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  • Charlotte's Film Club: The Da Vinci Code
    The week of Tom Hanks is coming to an end! Charlotte chooses to send off our Film Club this week with mind-blowing 2006 thriller 'The Da Vinci Code". This adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel of the same name sees a murder in the Louvre of Paris and a number of cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings point to an ancient secret hidden long ago. Hanks stars as scholar Robert Langdon, who must do everything to crack the code, despite opposition from those who wish to hide the truth.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Forrest Gump
    Today on the Film Club, Charlotte picks one of Tom Hanks' most iconic roles, in 1994's 'Forrest Gump'. The slow-witted Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and leaves a life that is anything but dull and uneventful. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save -- his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright). Robert Zemeckis directed the film, which won multiple Oscars in 1995.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Toy Story
    The Film Club is still all about the best of Tom Hanks this week, with Charlotte looking at animated classic 'Toy Story' next! Woody the cowboy doll is a kindhearted leader of the toys belonging to a young boy named Andy, but sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear action figure. The two clash immediately, with Buzz believing he really is a space ranger from another galaxy, but must work together to find Andy when they are lost moving to a new home. The voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen star as the iconic Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear respectively.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: The Terminal
    This week, the Film Club is all about everyone's favourite actor, Tom Hanks. Charlotte spends today talking about Hanks' role in 2004 Drama-comedy 'The Terminal'. Hanks stars as Viktor Navorski, an Eastern European tourist who arrives at JFK airport in New York as war breaks out in his country, leaving him caught up in international politics. Because of the war, the Department of Homeland Security won't let him enter or exit the United States. He's trapped at JFK -- indefinitely. While living inside the airport, Viktor finds himself falling for a flight attendant played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride and Diego Luna also feature.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Lion
    Charlotte rounds off our week of Nicole Kidman's best features with 'Lion' the 2016 drama. Based on a true story, five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Pawar and Rooney Mara star.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: The Others
    The Film Club this week continues to celebrate the works of Oscar Winner Nicole Kidman. Today 'The Others' is the film of choice. This drama from 2001 sees Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly religious mother of two children, move her family to the English coast during World War II. She awaits word on her missing husband while protecting her children from a rare photosensitivity disease that causes the sun to harm them. When the children claim to see ghosts, Grace initially thinks the new servants are playing tricks but chilling events and visions make her believe something supernatural has occurred.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Dogville
    Charlotte and Danny continue the discuss the best of Nicole Kidman's works, today looking at 'Dogville' This 2003 crime-drama focuses on a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace (Nicole Kidman) hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Moulin Rouge!
    This week on Charlotte's Film Club, we'll be looking at the very best of Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman. Our first film of the week is 'Moulin Rouge!' from 2001. This romantic drama takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman). John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent and Richard Roxburgh also star.  
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  • The Radio Verulam Film Guide: Friday 19th January 2018
    Simon was in the studio again to talk at length about the 10 top movies in the box office as well as his choice of free-to-air TV for the coming week: Friday Idiocracy (2006) 9.00pm – 10.40pm Film4 Saturday Sicario (2015) 9.00pm – 11.25pm Channel 4 Sunday The Sting (1973) 11.00pm – 1.30am ITV3 Monday The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) 8.00pm – 10.15pm E4 Tuesday The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) 9.00pm – 11.30pm More4 Wednesday The Madness of King George (1995) 7.50pm – 10.00pm Film4+1 Thursday Pulp Fiction (1994) 9.00pm – 12.00am Film4
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: High Fidelity
    Charlotte rounds off a week of Jack Black films with 2000 Drama/Romance "High Fidelity". John Cusack stars as the owner of a failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music on vinyl. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed by the music scene, it's of no help to Rob when his long-time girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), walks out on him. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, his two friends, played by Jack Black and Todd Louiso.
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