Sick of boring, preachy movies that drag on for hours? Film critic BRIAN VINER reviews seven Hollywood masterpieces released in this month 50 years ago.Revealed: Albania's new ambassador to the UK illegally sneaked into Britain on the back of a lorry and lied about fleeing from the Kosovo war.Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman admits he tried to get himself recruited by MI6 while he was a Cambridge student but was rejected as his tutor didn’t think he'd be cut out for it.PETER HITCHENS: How the wise men lifted my gloom at Christmas in bandit-ridden Baghdad.Pictured: Family pet Chihuahua mauled to death by XL Bully who ran down street with dog in his mouth as 'traumatised' owner chased after him screaming to let him go.More tragedy for Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter as sister Bobbie Jean is found dead at 41 - one year after brother Aaron died from accidental overdose.Home Secretary James Cleverly apologises after joking about giving his wife date-rape drug Rohypnol every night, hours after announcing spiking crackdown.Bullying probe launched against consultant who told ‘slacking’ doctors to work without their shoes as punishment for being slow to discharge elderly patients from hospital.SARAH VINE: Pardon my French but why, if women do all the work at Christmas, is Santa a sodding bloke?.

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