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The Balloonists

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 20 2026
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Director – John Dower – 2025 – UK, Austria, US – Cert. PG – 86m **** The story of balloonist Bertrand Piccard’s three attempts to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 22nd Bertrand Piccard’s house, as his astonished interviewer notes, is a museum, a personal collection of memorabilia […]

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Memoir of a Snail

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 13 2025
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Director – Adam Elliot – 2024 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 94m ***** A young woman recounts her life story to her newly freed pet snail after her best friend dies – stop-frame animation marvel is out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 14th Following a bravura title sequence which consists of a camera […]

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Nope

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 8 2022
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Director – Jordan Peele – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 130m Overall ** The alien in the sky finale when the film finally dumps the other stuff ***** A black Muybridge model’s ranch-owning descendants and the survivor of a TV sitcom which turned into a bloodbath encounter a dangerous alien presence that attacks […]

Tags Alfred Hitchcock, alien, animal shooting, attack, black people, bloodbath, Brandon Perea, child star, chimpanzee, cinematographer, cloud, creature feature, Dan Kaluuya, DIY hardware store, Eadweard Muybridge, ethnicity, flying saucer, hidden room, hiding under the table, history of cinematography, history of photography, Hitchcock, horse in motion black, horse rental business, immobility, Jacob Kim, Jordan Peele, Keith David, Keke Palmer, killer chimpanzee, memorabilia, Michael Wincott, motion and stillness, movie business, Muybridge, mystery, ranch, sitcom, sky, spend the night, Steven Yeun, surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance equipment, survival, The Birds, thrill seekers, TV sitcom, UFO, UFO sightings, US, wholesome