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All-star cast film new versions of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

A host of well-known actors are taking part in new productions of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues, which first aired on BBC Television in 1988 and 1998.

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Ordinary Love – film review

One of the great things about films is watching actors act.

That probably sounds strange – of course actors act. But quite often these days actors are working against a green screen, battling super-villains or heading in to space. Don’t get me wrong, I love those films too, but sometimes it’s nice to see actors who are just acting, showing what they can do on screen in a film without loads of special effects and noise.

That is exactly what Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville do in Ordinary Love, the tale of a middle-aged couple dealing with a life-changing issue.

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