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Imagine if you could be taken back, to re-enact your most special memory? Could surrendering to your fantasy be dangerous? Two couples; one middle-aged, with love gone sour, and the other young and creative, who are tormenting each other with the intensity of their passion. All of them are on personal journeys. Fanny Ardant plays Marianne, a career woman enthusiastic about the present and future, with depressed husband Victor (Daniel Auteuil) who is alienated by digi-tech, and a constant irritant to his wife.   Actress Margot (Doria Tiller) and Antoine (Guillaume Canet) are also driving each other crazy. Antoine is a brilliant entrepreneur, directing a historical reconstruction company, selling clients the chance to live their dreams. Victor accepts his invitation to re-live the evening in 1974 when he met his wife, to a simpler time when ‘people talked to each other.’ This is a clever, charming, and very funny film, well-crafted with excellent writing and di

Astonishing true story of early freedom fighter, Harriet Tubman, enslaved in the Southern states of America. Despite her marriage to a freeborn African-American, she was unable to protect any of their hoped-for children from being born into that same slavery, and being owned by the farm proprietor. Her overpowering sense of injustice compelled her to act. She escapes, and eventually becomes one of America’s great heroes. Her audacity is astonishing, the level of courage she sustained, her extraordinary tenacity and physical endurance, not to mention cunning and excellent planning. One of those qualities would be worthy of high praise but she is exceptional for having all of them, created by her determination to rescue her family and then other captives. She was responsible for the escape of almost 300 slaves Her religious faith was absolute and she felt guided by God to help others, aided by Abolitionists and free African-Americans. Filmed in glorious colour, with deft

The proliferation of news items and articles stating that ‘baby boomers’ have it all is misleading, and has created conflict and resentment between generations. We all need to work together and to learn from one another. It is not helpful to blame particular generations of British people for some of the woes we face today.   Blaming consumers is a smokescreen. Decisions have been made on behalf of the general public without adequate thought of the consequences. Consumers respond to economic situations created by unethical business leaders and short-sighted decision makers in Government. The UK will always therefore do better being served by a government that takes the long view, which removes their focus from pleasing businessmen, and stops prioritising profit above people and the planet. The generation referred to as the baby-boomers were born between 1944 and 1964 when the UK was recovering from the catastrophic financial and human costs of two world wars. The mood was opti