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Red Cliff
(Chì Bì,
赤壁);
Red Cliff II
(Chì Bì
Jue Zhan Tian Xia,
赤壁（下）)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 2 2024
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(Chì Bì,
赤壁);
Red Cliff II
(Chì Bì
Jue Zhan Tian Xia,
赤壁（下）)
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Director – John Woo – 2008, 2009 – China, Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 139m + 135m ***** As a warlord seeks to crush opposition in Southern China, its two kingdoms join forces to defeat him, with the deciding battle taking place at Red Cliff – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films […]

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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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Relay

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 31 2025
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Director – David Mackenzie – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 112m ***** A corporate whistleblower who has changed her mind hires a fixer to give her the leverage she needs to safely vanish and start a new life, only it doesn’t work out like that – out in UK cinemas on Friday, October […]

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Nambugun:
North Korean Partisan
In South Korea
(Nambugun,
南部軍 / 남부군)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 18 2023
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North Korean Partisan
In South Korea
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南部軍 / 남부군)
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Director – Chung Ji-Young – 1990 – South Korea – LEAFF Cert. 15 – 157m ***** Gritty account of the Korean War based on the memoirs of a North Korean soldier – plays as part of a strand showcasing director Chung Ji-Young at the 2023 London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) which runs from Wednesday, […]

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Onoda:
10, 000 Nights
In The Jungle
(Onoda,
10 000 Nuits
Dans La Jungle)

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Post date April 15 2022
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10, 000 Nights
In The Jungle
(Onoda,
10 000 Nuits
Dans La Jungle)

Director – Arthur Harari – 2021 – France, Japan – Cert. 15 – 166m ***** A Japanese soldier who believes his country has not yet surrendered stays on a Filipino island to fight on alone until 1973 – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday 16th May. 16th September 1973. A backpacking Japanese student […]

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