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China Sea
(Kinų Jūra)

Director – Jurgis Matulevičius – 2025 – Lithuania, Taiwan, Poland, Czechia – 96m ***** A former champion kickboxer whose career has been destroyed by his poor anger management attempts to find direction in life – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival World champion kickboxer Osvald Gurevicious (Marius Rapsys) has it all, but […]

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Animation Features Movies

Chicken
For Linda!
(Linda Veut
Du Poulet !)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 13 2023
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For Linda!
(Linda Veut
Du Poulet !)
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Directors – Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta – 2022 – France, Italy – 75m *** 1/2 A mother’s relationship with her young daughter lurches into farce as a domestic misunderstanding spirals out of control – from the Annecy International Animation Festival 2023 in the Official Competition section This starts off with a poem in French – […]

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Smile

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 28 2022
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Director – Parker Finn – 2022 – US – Cert. 18 – 115m *** After a psychiatrist witness a patient smile then commits suicide, she finds herself stalked by a malevolently smiling presence – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, September 28th A patient describes her condition to Psychiatrist Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) who […]

Tags curse, entity, genes, Gillian Zinser, horror, Jessie T. Usher, jump scare, Kyle Gallne, malevolent, Nick Arapoglou, Parker Finn, patient, people, ring, Smile, smiling, Sosie Bacon, strangers. trauma, stress, suicide, US, virus, witness

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Deerskin
(Le Daim)

Director – Quentin Dupieux – 2019 – France – Cert. 15 – 77m **** A man buys a deerskin jacket then decides he should be the only person who can wear a jacket which leads to disastrous consequences – on BFI Player and Curzon Home Cinema rental from Monday, October 4th Georges (Jean Dujardin from […]

Animation Features Live Action Movies

The Lord
of the Rings:
The Fellowship
of the Ring
(Extended Edition)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 17 2020
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of the Rings:
The Fellowship
of the Ring
(Extended Edition)

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Extended Edition) Director – Peter Jackson – 2002 (2001) – New Zealand – Cert. PG – 229m ***** (NB Extended Edition, in cinemas from Monday, July 24th 2020, 227m in cinemas due to extended frame rate = 218m version released on DVD 2004. Original theatrical […]

Tags 3D animation, action, animation, battle, big screen, CG, CG animation, dwarves, elves, epic, fantasy, hobbits, illusion, magic, monsters, mythology, New Zealand, power, quest, ring, special effects, visuals, war, wizards

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The Lord
of the Rings:
The Return
of the King

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 17 2003
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of the Rings:
The Return
of the King

Director – Peter Jackson – 2003 – New Zealand – Cert. 12a – 201m (263m) ***** (NB Extended Edition, in cinemas from Monday, August 10th 2020, 263m in cinemas due to extended frame rate = 252m version released on DVD 2004.) This review of the 201m theatrical version was originally published in Third Way. A […]

Tags 3D animation, animation, army, battle, big screen, CG, CG animation, dragon, epic, fantasy, garden gate, hobbits, illusion, magic, mythology, New Zealand, quest, ring, siege machine, special effects, visuals, war

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The Lord
of the Rings:
The Two Towers
(Extended Edition)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 17 2020
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of the Rings:
The Two Towers
(Extended Edition)

Director – Peter Jackson – 2003 (2002) – New Zealand – Cert. 12a – 225m ***** (NB Extended Edition, in cinemas from Monday, July 27th 2020, 235m in cinemas due to extended frame rate = 225m version released on DVD 2004. Original theatrical cut: 199m) This always had the problem that it’s the second film […]

Tags 3D animation, action, animation, battle, big screen, CG, CG animation, dwarves, elves, epic, fantasy, forest, hobbits, illusion, magic, monsters, mythology, New Zealand, power, quest, ring, special effects, war, wizards

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The Lord
of the Rings:
The Return
of the King

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 17 2003
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of the Rings:
The Return
of the King

Director – Peter Jackson – 2003 – New Zealand – Cert. 12a – 201m ***** (NB Extended Edition, in cinemas July 2020, 252m version released on DVD 2004) This review was originally published in What’s On In London. A much longer review appeared in Third Way. A pre-screening article on The Lord Of The Rings […]

Tags 3D animation, animation, army, battle, big screen, CG, CG animation, dragon, epic, fantasy, garden gate, illusion, magic, mythology, New Zealand, quest, ring, siege machine, special effects, visuals, war