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Project Hail Mary

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 18 2026
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Directors – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – 2026 – US – Cert. 12a – 156m ***** Hail Mary, Full of Grace. A school teacher is sent to a star 12 light years from Earth to determine why it is surviving the emergent life form killing all other stars, including our sun – out in UK […]

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Animation Features Live Action Movies

Diplo,
The Mighty Dinosaur
(Smok Diplodok,
original title:
Diplodocus)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 23 2024
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The Mighty Dinosaur
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Director – Wojtek Wawszczyk – 2024 – Poland, Czechia – Cert. U – 84m **** A young diplodocus must save the comic book in which he lives from being erased by the artist who created it – from the 2024 Annecy International Animation Festival in the Annecy Presents section, out in UK cinemas on Friday, […]

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Animation Features Movies

Watership Down
(new 4K restoration)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 25 2024
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(new 4K restoration)
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Directed by Martin RosenCertificate PG92 minutesReleased 25 October Reviewed for Reform magazine. Now fully restored in a new 4K restoration, this 1978 tale of rabbits on the run proved that an animated film need be neither made by Disney nor sugar-coated for children. Watership Down, although a children’s film, came from the producer of the […]

Features Live Action Movies

Alien
Romulus

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Post date August 16 2024
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Romulus
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Director – Fede Alvarez – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 119m ***** A group of young people escape from a planet housing a repressive, corporate mining colony in search of something better … only to find something worse… – latest SF horror franchise entry is out on digital on Friday, October 18th following […]

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Animation Features Movies

Watership Down
(new 4K restoration)

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Post date October 12 2024
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(new 4K restoration)
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Director – Martin Rosen – 1978 – UK – Cert. PG – 92m ***** When a young rabbit visionary foresees doom for those who remain, some of the rabbits leave their warren in search of a safer home, encountering many life-threatening perils along the way – new 4K restoration of animated feature is out in […]

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Features Live Action Movies

The Wandering Earth II
(Liulang Diqiu 2,
流浪地球 2)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 27 2023
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(Liulang Diqiu 2,
流浪地球 2)
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Director – Frant Gwo – 2023 – China – Cert. 12a – 173m *** Sequel – or rather prequel – wants to explain how it was that the Earth became the Wandering Earth, but instead throws convoluted plot, big budget effects and action set-pieces at us while not really explaining anything – out in UK […]

Features Live Action Movies

The Wandering Earth
(Liulang Diqiu,
流浪地球)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 26 2023
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(Liulang Diqiu,
流浪地球)
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Director – Frant Gwo – 2019 – China – Cert. 15 – 125m ** An ecological disaster of a deep-frozen, future Planet Earth is powered through space by jets on its surface in search of an alternate living space for the endangered human race – on Netflix UK, with sequel now in cinemas The child […]