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Perfect Sense

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 29 2020
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Director – David Mackenzie – 2011 – UK – Cert. 15 – 92m ***** Love story set in a pandemic captures something of the emotions felt during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, when this review was written (one of the first to appear on this then fledgeling site) – streaming on the Arrow Channel from Friday, […]

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Guillermo del Toro’s
Pinocchio

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 9 2022
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Pinocchio
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Directors – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 114m ***** Created as a puppet by a bereaved, religious woodcarver father, a little wooden boy must make his way in a world of ruthless show business, Fascism and war – stop-frame puppet movie is out on Netflix on Friday, […]

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