Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’.
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Creepy new thriller, Companion, starring Sophie Thatcher is mind-blowing fun.
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Burning Sanitary Napkin Scene from ‘To Sir, With Love’ (1967).
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Bette Davis slaps Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939).
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: It Happened One Night (1934) – ‘The Walls of Jericho’ Scene.
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On my stereo this week: Sarah Blasko’s ‘Bothering Me’.
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