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William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)

This is a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s fantasy play about faries and drugs.

5/10

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Twins (1988)

Twins who look nothing like each other are created as an experiment.  On is incredibly successful, strong and tall and the other one isn’t.  They discover this and meet up.

6/10

 

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Fast Girls (2012)

This film is s story about young female athletes training for competitions.

5/10

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Inspector Calls, An (1954)

Film of the play by JB Priestly about a mysterious detective who arrives at the Birling family house with news about a woman who has died, who has links to each member of the family.

4/10

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Princess Bride, The (1987)

A cheesy postmodern fairy tale about a princess and her true love who are separated and they mysterious forces keeping them apart.

6/10

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Month in the Country, A (1987)

Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh star in this film set in Yorkshire in the 1920s where a destitute soldier who is employed to work on a stained glass window and becomes close to some of the villagers.

3/10

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Ruth and Alex (2014)

Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton star in this comedy-drama about a married couple who are considering selling up their marital home as it is an apartment up 5 flights of stairs and they are starting to get old and want something more suitable.  They consider their options and have to make a decision.

5/10

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Some Mothers do ‘Ave ‘Em – Complete Collection (1973)

This slapstick BBC sitcom from the 1970s features Frank Spencer who is accident-prone but always tries his best and his long-suffering, but loyal wife Betty.

There is normally a stunt close to the end of each episode, some of which do look quite dangerous, and as the series moves on Frank and Betty move house, and have a baby (although Jessica doesn’t feature very much).

7/10

 

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License to Wed (2007)

A comedy about a priest wants to make sure a couple if really certain they want to marry, so he makes them undergo a series of increasingly complex challenges before he will marry them.

4/10

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Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001)

This documentary looks at the life of Walt Disney with contributions from family, friends and colleagues.

4/10