Tag: castle

Mortal Kombat II

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Post date May 7 2026
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Director – Simon McQuoid – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 116m *** Dragged into an otherworldly tournament a washed up 1990s action star must fight other contestants to the death to save the Earthrealm – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 8th King Jerrod (Desmond Chiam from Joy Ride, Adele Lim, 2023) of Edenia loses the […]

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Scarlet
(Hateshinaki Sukaretto,
果てしなきスカーレット,
lit. Endless Scarlet)

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Post date March 13 2026
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(Hateshinaki Sukaretto,
果てしなきスカーレット,
lit. Endless Scarlet)
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Director – Mamoru Hosoda – 2025 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 111m **** Trapped in the Otherworld, a limbo preceding the afterlife, Princess Scarlet seeks revenge on her uncle who has killed her father the King – anime reimagining of Hamlet is out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 13th Walking across a vast desert and dying […]

Art Documentary Exhibitions Features Live Action Movies

Exhibition on Screen
Turner & Constable

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Post date March 9 2026
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Turner & Constable
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2026 – UK – Cert. U – 93m **** A journey through the current Tate Britain show and art history about the two rival landscape painters – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, March 10th This latest Exhibition on Screen entry kicks off in uncharacteristic fashion with photographic shots of […]

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Kontinental ’25 (Kontinental ’25)

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Post date October 31 2025
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Director – Radu Jude – 2025 – Romania – Cert. 15 – 109m **** Although operating within the bounds of the law, a bailiff is smitten with guilt and remorse for the effect of her job on a ‘client’– out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 31st Carrying large bags, he scavenges at the bases of tree trunks in […]

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Nosferatu
(2024)

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Post date December 30 2024
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(2024)
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Director – Robert Eggers – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 132m ***** Unaware a woman has unwittingly summoned Count Orloc, her husband is sent to the latter’s castle in Transylvania – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, January 1st 2025 The German expressionist silent film Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) has been described as […]

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Animation Features Movies

The King and the Mockingbird
(Le Roi et L’Oiseau)

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Post date August 5 2024
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(Le Roi et L’Oiseau)

This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]

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Wrinkles (Arrugas)

This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi Et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]

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The Wind Rises
(Kaze Tachinu,
風立ちぬ)

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Post date August 2 2024
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(Kaze Tachinu,
風立ちぬ)

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The Inventor

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Post date March 5 2024
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Directors – Jim Capobianco, Pierre-Luc Granjon – 2023 – US, France, Ireland – Cert. PG – 100m **** Towards the end of his life, inventor Leonardo da Vinci goes to live in France under the patronage of the King – stop frame / drawn animation composite is out in the UK’s Vue cinemas on Friday, […]

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Lonely Castle
in the Mirror
(Kagami no Kojo,
かがみの孤城)

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Post date March 1 2024
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in the Mirror
(Kagami no Kojo,
かがみの孤城)
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Director – Keiichi Hara – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 116m ***** Seven children are sucked via mirrors in their homes into a mysterious castle perched high above a sea, presided over by a wolf queen, and prowled by a hungry wolf at night – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film […]

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