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The Monkey
(2025)

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Post date February 21 2025
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(2025)
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Director – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 98m **** An automaton monkey found by two twins causes horrific deaths to people around them – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 21st This sets its tone early on with a framing story in which a junk store owner is asked […]

Animation Features Movies

Kensuke’s Kingdom

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Post date July 30 2024
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Directors – Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry – 2023 – UK – Cert. PG – 85m ***1/2 A British boy and his dog are stranded on a desert island alongside a Japanese man looking after a colony of apes – animated adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s book is out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 2nd With […]

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Features Live Action Movies

Kingdom of the
Planet of the Apes

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 9 2024
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Planet of the Apes
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Director – Wes Ball – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 145m ***** The fourth entry in the current franchise reboot takes place several generations after the previous three films when apes live in scattered communities and humans have lost the power of speech – out in UK cinemas on Thursday, May 9th Noa […]

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Animation Features Movies

Guillermo del Toro’s
Pinocchio

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Post date December 9 2022
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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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Animation Features Movies

The Monkey King:
Havoc in Heaven
3D
(Da Nao Tian Gong,
大闹天宫)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 19 2021
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Havoc in Heaven
3D
(Da Nao Tian Gong,
大闹天宫)

Directors – Wan Laiming, Cheng Tang – 3D Restoration, 2012 (originally Part One, 1961; Part Two, 1964) – China – Cert. N/C PG – 92m **** The Jade Emperor assigns the Monkey King to a series of lowly Heavenly positions to keep him out of trouble and mayhem ensues – available to rent online from […]