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The Bride!

Director – Maggie Gyllenhaal – 2026 – US – Cert. 15 – 126m ** In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s monster seeks love and companionship, so a dead girl, possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley, is reanimated as his Bride – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 6th Stuck for eons in a black and white […]

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Hundreds
of Beavers

Director – Mike Cheslik – 2022 – US – Cert. 12 – 108m ***1/2 A ruined drinks purveyor reduced to hunting beavers (played by actors in onesies) attempts to kill the amount required to buy a trader’s daughter’s hand in marriage – visually astonishing slapstick comedy is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Tuesday, […]

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IF

Director – John Krasinski – 2024 – US – Cert. U – 104m **** A 12-year-old staying with her grandma in New York meets many imaginary friends forgotten by the adults who befriended them as children – out in UK cinemas on Friday, May 17th This follows the time-worn children’s story template of a child […]

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Typhoon Club
(Taifu Kurabu,
台風クラブ)

Director – Shinji Somai – 1985 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 115m ***** A group of teenagers is trapped inside their school by a typhoon – screenings around the UK and Ireland from Wednesday, April 3rd; also available on Blu-ray from Third Window Films A film about teenagers which uses tropical weather conditions – […]