Tag: outer space

Lesbian Space Princess

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Post date June 15 2026
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Directors – Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs – 2025 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 87m ***** A lesbian princess must travel through space to claim her inheritance and rescue her true love (who just dumped her) from straight white maliens – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 19th NSFW Princess Saira of […]

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Animation Movies Shorts

Little Shrew
(Snowflake)

Director – Kate Bush – 2024 – UK – Cert. PG – 4m ***** As modern warfare decimates a landscape, a shrew crosses countryside and town as a small, spirit-like light falls towards it – short accompanies the UK cinema release of From Hilde, With Love on Friday, June 27th Musician / songwriter Kate Bush […]

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Features Live Action Movies

Alien
Romulus

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Post date August 16 2024
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Romulus
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Director – Fede Alvarez – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 119m ***** A group of young people escape from a planet housing a repressive, corporate mining colony in search of something better … only to find something worse… – latest SF horror franchise entry is out on digital on Friday, October 18th following […]

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Features Live Action Movies

The Crazy Family
Gyakufunsha Kazoku,
逆噴射家族)

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Post date April 20 2024
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Gyakufunsha Kazoku,
逆噴射家族)
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Director – Sogo Ishii – 1984 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 105m ***** After proudly moving into their first home as owner-occupiers, a family go berserk and destroy the building – out on Blu-ray on Monday, June 17th This seemingly starts out as a conservative family drama. The family in question comprises father Katsukuni […]

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Art Documentary Exhibitions Features Live Action Movies

Exhibition on Screen:
John Singer Sargent
Fashion & Swagger

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Post date April 15 2024
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John Singer Sargent
Fashion & Swagger
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2024 – UK – Cert. U – 93m **** Late nineteenth century society portrait painter John Singer Sargent was fascinated more by their clothing and the possibilities of paint than he was by the women he painted – documentary is out in UK cinemas for selected screenings from Tuesday, April […]

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Features Live Action Movies

The Wandering Earth II
(Liulang Diqiu 2,
流浪地球 2)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 27 2023
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(Liulang Diqiu 2,
流浪地球 2)
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Director – Frant Gwo – 2023 – China – Cert. 12a – 173m *** Sequel – or rather prequel – wants to explain how it was that the Earth became the Wandering Earth, but instead throws convoluted plot, big budget effects and action set-pieces at us while not really explaining anything – out in UK […]

Animation Features Movies

Lightyear

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Post date June 14 2022
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Director – Angus MacLane – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 107m **1/2 Stranded on a hostile planet, Buzz Lightyear sets out on a series of missions which eventually lead to his first confrontation with the evil Emperor Zurg – plays in the Annecy Animation Festival 2022 which is taking place in a 100% […]

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Animation Features Movies

Boonie Bears
Back To Earth
(Xiong Chu Mo
Chong Fan
Di Qiu,
熊出沒·重返地球)

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Post date May 24 2022
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Back To Earth
(Xiong Chu Mo
Chong Fan
Di Qiu,
熊出沒·重返地球)

Director – Lin Huida – 2022 – China – Cert. PG – 100m **** The latest movie in this long-running, animated Chinese franchise, hugely successful at the Chinese (and therefore global) box office, is the first to get a UK cinema release – in a dubbed format for family audiences – out in UK cinemas […]

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Animation Features Movies

Sing 2

Director – Garth Jennings – 2021 – US – Cert. U – 110m **** The song and dance impressario tries to duplicate his local success in the entertainment capital of the world – animated sequel is out in cinemas on Friday, January 28th Following successfully putting on a talent show in his local theatre in […]

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Features Live Action Movies

Occupation: Rainfall

Director – Luke Sparke – 2020 – Australia – Cert. 15 – 128m * Australian alien invasion epic with lots of seasoned actors and heaps of special effects. What could possibly go wrong? – out in cinemas on Friday, July 9th A sequel to Australian alien invasion outing Occupation (2018) by the same director, this […]