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The Balloonists

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 20 2026
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Director – John Dower – 2025 – UK, Austria, US – Cert. PG – 86m **** The story of balloonist Bertrand Piccard’s three attempts to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 22nd Bertrand Piccard’s house, as his astonished interviewer notes, is a museum, a personal collection of memorabilia […]

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Widow Clicquot

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 23 2024
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Director – Thomas Napper – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 90m **** A nineteenth century French widow innovates in the male-dominated world of champagne production – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 23rd In the early nineteenth century, Veuve Clicquot established itself as something of an innovation in the world of champagne. […]

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Duchess

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date August 8 2024
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Director – Neil Marshall – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 113m **1/2 A low life, female criminal falls for a gangster diamond smuggler, then attempts to take back control after a rival gang ousts him – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 9th and on digital DL from Monday, August 12th From […]

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Wish

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 24 2023
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Directors – Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn – 2023 – US – Cert. U – 95m ** The ruler of a kingdom where wishes can come true, undone by assuming the role of gatekeeper, morphs into a tyrant – latest Disney animated feature is out in UK cinemas on Friday, November 24th A believer in the […]

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Air

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 4 2023
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Director – Ben Affleck – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 112m ***1/2 In 1984, a Nike executive lifts the company out of its financial rut by building a line of running shoes around an unknown basketball player named Michael Jordan – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, April 5th A curious combination of […]

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Cam

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 21 2018
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Director – Daniel Goldhaber – 2018 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m ***1/2 An erotic webcam performer discovers to her horror that her online presence has been hacked by an unknown rival, in a film conceived by a real-life cam artist – from the 62nd BFI London Film Festival and on Netflix for a […]