A veteran newsman flips when fired after 25 years and in his penultimate broadcast reports his imminent on screen suicide. The ratings shoot up so highly that his now kookie ravings justify his retention. Full of deliciously observed scenes as a behind the scenes struggle for media power commences.
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SHADOWLANDS (FEATURE FILM) (1993)
CertificationU Our Rating
Attenborough's deeply moving film of the life of CS Lewis. Hopkins is peerless as the quiet author and Oxford don whose world is overturned by the brash, vivacious Joy Gresham (the brilliant Winger). Her decline into illness sees Lewis open his heart for the first time. Stunning and emotional drama.
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THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Three of Hollywood's most famous liberals team up to explore the horrific possibity of a nuclear meltdown. Fonda and Douglas play TV news reporters latching onto a scare about falsification and negligence of safety regulations. Well scripted and genuinely tense. Tinseltown gets a conscience!
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THE HUSTLER (1961)
Certification15 Our Rating
A talented young pool whizz-kid being groomed for the big time comes to grief when he falls in love. A downbeat drama with some brilliantly handled and atmospheric pool hall scenes and a low-life romance. Outstanding performances all round.
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THE WRESTLER (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
Multi-award winning, critically acclaimed, adored by the public, what more can be said of this film about a fading, ageing wrestler coming to terms with the reality that he has no life outside the ring? Virtually friendless outside of his work, with the closest thing he has to a girlfriend being a stripper who wants to keep 'customer' boundaries, his daughter estranged and disillusioned by his failure to be there, his home a trailer and his body a total mess...
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