William Towers

Movies

Captain Phillips
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The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Another Year
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During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Sunshine
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Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Calendar Girls
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Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
Buried Treasure
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Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his daughter was at his wife's funeral. When trying to deal with his daughter's affairs, he finds out he is a grandfather of a nine-year-old girl, named Saffron. Since he is her only relative, social services hands over Saffron to him. At first he tries to get rid of her, but he soon finds out that they share more than his daughter, Saffron's mother. They take a trip from Manchester to London, to find Saffron's estranged father, but they find so much more
Bach at St David's
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Video of a performance from the Bach cantata pilgrimage undertaken by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque soloists in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, in which Gardiner conducts cantatas BWV 179, 199 & 113.
Topsy-Turvy
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After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.