Ben Oliver

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film
06 May 2025

The Penguin Lessons

“The penguin is not a communist.”
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A true (ish?) story about an English teacher living in 1970s Argentina (Steve Coogan) who reluctantly becomes friends with a penguin, and sneaks it into his boarding school.

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27 April 2025

Leo

Leo the classroom lizard is 74 years old and has seen dozens of classes come and go over the years. He’s facing a crisis in his old age and decides to reveal to one of the children that he can talk and impart them with useful advice.

film
20 April 2025

Sinners

In 1930s America, a couple of gangster brothers (both Michael B. Jordan) try to escape their dodgy dealings by coming home to the Mississippi delta and opening a juke joint. Unfortunately as they open for business they realise that a greater evil lies in the shadows right on their doorstep.

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19 April 2025

The Snail and the Whale

Took my 3-year-old nephew to a special adult and toddler screening of this at the cinema. Barely a peep was heard throughout the film which either means it really spoke to them, or they all fell asleep.

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17 April 2025

American Movie

A behind-the-scenes documentary about a man in Wisconsin who is trying to make a movie. He gets all his friends and family involved, borrows large amounts of cash to fund it, and it becomes his whole life for three years.

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