Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2025, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. All numbered films received either a theatrical, online or home media release in the UK between 01/01/25 and 31/12/25. This version excludes re-releases […]
Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2025, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. All numbered films received either a theatrical, online or home media release in the UK between 01/01/25 and 31/12/25. This version includes re-releases, […]
Director – Gints Zilbalodis – 2024 – Belgium, France, Latvia – Cert. U – 84m ***** A cat must survive rising water levels as they engulf both the countryside and cities – remarkable, dialogue-free, computer animated feature is out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Like his earlier Away (2019), Zilbalodis’ new CG animated […]
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24. Prior to 2020, I’d never included online releases (well, maybe the odd one or two as a special case) but that year saw the film distribution business turned upside down by COVID-19. The movie business is still changing, […]
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24. This version includes re-releases, but those aren’t numbered. It’s hard to imagine movies improving on Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro or Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. In addition to re-releases, this version also includes films seen in festivals which haven’t had […]
Director – Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson – 2024 – Germany, Canada – Cert. 15 – 109m ****1/2 The G7 leaders meet at a summit only to find themselves trapped in the woods following an apocalyptic event – out in UK cinemas on Friday, December 6th Every so often, the leaders of the world’s […]
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/23 and 31/12/23. List with re-releases and festival films added in is here. ***** 1. Full Time (France, 2021) 2. Girl (UK, 2023) 3. The First Slam Dunk (Japan, 2022) 4. Junk Head (Japan, 2023) 5=. 20 Days In Mariupol (Ukraine, […]
Director – Chris Sanders – 2024 – US – Cert. U – 102m ****1/2 A service robot shipwrecked on a desert island is imprinted as its mother on the mind of an orphaned gosling – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, October 18th following its screening in the London Film Festival Waking up […]
Director – Martin Rosen – 1978 – UK – Cert. PG – 92m ***** When a young rabbit visionary foresees doom for those who remain, some of the rabbits leave their warren in search of a safer home, encountering many life-threatening perils along the way – new 4K restoration of animated feature is out in […]
Director – Steve McQueen – 2024 – UK, US – Cert. 12a – 120m ***** As the Germans bomb London in WW2’s Blitz, a boy evacuated by his mother as per government instructions refuses to stay on the train and finds his way back to London – from the BFI London Film Festival 2024 which […]