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An ambitious biopic of Billie Holiday and her unlikely biographer promises more than it can deliver.

Billie (from November 13, 2020) Cert. 15, 98 min. Obsessed with the Jazz singer Billie Holiday, from the late 1960s until her death in 1978, Linda Lipnack Kuehl recorded 200 hours of interviews with e ...

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WATCH FILMS AT HOME: Unhinged, Le Circle Rouge, Aprile and The Son’s Room reviewed By Robert Tanitch

UNHINGED (Sony) is an American film for a divisive and stressful society who finds itself unable to apologise. Traffic jams bring out the worst in people. Road rage makes for a good thriller, the best ...

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Sophia Loren is left holding together her son’s movie, but she is up to the task.

The Life Ahead (November 13, 2020) 94 mins. (Netflix) At Mature Times we celebrate films featuring older actresses in meaty roles, an occasion which, ten years ago, was rare, but is happily becoming m ...

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WATCH FILMS AT HOME: THE CROWN, LITTLE WOMEN, FINDING STEVE McQUEEN and VIRGINIA WOOLF – reviewed by Robert Tanitch

THE CROWN Series 3 (Sony). The production values are as high as ever. The royal family’s personal traumas are seen against a changing political background and major events: the mining tragedy at Aberf ...

andrew 588 views 0 likes Nov 13, 2020