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Richard Curtis Declares THIS The Best Movie of 2025—And It's Not Even Out Yet!
Published: 18 March 2025 at 00:00 Europe/London
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Harry & Alex are joined by legendary British screenwriter and director, Richard Curtis. He's gifted us with some of the best rom-coms EVER! Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He is also the co-founder of Comic Relief, which celebrates 40 years and fundraising totals of over £1.6 billion! Richard shares his top must-watch films, behind-the-scenes stories at the Oscars and what happened when he had lunch with Demi Moore!
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Chapters:
01:57 – Billy Monger’s Ironman Challenge
04:56 – Comic Relief - how did it start?
17:07 – Richard is back from the Oscars - what did Director Sean Baker say to him?
24:20 – Richard Curtis' top film pick for 2025 (and it's not out until May!)
41:06 – Having lunch with Demi Moore
Recommendations:
Films
- A Man Called Otto (Netflix)
- The Ballad of Wallace Island (Cinemas in May)
- Breaking Away (Apple TV)
- The Worst Person in the World (MUBI)
- Elf (Amazon Prime)
TV Shows
- Colin from Accounts (BBC iPlayer)
- Big Boys (Channel 4)
- Nobody Wants This (BBC iPlayer)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV)
- Kin (BBC iPlayer)
- Severance (Apple TV)
- Paradise (Netflix)
- Deadloch (Amazon Prime)
Books
- The Man Who Was Magic (Ebay)
Podcasts
- The Archers Podcast (BBC Sounds)
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