Toast (2010)

Wolverhampton,1967:- nine year old Nigel Slater loves his mother though she is a hopeless cook, her finest offering being toast whilst he has great culinary aspirations. When she dies of asthma Nigel is left with a distant father but worse is to come when the ‘common’ Mrs. Joan Potter arrives as the Slaters’ cleaner. Nigel […]

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Waitress (2007)

Keri Russell’s Jenna expresses herself through the medium of pies in Adrienne Shelly’s comedy-drama – pouring her heart and soul into baked goods as she deals with, an abusive husband, an affair and an unexpected pregnancy. The film’s upbeat feel is, sadly, at odds with the tragic circumstances surrounding it – writer/director/co-star Shelly was murdered […]

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