Teachers lurk anxiously behind tinsel-covered curtains; excited children wait for their big moment; and nervous parents hope that their…

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Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

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As Andy leaves for college, Sheriff Woody (Tom Hanks), space ranger Buzz (Tim Allen) and what remains of the old gang confront the reality…

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…