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Two Way Stretch

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 14 2025
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Director – Robert Day – 1960 – UK – Cert. U – 78m **** Three prisoners plot a heist with the perfect alibi… that they are incarcerated in prison at the time – classic British prison comedy is out on UK Blu-ray on Monday, August 4th Very much of its time, this British prison comedy […]

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the G

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 21 2024
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Director – Karl R. Hearne – 2023 – Canada – Cert. 15 – 106m ***** A 72-year-old conned out of her home and assets calls up someone from her past to exact revenge – gripping thriller is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 21st After a brief opening in which two men […]

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Concrete Utopia
(Konkeuriteu Yutopia,
콘크리트 유토피아)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 1 2024
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Director – Eom Tae-hwa – 2023 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 130m ****1/2 A massive earthquake makes the residents of the sole Seoul apartment block still standing close their doors to survivors outside – out on UK digital platforms on Monday, April 1st Concrete: a structural material made of aggregate, cement, and water. […]

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Twilight Cinema Blues
(Ginpei-cho Cinema Blues,
銀平町シネマブルース)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 19 2024
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Director – Hideo Jojo – 2022 – Japan – 99m ***** Two homeless men find a new spiritual home at a run-down, local cinema which, like them, is struggling to survive – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 between Friday, 2nd February and Sunday, 31st March Down on his luck […]

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A Day Off
(Hyuil,
휴일)

Director – Lee Man-hee – 1968 – South Korea – Cert. 18 – 110m ***** A man passes the boredom of Sunday in Seoul by spending time in the park with his lover, robbing an old schoolmate then going out drinking and womanising in bars – available from time to time to watch for free […]