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Miseris Succurrere Disco
(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 7 2026
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(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)
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Curators – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2026 – UK **** A chapel interior is repurposed as a reflection on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care – exhibition / installation at Fitzrovia Chapel from Friday, March 6th to Wednesday, March 25th It’s a strange phenomenon when you attend an exhibition / installation and the unfamiliar venue […]

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The Lab

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 13 2025
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Director – Izzy Livesey – 2024 – UK – Cert. U – 3m ****1/2 In her secluded laboratory, an obsessive woman scientist develops a powerful serum which leads to unexpected consequences – animated short accompanies the reissue of Away, back in UK cinemas from Friday, March 14th This plays around with that old horror movie […]

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Vampire
Vs
Vampire
(Yi Mei Dao Ren,
一眉道人)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 31 2023
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Vs
Vampire
(Yi Mei Dao Ren,
一眉道人)
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Director – Lam Ching-ying – 1989 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 87m ***1/2 A Taoist priest must defeat various supernatural forces including a Western-style vampire occupying a coffin in an old church – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, May 22nd as part of Eureka! Video’s Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire […]

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The Queen Of Spades

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Post date December 23 2022
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Director – Thorold Dickinson – 1949 – UK – Cert. PG – 95m ****1/2 A Russian army officer seeks the occult secret of playing cards that will earn him a vast fortune, but has not bargained for the dark, supernatural forces involved – 4K restoration is out in UK cinemas on Friday, December 23rd and […]

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Sleepy Hollow

Director – Tim Burton – 1999 – US – 15 – 105 mins *** A nineteenth century policeman must solve a series of gruesome murders allegedly by a headless horseman wielding a sword – in cinemas from Friday, January 7th 2000. Tim Burton’s last few movies have been a real treat, but this adaptation of […]