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12 Years a Slave [based on the memoir]
In pre-Civil War New York Solomon Northup lives a good life with his family and two children. He is a free man, and well educated, but then [...]
Black Swan
Nina Sayers is a ballerina in the New York Ballet. She lives with her mother, and her whole live revolves around dancing. There is a new pro [...]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [based on the book]
I loved this film. I loved everything about it. The acting was brilliant. The way the story unfolded. The narration. The casting. The scener [...]
A Little Princess [based on the book]
based on book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Sara Crewe lives a spoiled life in India with a devoted, doting father, until World War I inte [...]
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)
Before the opening credits rolled on this film I had been thinking that I really wasn’t in th emood for seeing a foreign film that I&# [...]
Corpse Bride
Poor old Victor just can’t get his through his wedding rehearsal, can’t remember his lines, bumps into things, sets the bride [...]
Pride and Prejudice [based on book]
Sometimes directors really make you think, make you stop and consider their work, make you want to never ever see anything in the cinema eve [...]
Ladyhawke
I’ve wanted to buy this film on dvd for a long time now, but kept putting it off because it is a pretty vanilla dvd release. Menus are [...]
