Tag: stranded

Landship

Director – Callum Burn – 2026 – UK – Cert. 15 – 89m **** A British tank crew on the offensive on WW1’s Western Front becomes stranded behind enemy lines when their vehicle is immobilised – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, June 26th Doom-laden music. Historial WW1 footage. 1917. Captions explain the situation. […]

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Masters
of the Universe
(2026)

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Post date June 3 2026
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of the Universe
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Director – Travis Knight – 2026 – UK – Cert. 12a – 132m ***1/2 Prince Adam must recapture Castle Grayskull and the throne of Eternia after his parents, the king and queen, have been deposed by the evil Skeletor – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, June 3rd As his father King Radnor (James Purefoy from High-Rise, […]

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Arco
(Arco)

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Post date March 17 2026
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Director – Ugo Bienvenu – 2025 – France – Cert. PG – 82m French with subtitles (not in UK cinemas) ***** English dubbed version (in UK cinemas) ****1/2 A boy from the far future attempts time travel too young and gets stranded in an earlier time – animated SF feature is out in UK cinemas on […]

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The Ice Tower
(La Tour de Glace)

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Post date November 21 2025
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Director – Lucile Hadzihalilovic – 2025 – France, Germany, Italy – Cert. 15 – 117m ***** Midwinter. A homeless girl stumbles onto a film set where a notoriously difficult actress is shooting an adaptation of The Snow Queen – screens exclusively on BFI Player from Monday, January 12th Opening with microscopic images of of snowflakes and more […]

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The Tale of Silyan
(Приказната за Силјан)

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Post date December 12 2025
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(Приказната за Силјан)
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Director – Tamara Kotseva – 2025 – North Macedonia – Cert. 12a – 81m ***** A farmer, whose livelihood has collapsed thanks to economics and government policy, cares for a stork with a broken wing – in cinemas from Friday, December 12th This begins with a simple voiceover story. Silyan, ostracised from the other storks because […]

Animation Features Movies

Kensuke’s Kingdom

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Post date July 30 2024
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Directors – Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry – 2023 – UK – Cert. PG – 85m ***1/2 A British boy and his dog are stranded on a desert island alongside a Japanese man looking after a colony of apes – animated adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s book is out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 2nd With […]

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Typhoon Club
(Taifu Kurabu,
台風クラブ)

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Post date April 3 2024
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(Taifu Kurabu,
台風クラブ)
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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 – […]

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“i know
where i’m going!”
(IKWIG)

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Post date October 16 2023
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(IKWIG)
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Producers-Writers-Directors – The Archers (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) – 1945 – UK – Cert. PG – 92m ***** A London banker’s daughter’s determined to marry her wealthy fiancé on an Hebridean island has reckoned without the weather and other local factors preventing her from doing so – engaging romantic drama is out in UK […]

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My Extinction

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Post date June 28 2023
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Director – Josh Appignanesi – 2022 – UK – Cert. 15 – 80m *** In which director Appignanesi chronicles both his unease at the climate crisis and what happens when he joins Extinction Rebellion to do something about it – world premiere on Thursday, June 29th at the Curzon Mayfair, out in UK cinemas on […]

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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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