Kline and Judd combine well in this delightful homage to the life and times of Cole and Linda Porter, man and wife, composer and muse, a couple who led a life of glamour and indulged eccentricity. There's no shortage of the man's music, which is unfortunately sometimes murdered by using a series of unsuitable singers; "It's De-Lovely" by Robbie Williams, "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" by Alanis Morissette, "Begin The Beguine" by Sheryl Crow, "Let's Misbehave" by Elvis Costello, "Be a Clown"
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FUNNY LADY (1968)
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Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein, Fanny teams up with songwriter Billy Rose, a brash showman bursting with enthusiasm and theatrical ambitions. They make an unusual couple, the polished performer and the upstart producer, but their friendship gradually blossoms into love. Funny Lady lacks the freshness and energy of the original Funny Girl but there are still some dazzling production numbers and Caan and Streisand make a believably feisty couple.
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LITTLE ASHES (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Madrid, 1922; a young Salvador Dali arrives at university and meets the likes of Luis Bunuel and Federico Garcia Lorca, the latter of whom he has a brief affair with. Later, moving to Paris, Dali's life is altered by another affair, with married woman, Gala, to the intense heartbreak of besotted Garcia Lorca.
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NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
This justifiably acclaimed epic tells the fascinating story of a well-heeled German Jewish family, Jettel, Walter and 5-year-old Regina, who fled the Nazis in the late 1930s and settled as farmers in Kenya. Here they, as German citizens, eventually face internment, separation, Walter joining the British army, and a detioration in their marriage.
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THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Based on the memoirs of Novalyne Price, The Whole World Wide tells the story of the relationship she had with Conan the Barbarian creator and pulp fiction writer, Robert E. Howard.
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)
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Set during the Great Depression, Jacob Janowski finds his promising career as a vetinary student shattered by family tragedy. Bereft and confused Jacob joins the Benzini Brothers circus as the vet for their animals and in particular the company’s elephant, Rosie. But it is the ringmaster’s wife that really holds the young Jacob’s attention, and it is this mutual attraction that forms the heart of the story. Based on Sara Gruen’s best selling novel, ‘Water for Elephants’ is a sumptuous but relati
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