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Loveheart
Blue-scarved menace
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Courtroom drama, and life on the bench in
JP!
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Loveheart
Blue-scarved menace
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Birds of prey that take up carpentry in
The Eagle has Sanded
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Pearl B4 Swine
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don't make me keep on doing this Filmed in Ireland, the little-known story behind the Great potato Famine - The Black Scallion
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Bacchus
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Police drama of a cop who turns to writing jingles for TV commercials: Ditty Harry
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Celtic Knotweed
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A tale of the struggles involved in augmenting a tower in Egypt.
The Memphis Bell
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Uriel
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Former IRA soldier falls in love with a transsexual while running a launderette:
The Drying Game
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Ariel
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Enormous, giant gorilla terrorizes Middle Earth and the Shire with his army of tiny Oiks, in Return of the Kong.
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Dafyd
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A weathergirl decides whether to go ahead with her second marriage in A Philadelphia Storm.
-------------------- we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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Featuring the latest technological advances within the motor trade, Pine Studios are proud to present their latest Block Buster. The Quiet Van.
-------------------- What do we want.... Cure for Obesity When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Sandemaniac
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Ms Hilton's indicator appears to be broken:
Is Paris Turning?
-------------------- "It becomes soon pleasantly apparent that change-ringing is by no means merely an excuse for beer" Charles Dickens gets it wrong, 1869
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Sandemaniac
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quote: Originally posted by Uriel: Former IRA soldier falls in love with a transsexual while running a launderette:
The Drying Game
And its sequel, set in Middle Earth:
The Two Towels
-------------------- "It becomes soon pleasantly apparent that change-ringing is by no means merely an excuse for beer" Charles Dickens gets it wrong, 1869
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Bacchus
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Classic western about an inept prostitute: Bad Lay at Black Rock
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Ariel
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Comedy about a group of business-minded ghosts who decide that with so much time on their hands they should do something useful, and, with the aid of a helpful medium, set up their own company to market dairy products to the living.
Ghostbutters.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Englishman undergoes harrowing native American rituals which cause him to lose his voice.
A Man Named Hoarse
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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The difficulties of keeping your internet connection going while hopping in and out of alternative realities.
The Time Traveller's Wifi [ 20. March 2010, 23:36: Message edited by: Firenze ]
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Ariel
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Biographical film about Sr Wendy Beckett - "Sister Art."
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Benny Diction 2
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One of those tedious documentaryies that used to accompnay main features in British cinemas in the 1960s and 1970s. This one looking at old trades:
The cook, the thief, his wife and her glover
-------------------- Benny Diction
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Benny Diction 2
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Sorry about the typo in the previous post (I do know there isn't a "Y" in documentaries.)
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"The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England." Tony Benn
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Light User
Apprentice
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That rather sinister film about tiptoeing:
The Silence Of The Limbs
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Sandemaniac
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Samurai named James is confused by greeting shouted at him by rappers:
Yo Jimbo!
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Pearl B4 Swine
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A dream comes true for an American Colonial flute player : It's a Wonderful Fife
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Santa Claus brings Christmas joy to a gritty warehouse strip just off a busy Manhattan shopping district. Miracle on 35th Street.
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Esmeralda
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quote: Originally posted by Firenze: The difficulties of keeping your internet connection going while hopping in and out of alternative realities.
The Time Traveller's Wifi
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Esmeralda
Ship's token UK Mennonite
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Tear-jerking tale of a murdered champion baker:
The Lovely Scones
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Pearl B4 Swine
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quote: Originally posted by Light User: That rather sinister film about tiptoeing:
The Silence Of The Limbs
And here I thought this was a documentary about Restless Leg Syndrome. O well.
-------------------- Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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I cant begin to tell you how dissapointed I was to discover that the film I Am Leg End was nothing more than a remake of "My Left Foot."
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Benny Diction 2
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Drain Man
A superior remake of that dodgy 70s soft porn movie Adventures of a Plumber
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"The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England." Tony Benn
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Bacchus
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A woman's guide to driving rich men crazy:
How to Harry a Millionaire
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Documentary on special Paschal baking in the Greek Islands:
The Buns of Navarone
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Lyda*Rose
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Vinyl records sold in bulk:
The Pound of Music
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Loveheart
Blue-scarved menace
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Worldbeating fish and chips
Those magnificent men and their frying machines
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Herrick
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A film about very expensive sheep
The man with the golden ram [ 24. March 2010, 10:25: Message edited by: Herrick ]
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Benny Diction 2
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quote: Originally posted by Firenze: Documentary on special Paschal baking in the Greek Islands:
The Buns of Navarone
Which reminds me of another film
Force zen from Navarone
A crack troop of Buddhists contemplate scaling cliffs on a Greek island using yogic flying
-------------------- Benny Diction
"The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England." Tony Benn
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Pearl B4 Swine
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A leisurely ramble with an inspired Brit nature-lover : Around The Wold in 80 Days
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"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Bacchus
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Comedy about two gay men who meet in college, then go in and out of each other's lives over the years:
When Harry Met Wally
-------------------- Cogito, ergo spud. I think, therefore I yam.
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Ariel
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Never underestimate the power of yogurt. Two hard-up young lads from Bombay mix it up with an ancient Ayurvedic spice blend, and it turns out to have amazing effects.
Lassi
A ruthless Western yogurt magnate then steals the secret recipe, and gets his factories to produce it. The two lads don't have the money to launch a legal appeal, but instead appeal shamelessly to people's sentimentality.
Lassi Come Home
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Benny Diction 2
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A polygamist sees the errors of his ways afte marrying his 27th wife. "She just wasn't as good as the previous 26. In fact I've gone:
A Bride too far
-------------------- Benny Diction
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Religio-Psycho drama about the Crucifixion of Jesus, set in the 'beat-generation' :
Cat On A Hot Tin Rood
-------------------- Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Loveheart
Blue-scarved menace
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Docudrama on the manufacture of writing materials for mythical creatures
Monsters Ink
An epic journey by rail - through the eyes of the driver
Trainman
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Bacchus
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Allegorical film about the influence of the Mob on restaurant servers:
On the Waiterfront
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Pearl B4 Swine
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The struggles of a young man to make it, big time, as a Nanny: Marty Poppins
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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A documentary on how to make popcorn. Mary Popping
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lilBuddha
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Tale of a knowledgeable gardener: The Man who Knew to Mulch.
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lilBuddha
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A tale of related growers of illicit crop: The Family Pot
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Bacchus
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Sci-fi flick about a planet-wide winter storm that destroys the world:
Apocalypse Snow
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Esmeralda
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Hard hitting exposé of sex trafficking under the guise of arranged marriage:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothels
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Bacchus
Ship's Sommelier
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Movie highlighting the one thing at the bottom of Jesus' list of possible sins:
The Least Temptation of Christ
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Mamacita
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Story about a sensitive man who spends his time in paddocks, weeping:
The Horse Whimperer
-------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Bacchus
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W.C. Fields flick about erectile disfunction:
The Lank Dick
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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A wholesome story for good children:
Where the Mild Things Are
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