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Nationwide
Bright Star. PG
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The White Ribbon, 15
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Welcome, 15
A sad, completely involving film about the relationship between a laconic French swimming instructor and a teenage Iraqi refugee so desperate to get to England that he’ll even attempt to swim the channel.
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Up, U
Pixar’s latest animation is imbued with texture, detail, warm humour and physics-defying action sequences, and has a genuinely touching story about old age and new beginnings.
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