Shadowlands
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A late flowering of romance for the dry academic who created Narnia
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Pride & Prejudice
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The camera loves Keira as Jane Austen's famous and fabulous writing flows to life.
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Assassination
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Battle for supremacy in 19th century Japan, as America attempts to open trade routes.
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It Happened Here
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What if the Germans had occupied England after the fall of Dunkirk...
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Grande École
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A complex bisexual Parisian college entanglement, with racial undertones.
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Point Pleasant: The Complete Season
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Is the girl, saved from drowning, the daughter of the Devil and will the good people of Point Pleasant change her for the better?
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St Elmo's Fire
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Eighties kitsch that follows a group of college buddies as they make their way in the real world.
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Porco Rosso
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Anime adventures of a flying pig, Italian Fascists, pirates and an American contract killer between the wars in Europe.
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Carmen
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Spanish retelling of the classic tale of passion and jealousy.
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