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Dragonkeeper
(Gardiana de Dragones)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 25 2024
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(Gardiana de Dragones)
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Director – Li Jianping, Salvador Simó – 2023 – Spain, China – Cert. PG – 98m **** Faced by powerful forces of empire and a ruthless traitor, a girl must accompany an old dragon to ensure the survival of its egg – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 27th Ancient China. As revealed in […]

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Hundreds
of Beavers

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 6 2024
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Director – Mike Cheslik – 2022 – US – Cert. 12 – 108m ***1/2 A ruined drinks purveyor reduced to hunting beavers (played by actors in onesies) attempts to kill the amount required to buy a trader’s daughter’s hand in marriage – visually astonishing slapstick comedy is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Tuesday, […]

Tags animals, animation, apple orchard, applejack, barrels, beavers, black and white, business, Buster Keaton, caricature, CG, CG animation, daughter, daughter’s hand in marriage, Doug Mancheski, drink, gag, hill, homeless, hunting, isometric grid, Luis Rico, Midwinter, Mike Cheslik, music video, naturalism, naturalistic realism, nibble, nineteenth century, North American Indian, Olivia Graves, onesie, onesies, Peter Jackson, prosperity, purchase, question mark, rabbits, raccoons, romance, ruined, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, selling, sex, silent movies, slapstick comedy, song and dance routine, Super Mario Bros, survive, trader, trapper, trick film, video effects, video games, visual gag, Wes Tank, winds, wooden supports

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Shadow of Fire
(Hokage,
ほかげ)

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Post date February 18 2024
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Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 95m **** A woman has drifted into prostitution, while a small boy struggles to survive in post-war Tokyo – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 between Friday, 2nd February and Sunday, 31st March An interior in the ruins […]

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