Director – Alexander Payne – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 133m ***** A teenage pupil must remain at school in the care of his strict and widely despised Ancient History teacher over the 1970 Christmas holidays – out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 19th A school movie with a difference: this takes […]
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The Holdovers
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- Post date January 18 2024
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