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A Private Life
(Vie Privée)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 22 2026
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(Vie Privée)
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Director – Rebecca Zlotowski – 2025 – France – Cert. 15 – 107m **** A psychiatrist with an unusual eye problem must unravel the mystery of the recent death of one of her patients – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 26th Parisian psychiatrist Dr. Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster from The Mauritanian, Kevin Macdonald, 2021, The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan […]

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Normal
(2025)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 13 2026
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Director – Ben Wheatley – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 90m ***** Following the recent death of the town’s sheriff, an interim sheriff takes on the job at Normal, Minnesota – a town harbouring dark secrets related to Japanese yakuza – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 15th Osaka, Japan. Three yakuza gang members who have […]

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The Substance

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 20 2024
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Director – Coralie Fargeat – 2024 – US – Cert. 18 – 140m ****1/2 An aging movie star takes a wonder treatment which splits her into her current self and a much younger version – in cinemas in the UK on Friday, September 20th. Hollywood star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) hosts a network TV keep […]

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