Tag: choreography

Face/Off

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 24 2024
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Director – John Woo – 1997 – US – Cert. 18 – 138m ***** John Woo’s third and strongest US film to date has FBI agent John Travolta switching faces with villain Nic Cage – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank from Friday, 3rd July to Friday, 31st […]

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Blades of the Guardians
Wind Rises in the Desert
(Biao Ren
Feng Qi Da Mo,
镖人
风起大漠)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 14 2026
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Wind Rises in the Desert
(Biao Ren
Feng Qi Da Mo,
镖人
风起大漠)
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Director – Yuen Woo-Ping – 2026 – China – Cert. 15 – 126m ***** In ancient China, a bounty hunter with his small nephew in tow must transport a man across a desert to Chang’an – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, April 17th The synopsis opening this review might make it sound like a bad film. […]

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Broken English

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 18 2026
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Directors – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2025 – UK – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** Musician and cultural icon Marianne Faithfull is interviewed at length, and her life and artistic achievements examined from several angles – compelling documentary is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, March 20th Who is Marianne Faithfull? Given that, sadly, […]

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The Testament
of Ann Lee

Directed by Mona FastvoldCertificate 15130 minutesReleased 27 February and on Disney+ from 13 May Few films accurately chronicle a specific, historical Christian sect, fewer still do so as a musical. I knew virtually nothing about the Shakers, before seeing The Testament of Ann Lee, which is based on a true story. | found much to admire […]

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The Shadow’s Edge
(捕风追影,
Bu Feng Zhui Ying)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 2 2025
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(捕风追影,
Bu Feng Zhui Ying)
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Director – Larry Yang – 2025 – China – Cert. 15 – 141m ****1/2 To hunt a criminal mastermind adept at eluding their surveillance systems, Macau cops bring back an old surveillance man whose expertise predates contemporary technology– Jackie Chan cops and robbers movie pairs him with acting legend Tony Leung Ka Fai – out in UK cinemas on Friday, October 3rd […]

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Ballerina
(2025)

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Post date June 6 2025
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(2025)
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Director – Len Wiseman – 2025 – US – Cert. 15 – 125m ***** A young, female assassin seeks out the man behind the organisation that killed her father – John Wick franchise spin-off is out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 6th While the Bond movie No Time To Die (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2021) […]

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The Extraordinary
Miss Flower

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 8 2025
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Miss Flower
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Directors – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2024 – UK – Cert. 12a – 73m **** A suitcase containing love letters, telexes and photographs found after her death, which inspired songs from singer Emilíana Torrini, becomes the key to a woman’s interior life – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 9th Every so often, […]

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Black Mask
(Hak Hap,
黑俠)

Director – Daniel Lee – 1996 – Hong Kong – Cert. 18 – 99m ***** An experimentally created supersoldier without feelings revolts against his creators, even as they attempt to take control of Hong Kong’s drugs trade – on Blu-ray from Monday, April 22nd in the UK and Tuesday, April 23rd in the US and […]

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The Northman

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Post date April 13 2022
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Director – Robert Eggers – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 136m ***** A 10th Century Viking prince vows revenge on his father king’s killer and sees it through to death – out in cinemas on Friday, April 15th Young Viking Prince Amleth (Oscar Novak from The Batman) is thrilled when his warrior father […]

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West Side Story
(2021)

Director – Steven Spielberg – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 156m ***** This reimagining of the landmark 1961 musical feels fresh and completely different, yet strangely familiar at the same time – out in cinemas on Friday, December 10th The original adaptation of Broadway show West Side Story (Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, 1961) […]