SPOILER Review: Children of Men based on the book by PD James

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Jul 3, 201750:02Arts

“Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices” This week we’re watching Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian thriller ‘Children of Men’, based (very loosely) on the 1992 novel by PD James and starring Clive Owen, Ju...

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