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  • Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
    Review preview for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    The hapless presenter is caught up in a hostage negotiation situation.
  • Becoming Jane (2007)
    Review preview for Becoming Jane

    A wispy romance as ripe as a Regency virgin and twice as fanciful.

    The Exile · 3.5 out of 5
    A young Jane Austen learns the rules of the marriage game before her pen displays a pride in its prejudice.
  • Philomena (2013)
    Review preview for Philomena

    This will have even the bitterest viewer sobbing into their popcorn.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of an Irish Catholic woman who decides to find her son more than 50 years after she was forced, as an unmarried mother, to give him up for adoption.
  • The Wind In The Willows (2006)
    Review preview for The Wind In The Willows

    There is a certain hollowness about this production that reduces it to a lightweight comedy.

    Natasha Footman · 3 out of 5
    Live action retelling of Kenneth Grahame's children's novel about the adventures of Ratty, Badger, Mole and Toad.

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