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Kokuho
(Kokuho,
国宝,
lit. National Treasure)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 8 2026
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(Kokuho,
国宝,
lit. National Treasure)
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Director – Lee Sang-il – 2025 – Japan – Cert. – 175m ***** The son of a murdered yakuza is taken under the wing of a respected kabuki actor, who trains him alongside his own son – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 8th In kabuki theatre, an onnagata is a man who performs […]

Tags 17th century, 1964, 1980, 2014, Academy Award, Academy Awards, Academy Awards 2025-26, Academy Awards 2026, actor, actor and apprentice, Ai Mikami, attack, audience, avenge, backer, backstage, birthright, blade, blood, career, ceremony, corporation, cross-dressing, culture, destin, disown, downfall, end of life, family business, Far East, fathers and sons, gang war, geisha, geisha house, handgun, inheritance, Japan, kabuki, kabuki actor, kabuki theatre, Ken Watanabe, Kokuho, Kyusaku Shimada, Lee Sang-il, Min Tanaka, mistress, Mitsuke Takahata, murder, Nagasaki, Nana Mori, onnagata, Osaka, Oscar, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Oscars 2025-26, Oscars 2026, outsider, performance, promoter, revenge, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shinobu Terajima, shogunate, snow, snow falls, Soya Kurokawa, stage fright, stage makeup, stage name, stage snow, succession, suicide, talent, theatre, yakuza, yakuza family

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Crime 101

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Post date February 14 2026
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Director – Bart Layton – 2025 – US, UK – Cert. 15 – 140m ***** A high class lone operator thief and the rigorously analytical cop on his trail cross paths with a disillusioned insurance saleswoman to the wealthy – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 13th As coloured dots come into focus, they are revealed […]

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Odyssey
(2025)

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Post date November 7 2025
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(2025)
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Director – Gerard Johnson – 2025 – UK – Cert. 18 – 110m **** A ruthless London estate agent with mounting debts finds herself at the mercy of criminal backers – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November 7th This starts off no holds barred with protagonist Natasha (Polly Maberly from Muscle, Gerard Johnson, 2019) having a […]

Tags a woman in a man’s world, app, Austin Collings, backer, beaten up, Ben Shafik, bloodbath, bound and gagged, business, card declined, Charley Palmer Rothwell, co-operation, competitive, competitor, corporate video, credit card, criminal, debt, dentist, deserted warehouse, dog-eat-dog, doorway, economical with the truth, emergency, empowerment, estate agent, failed payment, feminine, funding, game-changing, Gerard Johnson, gun, Guy Burnet, hand weapons, hostile takeover, Jasmine Blackborow, Kellie Shirley, kidnap, loan, London, maintenance and repair; bags of rubbish, Matt Johnson, mattress, merger, Mikael Persbrand, nightclub owner, obstacle, Odyssey, office, old family friend, outstanding amount, Pentagram, phone messages, Polly Maberly, pubs and clubs, redemptive violence, rental property, rundown farm estate, running a business, ruthless, Ryan Hayes, self-made woman, selfish ethos, slave to her phone, struggling to get by, tech guy, tenants, The The, The Viking, thriller, tooth, toxic masculinity, trampling on others, UK, underworld, unhappy clients, where the buck stops

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Fountain of Youth
(2025)

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Post date May 23 2025
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Director – Guy Ritchie – 2025 – US – Cert. 12a – 126m * Two estranged, treasure-hunting siblings, with the help of a rich backer, pursue the trail towards the life-giving water source of legend, pursued by forces that want to prevent them from doing so – premieres globally on Apple TV+ from Friday, May […]

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