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Thunderpants 2002 Patrick Smash 11 was born with two stomachs, and hence the uncontrollable talent to produce ungodly farts This soon drives his own dad away and makes his social life hell His only friend is classmate Alan A Allen, a prodigy genius, who has no sense of smell Even Alans invention Thu

Surprised by Oxford 2023 Brilliant but emotionally guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man, Caro begins to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, a

The Pay Day 2022 A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 1991 A tangled triangle In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine She takes in her half sisters son, a diminutive crook back named Lymon He suggests they open a cafe in the downstairs of her

In 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him Purcells life is reenacted and his music performed

The Dead Room (2018) Long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter Aubrey Judd discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.

Miss in Her Teens (2014) Sir Simon Loveit, a widower, wishes to marry Miss Biddy. His son, Captain Bob, however has already won her heart under the alias of Rhodophil, before he went to war in Flanders. On his return, Captain Bob discovers, courtesy of his manservant Puff, that Miss has two other su

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a

In 1947, noted Neo-Pagan Aleister Crowley dies. In Cambridge, 43 years later, with the help of a computer, Crowley's spirit takes over the body of Haddo, a mild-mannered, stuttering don. Over four days, as Crowley prepares for an occult extravaganza, bodies pile up, Crowley's elect engage in rites o

Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe.