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Philomena (2013)
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Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham. A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
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90mins. BBC. Directed by David Kerr. With Nonso Anozie, John Hannah, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake. A modern re-telling of the classic fantasy drama by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream holds a star-studded cast with euphoric effects and melodramatic storytelling.

La linea (2009)
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Directed by James Cotten. With Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Armand Assante. The unstable new kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel is targeted by an assassin for elimination.

aka The Line

Sully (2016)
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Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey. The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
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Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton. Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

Shakespeare.

A Night at the Opera (1935)
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Directed by Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding. With Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Lady and the Tramp (1955)
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. With Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson. The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

76 mins. Disney

Iris (2001)
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Directed by Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville. True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Pinocchio (2019)
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Directed by Matteo Garrone. With Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini. Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.

Literary Analysis

Milk (2008)
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Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

Flushed Away (2006)
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Flushed Away: Directed by David Bowers, Sam Fell. With Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno. The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life.