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Dune Part Two

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Post date February 29 2024
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Director – Denis Villeneuve – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 166m ***** A fallen dynasty fights back on a desert planet populated with giant sandworms– out in cinemas on Friday, March 1st The second part of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sprawling novel Dune (1965) – the title Dune Part Two following the […]

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Dune
(2021)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 17 2021
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Director – Denis Villeneuve – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 155m ***** A powerful family is exiled to a desert planet populated with giant sandworms as part of an interplanetary conspiracy to end their dynasty – back out in cinemas from Friday, February 8th 2024 Frank Herbert’s sprawling novel Dune (1965) was read […]

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Suzume
(Suzume
No Tojimari,
すずめの戸締まり,
lit. Suzume’s
Locking Up)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 14 2023
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No Tojimari,
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Locking Up)
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Director – Makoto Shinkai – 2022 – Japan – Cert. PG – 122m ***1/2 Aided by a man turned into a mobile, talking, three-legged chair, a schoolgirl must prevent giant, freak weather ‘worms’ from devastating Japan with earthquakes – anime feature is out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, April 14th Prompted by a […]

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Your Name
(Kimi No Na Wa,
君の名は)

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Post date March 29 2023
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(Kimi No Na Wa,
君の名は)

Director – Makoto Shinkai – 2016 – Japan – Cert. 12 – 106m ***** Do you know what it feels like for a girl? Urban teenage boy and countryside girl repeatedly swap bodies overnight, as fate draws them together through a meteor strike – Makoto Shinkai’s breakout animation returns to cinemas for one day only […]

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The Northman

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Post date April 13 2022
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Director – Robert Eggers – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 136m ***** A 10th Century Viking prince vows revenge on his father king’s killer and sees it through to death – out in cinemas on Friday, April 15th Young Viking Prince Amleth (Oscar Novak from The Batman) is thrilled when his warrior father […]

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Popeye The Sailor
Meets
Sindbad The Sailor

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 12 2020
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Director – Dave Fleischer – 1936 – US – 16m – colour – Oscar nominated ***** Currently streaming on MUBI. A rare, two reeler, colour outing for the Fleischer brothers’ Popeye, this removes him from his usual urban environment to an island populated with fabulous monsters – the opening features snakes, lions, a dragon and […]

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