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On Swift Horses

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 5 2025
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Director – Daniel Minahan – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 119m ***** A husband’s dreams are undermined in 1950s America by the separate lives and desires of his secretly racetrack-gambling wife and his reappearing, disappearing drifter-gambler brother – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 5th Lee Walker (Will Poulter from Warfare, Alex […]

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Weapons

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 8 2025
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Director – Zach Cregger – 2025 – US – Cert. 18 – 128m **** One night, all but one of the children in one class in the town school disappear into the dark, leaving the townsfolk baffled as to what happened to them… – Fortean-sounding mystery is out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 8th […]

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Nightmare Alley
(2021)

Director – Guillermo del Toro – 2021 – US – Cert. 15 – 150m **** A former carny gets deep into trouble using mind-reading trickery on a wealthy mark – out in cinemas on Friday, January 21st. Also available on Digital Wednesday, March 16th and on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday, March 21st After burning […]

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Wendy

Director – Benh Zeitlin – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 111m ***** A bold re-imagining of Peter Pan told through the eyes of Wendy which is unlike any other version of the story you’re likely to see – out in cinemas on Friday, August 13th Her mother runs a fast and furious restaurant. […]

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