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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Deadpool 2
    Another recent release on the Film Club today, as Charlotte rounds off a focus on the years 2016 to 2018 with Deadpool 2! Following the events of the previous film, wisecracking mercenary Deadpool finds himself in the way of Cable, a genetically enhanced soldier from the future, when he decides to protect an angsty teenage mutant named Russell. However Deadpool can't do this alone, and must team up with a vast range of new mutants such as Domino and Shatterstar to even the playingfields. Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin return, joined by Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz and Julian Dennison.  This is also the very last edition of Charlotte's Film Club! We hope you've enjoyed every episode as much as we've enjoyed making them, thank you for listening!
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Tomb Raider
    Charlotte looks at a release from this year today on the Film Club, "Tomb Raider". Alicia Vikander stars as Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years ago. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance, Croft embarks on a perilous journey to the last place he was ever seen, a mythical island off the coast of Japan. The stakes couldn't be higher as Lara must rely on her sharp mind, blind faith and stubborn spirit to venture into the unknown. Walton Goggins, Dominic West and Hannah John-Kamen also star.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Get Out
    Today the Film club looks at "Get Out", the award-winning experimental horror from writer/director Jordan Peele, released in 2017. Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) decide they are at a point in which he can meet her parents. On the trip, Chris finds the open nature of the family unnerving, and as he investigates more discovers an even worse truth. Get Out won an oscar for best original screenplay, and was nominated for more.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Deadpool
    This week the Film Club continues moving to even more recent releases, as Charlotte focuses on the years 2016-2018. Up first is 'Deadpool' from 2016! Ryan Reynolds stars as Wade Wilson, a mercenary who finds love with Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), but has his world turned upside down when he discovers he has advanced cancer. With no other options, Wilson joins an experimental program that reveals his hidden mutant power: extreme regeneration, but leaves him horribly deformed. Putting on a red mask and naming himself Deadpool, he tracks down the people who experimented on him in a quest for revenge.
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  • The Radio Verulam Film Guide: Friday 27th July 2018 with @SusW
    The West Herts Drivetime Film Guide folks chat films: the usual please bar-keep except with Susie stepping up to the plate while Simon is away. Susie has perused the film listing on free-to-air TV and picked her must watch movies for your convenience. They also covered the Top 10 at the Box Office and new releases. Saturday Mannequin (1987) 1.45-3.30pm 5Star Warm Bodies (2012) 9-11pm E4 Sunday Face off (1997) 9-11.45pm Channel 5 OR 28 Days Later (2002) 9-11.10pm Horror Channel Monday Reservoir Dogs (1991) 10-12.05am ITV4 Tuesday Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) 9-11.35pm Film4 Thursday Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 9-11.25pm ITV4 Friday A Beautiful Mind (2001) 9pm Paramount
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Jurassic World
    The last instalment of Charlotte's "2012-2015" themed Film Club is all about sci-fi thriller "Jurassic World". This 2015 entry to the famous 'Jurassic Park' series sees a park full of dinosaurs successfully opened as an extremely popular luxury resort. However, when a genetically engineered dino known as the Indominus Rex gets loose, a chain reaction is triggered that sees the entire park thrown into chaos. Only the park's operations manager and an ex-military animal expert can track down the engineered dinosaur, and ensure the safety of all the guests. Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt star.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Whiplash
    Another Oscar winner from between 2012 and 2015 on the Film Club today, as Charlotte tells us everything we need to know about "Whiplash" from 2014. An ambitious young jazz drummer does everything he can to reach the top of his class in his elite music school. When a well renowned music director known for his brutal teaching method selects the young man to be part of his ensemble, the two will go down a path of obsession that drives the student to even question his own ability and sanity. Miles Teller stars as Andrew Neiman, with JK Simmons starring as the ruthless Terence Fletcher, a role which won him an Oscar for best supporting actor.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Dallas Buyers Club
    Charlotte and Danny are still looking at the best Films of the years 2012 to 2015, and today look at the award winning "Dallas Buyers Club", starring Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey stars as Ron Woodroof, an electrician in the 80s stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Despite being told it is advanced, and he only has 30 days left to live, he takes it upon himself to get hold of any possible treatments or therapies that can work no matter how legal. Seeing how difficult it is for the people of America to get these treatments, he takes it upon himself to sell it to them. Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner also star, and the film won 3 oscars in 2014.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: The Impossible
    It's a Monday, and thus the start of another new week of Charlotte's Film Club! Continuing the theme of the previous few weeks, Danny and Charlotte have been looking at the best releases between certain years, now on to 2012-2015! Released in 2012, "The Impossible" tells the real-life story of the events of the Indian-Ocean Tsunami of 2004. A family find their Christmas Holiday in Thailand turned into a horrific nightmare by the previously mentioned Tsunami, which destroyed buildings and completely reshaped the landscape into a wasteland. Faced by the constant looming threat of the approaching sea, the family must do all they can to survive, and only courage and kindness can get them through. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star.
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  • The Radio Verulam Film Guide: Friday 20th July 2018 with @SusW
    Susie steps into Simon's shoes (why he left them in the studio is a mystery...) and talks to Danny about the top 10 at the Box Office, new releases for the week and her choice of movies on free-to-air TV! Saturday Kingsman: the Secret Service 9:00 - 11:35 pm Channel 4 Sunday 21 Jump Street 9:00 - 11:10 pm Channel 5 Monday Singin' In The Rain 4:55 - 7:05 pm Paramount Network Tuesday The Football Factory 11:05 pm to 1:00 am Channel 5 Wednesday The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9:00 - 11:10 pm Sky 1 Thursday Gladiator 9:00 pm to midnight Film 4
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