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Movie: The Old Oak

[TRAILER] TJ (Dave Turner) runs the last pub standing in a previously thriving mining community. He struggles to keep the place afloat while also trying to offer some help to Syrian refugees who have been placed in the empty houses in the community. Tensions arise as down-on-their-luck locals are resentful of the newcomers, but TJ strikes up a friendship with one of the refugees, Yara (Ebla Mari). 87 year-old British social realist filmmaker Ken Loach brings (probably) his final film to screens. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 17, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: Raining Stones

[TRAILER] Bob (Bruce Jones) is a religious but poor man intent on earning enough cash to buy a new communion dress for his daughter. With his loyal sidekick, Tom (Ricky Tomlinson), Bob takes odd and sometimes ill-advised jobs in search of quick cash. But Bob's bad luck follows him everywhere in this working-class town. When his van gets stolen, Bob makes a disastrous choice that may cost him everything. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 14, 2024 - 6 comments

Movie: Rye Lane

Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance. [more inside]
posted by Gin and Broadband on Apr 1, 2023 - 10 comments

Movie: A Fish Called Wanda

British gangster George Thomason (Tom Georgeson) and his hapless aide, Ken Pile (Michael Palin), draft a pair of arrogant Americans, grifter Wanda Gerschwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and weapons expert Otto West (Kevin Kline), for a massive diamond heist. When the job goes badly, Wanda attempts to seduce George's stuffy lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese), to find out where George hid the diamonds. Meanwhile, Ken repeatedly attempts to kill an elderly woman (Patricia Hayes) who witnessed the robbery. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 10, 2022 - 27 comments

Movie: Await Further Instructions

A family's Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 10, 2019 - 3 comments

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