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  • Charlotte's Film Club: A Quiet Place
    Charlotte continues to focus on some of the more recent Films she's seen this week, today looking at recent horror release 'A Quiet Place'. The arrival of a monstrous race of creatures that hunt based on sound leaves humanity scattered and alone in the near future. In order to survive, a family lives in total silence on a farm, where the slightest noise can attract the predators. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt star.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Spotlight
    This week on the Film Club, Charlotte is talking about the her four most recent watches. Up first is 'Spotlight', the 2015 Drama/Thriller. Nominated for 6 awards and the Best Picture winner of the 2016 Oscars, it tells the story of the ‘Spotlight’ team, a group of investigative reporters at the Boston Globe who uncover horrific stories of child abuse within the Catholic Church, and the Church’s attempts at covering it up. Directed by Tom McCarthy, it stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci.  
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  • The Radio Verulam Film Guide: Friday 13th April 2018
    Simon's Top Picks for the free-to-air TV over the next week: Friday Invictus (2009) 10.45pm – 1.15am ITV Saturday Europa Report (2013) 7.15pm – 9.00pm Film4 Sunday Tremors (1989) 9.00pm – 11.00pm ITV4 Monday Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) 9.00pm – 11.35pm Film4 Tuesday Shutter Island (2009) 10.40pm – 1.20am Film4 Wednesday Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) 3.10pm – 5.00pm Film4 Thursday Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) 1.10pm – 2.50pm Film4
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Secret Window
    To conclude a week of plot twists, today the Film Club looks at psychological thriller 'Secret Window'. Johnny Depp stars as writer Mort Rainey, who moves to a remote cabin during the process of a difficult divorce with his wife. Attempting to recover his mental health, Rainey has the misfortune of being found by John Shooter (John Turturro), a farmer who claims Rainey plagiarized his work. At first, Rainey ignores the accusations, but Shooter has no intention of quietly disappearing.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Fight Club
    Today's Film with a twist is 'Fight Club' from 1999. Edward Norton suffers from insomnia and depression, and meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention. David Fincher directs, and Jared Leto and Meatloaf also star.  
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: The Sixth Sense
    Another classic today as the Film Club keeps looking at twists, with classic 'The Sixth Sense'. Young Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe. As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for client and therapist are a jolt that awakens them both to something unexplainable. Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis star in this thriller by M. Night Shyamalan.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Psycho
    This week on the Film Club, Charlotte is focused on great Plot Twists! This week, we start with the Alfred Hitchcock classic 'Psycho'. Secretary Marion Crane is on the run after stealing $40,000 from her employer so she can get away from her boyfriend, Sam Loomis. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin star.
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  • The Radio Verulam Film Guide: Friday 6th April 2018
    Today Danny and Simon talked for the nearly the longest time anyone has ever talked about films... 35 minutes! At some point Simon mentioned that there were some free-to-air films available for the listeners to catch: Friday Four Weddings and Funeral (1994) 9.00pm – 11.20pm Film4 Saturday Homefront (2013) 11.35pm – 1.40am 5STAR Sunday Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) 11,00pm – 1.25am Channel 4 Monday The Silent Child (2017) 12.15am – 12.35am BBC2 Tuesday I give it a year (2013) 11.15pm – 1.10am Film4 Wednesday Transporter 2 (2005) 9.00pm – 10.40pm Film4 Thursday A Bigger Splash (2015) 9.00pm – 11.30pm Film4
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Concussion
    The final sports film of this week's Film Club is the documentary/drama "Concussion" from 2015. Will Smith stars as pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, who while conducting an autopsy on former NFL football player Mike Webster (David Morse),  discovers neurological deterioration similar to Alzheimer's disease. Omalu names the disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy and publishes his findings in a medical journal. As other athletes face the same diagnosis, the crusading doctor embarks on a mission to raise public awareness about the dangers of football-related head trauma.
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  • Charlotte's Film Club: Creed
    The Film Club continues to look at great sporting flicks this week, with today's pick being "Creed" from 2015. Michael B. Jordan stars as Adonis Johnson, who never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed. However, boxing runs in Adonis' blood, and he finds himself driven to find the iconic Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) to be his trainer. Rocky sees much of Apollo in Adonis, and agrees to mentor him, even when faced by his own troubles. From the combined efforts of the two, Adonis' is able to secure a shot at the title, but does he have the drive to make it? Ryan Coogler directs this continuation of the famous 'Rocky' series.  
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