Superb FX, slick direction and spot-on characterisation combine to make this a truly thrilling account of the jinxed 1970 Moon mission. OK, so we already know the story, but Ron Howard has triumphed with this tale of three men almost spaced-out forever in something resembling a hairdryer.
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FINDING NEVERLAND (2004)
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James M Barrie is a lonely man, in a failing marriage, and a playwright whose work has seen better days. When Barrie meets a group of children in the park he finds himself enchanted, and it is not long before he has settled deep within the bosom of their family life, a loving matriarchy held together by the children's young widowed mother. Finding Neverland is based on the play by Allan Knee, and is a tender, deeply moving interpretation of Barrie's inspiration for "Peter Pan". Beautifully perf
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FLY AWAY HOME (1996)
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When Amy is sent to live with the dad she's not seen for 9 years, she's unimpressed by his eccentricity, not to mention his new girl friend. But when Amy's adopted by a gaggle of orphaned goslings who must somehow learn to fly, her father's flying machine is their only hope. Beautiful, magical adventure.
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HATCHI: A DOGS TALE (2009)
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When middle-aged university professor Parker returns to his small town commuter home one evening he comes across a stray (Akita) puppy in the railway station. So begins an engaging sentimental tale of both the relationship between man and his favourite beast and the emotional fall out of death.
Based round a true story of a Japanese dog, who faithfully waited every day for years at the station his dead master had commuted from, and transplanted to modern New England this is highly recom
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HOTEL RWANDA (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
In 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda long simmering resentment between the 2 largest ethnic groups erupted into one of history's worst ever bloodbaths. In the midst of this emerged a hero, the manager of Rwanda's only four-star hotel, who, armed with little more than his wit and tremendous courage, succeeds in keeping the fascist killing hordes from slaughtering him, his family, and the over 1,000 refugees sheltering in his hotel. An awesome indictment of racism, mass murder and the poli
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THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1959)
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The true story of an English housemaid who changed lifestyle and became a missionary in the politically turbulent China of the 1930s. Beautifully shot with that famous heart rendering finale as Ingrid Bergman brings the orphans on their own long march through the war torn mountains.
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