Jun The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

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The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 Victorian era novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.It stars Dev Patel as the title character, and Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie and Paul Whitehouse.

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This is a subtle and clever adaptation which transforms an old chestnut into a fresh bun of yum.

ABM Rating 2.8/3

Fri 19-Jun A Private War (2018)

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A Private War is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Matthew Heineman, and starring Rosamund Pike as journalist Marie Colvin. The film is based on the 2012 article "Marie Colvin's Private War" in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner. The film was written by Arash Amel and features Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander and Stanley Tucci. The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film ...

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Weepy, soapy powerful, dramatic not a fun film. Might be using the tragedy of the Syrian civil war as a prop. (but that's the most consideration it gets in the western media.)

ABM Rating 2/3

 

Fri 12-Jun Doctor Who (2005) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

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 This episode had the working title "World War II". Early versions of this script quoted this episode's title as being "An Empty Child". This is a reference to "An Unearthly Child", the very first episode of Doctor Who.The episode's television listings information and the DVD cover also mention that "London is being terrorised by an unearthly child". In Davies's initial pitch, Captain Jack was ...


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"The Doctor Dances" is the tenth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 May 2005. It is the second of a two-part story, following the broadcast of "The Empty Child" on 21 May.

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ABM Rating 4/3