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Power Ballad

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 29 2026
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Director – John Carney – 2025 – Ireland – Cert. 15 – 98m ***** A rock musician reduced to playing weddings but happy with his lot meets a former boy band star who steals one of his songs – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 29th High heeled feet head for the dance floor. “Cel – […]

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Once

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Post date May 26 2025
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Director – John Carney – 2006 – Ireland – Cert. 15 – 90m ***** Two musicians fall for each other on the streets of Dublin… – review originally published in Third Way magazine, October 2007 UK release date 19/10/2007 This brilliant film is a reviewer’s nightmare because a thumbnail synopsis on paper sounds incredibly bland […]

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Slade in Flame

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Post date April 28 2025
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Director – Richard Loncraine – 1975 – UK – Cert. – 91m **** Slade play Flame, a small-time rock band who cut their musical teeth managed by lowlife crooks before going on to a meteoric rise and fall managed by corporate suits – 2K Remaster for the film’s 50th Anniversary Re-release is out on UHD […]

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii

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Post date April 23 2025
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Director – Adrian Maben – 1972 – UK – Cert. PG – 93m ***** Around the time of Meddle, Pink Floyd perform in the amphitheatre at Pompeii and in a Paris sound studio; later, at EMI Abbey Road, they work on their next album The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd at Pompeii […]

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