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Netflix’s spectacular seasonal musical film is inspired by Willy Wonka and Hamilton

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Out of the Furnace

Donald Clarke's great big autumn movie preview

What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year