British
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Dough
In this decidedly old-fashioned movie British filmmaker John Goldschmidt lays on the schmaltz with a charming wee tale of how a small part of a traditional Jewish bakery struggles to adapt to the demands of contemporary life in London’s East End. Sixty-something-year-old widower Nat Dayn (an excellent Jonathan Pryce) is something of a curmudgeon who…
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Eddie The Eagle
Michael Edwards better known as Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards was a charismatic British folk-hero that most Americans will never have heard of. This plasterer from a blue-collar family ignited the U.K. public’s imagination when, in this real shaggy-dog story and without any real experience, in 1988 he finagled his way into the British Olympic Team…
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Brits always add a Touch Of Class to Award Ceremonies
After the ‘big yawn’ of the latest around of Award Shows which were so predictable, totally unfunny (except for Chris Rock) and full of tedious speeches thanking countless executives who none of us have ever heard off (and hardly care about) comes a perfect example of how to really accept an Award properly. It’s…
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Tom Hiddleston in his (35th) Birthday Suit
It’s rising star Brit actor Tom Hiddleston’s 35th Birthday and here he is celebrating in his birthday suit (!) just for us. It’s actually a clip from Ben Wheatley’s new movie which is film adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s novel High Rise starring Tom who is one of the hottest new movie stars around right now.…
