#6 Movie Time: The Iron Lady (2011)

▶️ Today’s movie is about the life of Margaret Thatcher, the 🇬🇧UK’s first female prime minister. Watch this movie on the occasion (=for a special event) of the International Women’s day to see some proper girl power at work (=in action)!

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#10 Movie Time: East is East (1998)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧British tragicomedy (=a mixture of tragedy and comedy) about a half-🇵🇰Pakistani family in 1970s Manchester – a perfect struggle between cultures!

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#11 Movie Time: West is West (2010)

▶️ Today’s movie is the second sequel (=book or film that continues the story of an earlier book or film) of the 🇬🇧British tragicomedy (=a mixture of tragedy and comedy) “East is East”. It’s about a half-Pakistani family in 1970s Manchester, now on a hugely culture-shocky but educational visit to 🇵🇰Pakistan.

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#13 Movie Time: About A Boy (2002)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧British comedy based on a novel. The main character Will leads a meaningless life in London, frequently changing girlfriends and caring about nobody but himself. Things start changing when 12-year-old Marcus comes into his life.

❗️All the movies on this channel have subtitles. Pause here and there for learning new words and expressions!

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#17 Movie Time: Johnny English Reborn (2011)

▶️ Today’s movie is the second of Mr Bean’s very 🇬🇧British “Johnny English” movies. As special agent Johnny English, he makes fun of James Bond. Follow him to exciting locations and enjoy the many hilarious (=very funny) moments!

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#29 Movie Time: Wallace and Gromit (2005)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧 British cartoon that's all about Wallace, a quirky (=strange but genius, esp. professors) inventor, and his dog Gromit. Check out how they try to save precious vegetables from being eaten by rabbits!

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#30 Movie Time: Hot Fuzz (2007)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧British action comedy about a very talented police officer who manages to turn a beautiful but criminal village upside down. Watch how he does it and don’t miss the final shoot-out (=a fight using guns).

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#43 Movie Time: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

▶️ Today’s film is a 🇬🇧British drama based on George Orwell’s dystopian (=having a bad vision of the future) novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell wrote it in 1948, imagining what the world might be like in 1984 if things go very wrong. In this bad future people are kept in poverty and ignorance. They are brainwashed and under government surveillance (=watching and checking people) at all times. Even their language is changed to prevent them from thinking. Nineteen Eighty-Four serves as a warning for people to defend their freedom. In our age of technology, crises and mass hysteria (=many people getting crazy about sth) Orwell’s novel is ever more relevant.

Beware of (=warning sb to be careful) some strong scenes.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#48 Movie Time: The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

▶️ Today’s film is a 🇬🇧British drama about an genius Indian mathematician who is invited to Cambridge and work together with the world’s best maths professors. His life story is a tragic one as he falls ill and eventually dies much too young. Watch how the story unfolds in the context of its time, the early 20th century. The film is based on a book which itself is based on a true story.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#49 Movie Time: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

▶️ Today’s film is a 🇬🇧British comedy from the Monty Python group of comedians. Watch the exciting and incredibly funny plot (=story of a film or novel) that unfolds after a semi-successful bank robbery (=stealing money from the bank). A classic!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#53 Movie Time: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

▶️ Today’s film is a romantic comedy from the 🇬🇧UK. It’s about a charming young lady who in her early 30s and still can't decide who she wants to be with. Watch how she keeps getting into embarrassing situations and finally chooses the right guy.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#57 Movie Time: Chicken Run (2000)

▶️ Today's film is a 🇬🇧British cartoon classic about a bunch (=large group) of rebellious (=protesting, taking the power) chickens trying to escape from their farm. Watch how they team up (=cooperate) and do it!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#59 Movie Time: Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

▶️ Today’s film is the third in the Johnny English trilogy (=a series of 3). Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr Bean, saves the world yet again with a mixture of catastrophic mishaps (=sth goes wrong), impossibly lucky coincidences (=sth comes together unplanned), and sheer (=plain, pure) 🇬🇧Britishness.

Watch Johnny English 2.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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#59 Movie Time: The Imitation Game (2014)

▶️ Today’s film is an Oscar-winning drama about Britain’s war-time effort to decipher (=make secret or incomprehensible messages understandable) Nazi Germany’s communications. Alan Turing, the man designing the machine to do this, is quite possibly the father of the modern computer. Based on a true story.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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Movie Time #62: The King's Speech (2010)

▶️ Today's movie is a historical drama about King George VI of England, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. He found it very difficult to deliver speeches because of a stammer (=stutter, being unable to speak fluently). Watch how his speech therapist skilfully (=with good ability) treats him during difficult times as World War 2 is about to break out (=start of a war or epidemic). The film won four Oscars (=film award in Hollywood).

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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▶️ Afandi English is over 3 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for posts about movies & videos:

#american_films
Pick your favouries from the home country of movies.

#british_films
Feel very British with the best of British cinema.

#cartoon
Let yourself be entertained and watch cartoons in English.

#comedy
Learn English while laughing!

#documentary
Get knowledge and academic vocab at the same time.

#drama
Stay closer to real life with dramas.

#european_films
Realise that Europeans make great movies, too.

#good_laugh
Watch the funniest of them all.

#international_films
Check out movies from all corners of the globe!

#karaoke
Use the most enjoyable way to learn English.

#movie
Don’t be choosy and watch them all. With subtitles.

#must_watch
Make sure you don’t miss out.

#short_film
Watch movies even when you don’t have time.

#special_day
Enjoy festivals with Afandi English.

#youtube
Get the most out of YouTube with channel recommendations.