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The Gold Rush

"I'm very particular who I dance with."

We didn’t watch any Chaplin last year so in our time travel through comedy history: corona edition, we are putting that right. This time the little tramp goes to the Klondike in search of gold.

March 31 - 20:00 UTC

A young man (Harold Lloyd) goes to the city to make money and impress his girlfriend (Mildred Davis). He tells her he’s making big bucks but really is struggling to make a cent, and using what he does earn to buy gifts for her. When she comes to town to visit him as a surprise, he must make it look like he’s doing well.

March 30 - 19:00 UTC

Our Hospitality

In 1830, a man (Buster Keaton) travels to the south to claim a small inheritance. An old family feud still bubbles away though, and members of the rival family set out to kill him we he arrives in town.

March 29 - 19:00 UTC

Take 2: The Red Shoes

Just astounding on every front. The impressionistic ballet centrepiece is a staggering work of art that chokes me up every time. Like a ballet partner the rest of the film lifts you up to it, and brings you down from it.

March 28 - 16:00 UTC

A fantasy musical biopic of Elton John. Taron Egerton stars.

March 27 - 19:00 UTC

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

In 1946 London, an author (Lily James) receives a letter from Guernsey requesting a copy of a book. She exchanges letters and uncovers the story of a book club formed during the Nazi occupation. Intrigued by the story, she sets off to the island to find out more.

March 22 - 20:00 UTC

Reynolds Woodcock, a master dressmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis), encounters Alma, a young woman (Vicky Krieps) who becomes his lover and muse. Their relationship goes through several twists and turns as his exacting nature clashes with her strong will.

March 19 - 17:00 UTC

A young waitress (Chloë Grace Moretz) finds a bag on the subway and returns it to its owner, Greta (Isabelle Huppert). They strike up a friendship but things quickly turn sour as Greta becomes obsessed with her.

March 18 - 20:00 UTC

Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne), a woman going through film school, gradually learns that her romantic partner is keeping some dark secrets.

March 17 - 20:00 UTC

Take 2: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

So bad it sent Sean Connery into retirement.

March 14 - 21:00 UTC

The Hitman's Bodyguard

A bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) is tasked with escorting a prolific assassin (Samuel L Jackson) to a trial in the Hague.

March 07 - 16:00 UTC

The story of Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), an American figure skater whose husband organised for someone to go and break her main rival Nancy Kerrigan’s leg.

March 01 - 20:00 UTC

A rogue minister in Russia sabotages one of his own submarines as part of a government takeover, making it look like they were fired upon by the US. Gerard Butler, commander of the USS Arkansas sub, must sneak into enemy waters to try and stop the coup and a possible nuclear war.

March 01 - 17:00 UTC

An adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, a romantic comedy of errors. The world wasn’t asking for another take on Emma but here we are, and thankfully this one is rather good.

February 29 - 18:00 UTC

A recluse who can talk to animals (Robert Downey Jr.) is called upon to save the Queen of England, or risk losing his home.

February 29 - 13:00 UTC

Take 2: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Still funny. One of the better TV to movie adaptations I can think of.

February 28 - 17:30 UTC

With the Germans taking over France and ‘cleansing’ the country city by city, a man flees to Marseille in the hopes of getting on a ship to Mexico. He falls in love with a mysterious woman and must decide whether to stay or to go.

February 18 - 20:00 UTC

A woman is recruited into the KGB then sent to Paris to be a fashion model as a cover for carrying out a string of assassinations.

February 15 - 12:00 UTC

Detective Pikachu

In a city where humans and Pokemon co-exist, a boy encounters a Pikachu who appears to be able to talk to him. He’s also a detective. They try to solve the mystery of the boy’s father’s disappearance.

February 14 - 20:00 UTC

A grizzled detective (Nicole Kidman in a wig) finds a banknote stained by a dye pack, a memento from a past undercover case she worked on that went wrong. She goes to find the old gang members she was in with to finally put the case to rest.

February 11 - 20:00 UTC

Bringing Up Baby

As paleontologist (Cary Grant) tries to secure funding for his museum, he keeps running into a carefree and slightly irritating heiress (Katharine Hepburn), and her pet leopard.

February 09 - 18:00 UTC

Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the Joker’s live-wire girlfriend, breaks up with the Joker and must now fend for herself as the news spreads that she is no longer protected by his reputation.

February 08 - 16:00 UTC

A biopic of war reporter Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike), who was killed in an air strike in Syria in 2012.

February 07 - 20:00 UTC

Take 2: Out of the Past

A brilliant noir. Black as night, sharp as a razor, unpredictable and tragic. Robert Mitchum gets led astray by Jane Greer so many times you lose count. As the bodies pile up and he realises he’s in too deep, it’s too late.

February 06 - 19:00 UTC

A couple of British soldiers in WWI are tasked with getting a message to the front lines in order to stop 1600 troops walking into an ambush.

February 02 - 18:00 UTC

Two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson) go slowly mad on a 4 week stay in the middle of the ocean.

January 31 - 19:00 UTC

As Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) considers retirement, Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) calls him to Rome to discuss the matter.

January 30 - 22:00 UTC

Take 2: Mission: Impossible - Fallout

I love this film, and I love that everyone loves this film. Old school practical effects applied to fresh new set pieces make for a compelling and fun thriller I will never tire of watching.

January 26 - 14:00 UTC

Take 2: Crazy Rich Asians

Saw this about a year ago and I can’t say my view of it has really changed. A surprisingly formulaic rom-com that holds the audience’s hand too much.

January 25 - 21:00 UTC

A group of women attempt to pull off a heist at the Met Gala in New York. Their target: a $150,000,000 Cartier necklace.

January 24 - 21:00 UTC

A man’s (Liam Neeson) son dies in an apparent drug overdose. Knowing there is more to the story than a simple OD, Liam hits the road in his snow plow and slowly hunts his way to the top of a drug gang, picking off henchmen one by one.

January 17 - 21:00 UTC

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