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Fire and Ash

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 18 2025
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Director – James Cameron – 2025 – US – Cert. 12a – 195m Immersive Cinema ***** Screenplay ***1/2 Return to Pandora – this time, with a terrifying tribe whose trust in the planet’s spirit has been wiped out by a volcano – second Avatar sequel is out in cinemas from Friday, December 19th Whatever you think of the Avatar movies – […]

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Post date August 1 2025
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Director – Claude Barras – 2024 – Switzerland – Cert. PG – 87m French with English subtitles. ***** An indigenous pre-teenage girl stands up to loggers destroyingthe local rainforest – stop-frame animated feature from the director of My Life as a Courgette is out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 1st From its opening moments […]

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