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Broken English

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 18 2026
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Directors – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2025 – UK – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** Musician and cultural icon Marianne Faithfull is interviewed at length, and her life and artistic achievements examined from several angles – compelling documentary is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, March 20th Who is Marianne Faithfull? Given that, sadly, […]

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The Karate Kid
Part III

Director – John G. Avildsen – 1989 – US – Cert. PG – 112m * Review written on spec at the time of the film’s UK release and never previously published. The first film I saw in this franchise, and clearly not the place to start, since it had reached a low ebb by this […]

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Cloud
(Kuraudo,
クラウド)

Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2024 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 124m ***** The art of the deal. The past of an internet goods reseller driven by making money who has made enemies among his one-off suppliers and customers comes back to bite him – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 25th Ryosuke […]

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Nosferatu
(2024)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 30 2024
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(2024)
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Director – Robert Eggers – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 132m ***** Unaware a woman has unwittingly summoned Count Orloc, her husband is sent to the latter’s castle in Transylvania – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, January 1st 2025 The German expressionist silent film Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) has been described as […]

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Yes, Madam!
(Huang Jia Shi Jie,
皇家师姐)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 12 2022
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(Huang Jia Shi Jie,
皇家师姐)
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Director – Corey Yuen – 1985 – Hong Kong – Cert. 18 – 93m ***1/2 Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock’s star debut, in which they play two plain-clothes, kickboxing Hong Kong cops – on Blu-ray from Monday, December 12th 2002 and now part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of […]

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Boy Kills World

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Post date April 23 2024
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Director – Moritz Mohr – 2023 – Germany, US, South Africa – Cert. 18 – 111m ***1/2 Relentless, non-stop action via a deaf-mute, orphaned kid, schooled in martial arts, returning to the city as a grown man to wreak vengeance on those who killed his family – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 26th […]

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I Still Remember
(Er Ci
Ren Sheng,
二次人生)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 1 2021
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(Er Ci
Ren Sheng,
二次人生)

Director – Lik Ho – 2021 – Hong Kong – Cert. N/C 15+ – 90m ***1/2 A young loser looks back on his life prior to running a 10K marathon to create an achievement of which he can be proud – online in the UK as part of Focus Hong Kong 2021 Easter from Wednesday, […]