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London’s Last Wilderness

Director – Pablo Behrens – 2026 – UK – Cert. 12a – 61m ***** London’s Thames Estuary filmed and edited from the point of view of an alien – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 24th A genre bender of a documentary, this owes a great deal to Petropolis (Peter Mettler, 2009) which comprises […]

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How to Make a Killing

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 12 2026
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Director – John Patton Ford – 2026 – UK, France – Cert. 15 – 105m **** A disinherited son culls the seven family members standing between him and the fortune of his super-rich family one by one – US reimagining of Kind Hearts and Coronets is out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 13th Sentenced to death for […]

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Prime Minister

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 5 2025
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Directors – Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz – 2025 – US, New Zealand – Cert. 12a – 102m ***** A portrait of Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s 40th Prime Minister – out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, December 5th There has never been a documentary quite like this before, and perhaps there never will […]

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Escape
(Talju,
탈주)

Director – Lee Jong-Pil – 2024 – South Korea – LEAFF Cert. 18 – 94m ***** An army sergeant is caught attempting to escape from North to South Korea, but then a second chance presents itself – played as the Opening Gala at the 2024 London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) which runs from Wednesday, […]

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127 Hours

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Post date August 31 2023
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Director – Danny Boyle – 2010 – US – Cert. 15 – 93m UK release date 07/01/2011, cert. 15, 93 mins The trailer for this gives a pretty good impression of about its first third. Experienced, youthful and single outdoor explorer Aron Ralston (James Franco) mountain bikes through the Utah landscape, meets a couple of […]