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The Naked Gun
(2025)

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Post date August 1 2025
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Director – Akiva Schaffer – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 85m ***** Frank Drebin, the bumbling, self-confident, incompetent, cop and son of Frank Drebin, the bumbling, self-confident, incompetent cop sets out to solve a case involving a self-driving car and a P.L.O.T. Device – reboot of the classic comedy franchise is out in […]

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Jurassic World Rebirth

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Post date July 1 2025
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Director – Gareth Edwards – 2025 – US – Cert. – 134m *** A group of mercenary hunters and a traumatised family find themselves on an equatorial island populated by mutant dinosaurs – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, July 2nd The difficult seventh movie, made on a shorter production schedule than its predecessors – […]

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Mickey 17

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Post date March 6 2025
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Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 134m ***** Contracted to have his fleshly body reprinted, and his memory restored every time he dies, the expendable Mickey is assigned to a ship run by a right-wing power couple who plan to colonise a distant planet – science fiction adaptation […]

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Boonie Bears
Guardian Code
(Xiong Chu Mo
Ban Wo Xiong Xin,
熊出没·伴我“熊芯”)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 13 2023
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Guardian Code
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Directors – Lin Yongchang, Shao Heqi – 2023 – China – Cert. PG – 99m ****1/2 Abandoned by their mother as children, bear siblings Bramble and Briar uncover a conspiracy involving roboticists and robots – in a dubbed format for family audiences – out in cinemas on Friday, May 26th following its premiere at the […]

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Fashion Reimagined

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Post date March 3 2023
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Director – Becky Hutner – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 100m ***** A fledgling designer appalled by her industry’s environmental record attempts to do fashion sustainably – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 3rd The title put me off before I even knew anything about this documentary. On further investigation, however, its […]

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After Yang

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Post date September 22 2022
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Director – Kogonada – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 96m ****1/2 In the distant future, a couple must come to terms with the loss of the eldest child, actually an A.I. purchased as an ethnically programmed companion for their adopted South East Asian daughter – SF mystery drama is on Sky Cinema from […]

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The Matrix:
Resurrections

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Post date December 22 2021
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Resurrections

Director – Lana Wachowski – 2021 – US – Cert. 15 – 148m ** One of the original directors returns for a fourth film in the popular franchise – available to own on Digital Download from Monday, March 14th Helmed by one of the directing duo behind The Matrix (1999), this is the fourth feature […]

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Ghostbusters Afterlife

Director – Jason Reitman – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 124m ***** A single parent mum and her two teenage kids relocate to a small American town to find strange, paranormal goings-on – currently streaming in Ultra HD and from Monday, January 31st on BD and DVD in the UK Hollywood loves sequels […]

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A.I. Rising

Original title: Ederlezi Rising Director – Ladar Bodroza – 2018 – Serbia – 18 – 86 mins **** Serbian Sci-Fi shot in the English language in which a male astronaut becomes dissatisfied with the female android programmed to satisfy his every desire on a deep space mission – on Amazon and iTunes You’ve got to […]