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Director – Neo Sora – 2024 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 113m *** Two schoolboys play a prank on their despotic principal, who turns it into an excuse to introduce a high tech surveillance system – out in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday, September 19th In a future dystopian Kobe, Japan, that looks remarkably like the present […]

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September 5

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 6 2025
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Director – Tim Fehlbaum – 2024 – US, Germany – Cert. 15 – 95m ****1/2 A dramatisation of the events of September 5, 1972 when broadcast TV sports journalists found themselves covering the terrorist kidnapping of Israeli athletes in the Olympic village – out in UK cinemas on Thursday, February 6th There have been movies […]

Tags 16mm, 1972 Olympics, ABC anchor, ABC Sports, Academy Award, Academy Awards, Academy Awards 2024-25, Academy Awards 2025, Ben Chaplin, broadcast news, broadcast TV, conspiracy thriller, drama, English, first day on the job, German, Germany, high-pressure environment, Israeli athletes, Jim McKay, John Magaro, journalist, kidnapping, Leonie Benesch, live broadcast news coverage, live sports coverage, Markus Förderer, Munich Olympics, no time to think, Olympic village, Oscar, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Oscars 2024-25, Oscars 2025, Peter Sarsgaard, Peter Sarskaard, police, police cordon, police radio, seat of their pants, September 5 1972, sports, Steenbeck film editing table, terrorism, terrorist, Tim Fehlbaum, translation, TV producer, US, US network television, work shift, Zinedine Soualem

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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 […]

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My Childhood,
My Country:
20 Years
In Afghanistan

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 20 2022
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My Country:
20 Years
In Afghanistan
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Director – Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi – 2022 – UK – Cert. tbc – 90m **1/2 The story of a boy from his harsh childhood in a mountain cave through to his life as a husband and father of three in present day Kabul under the Taliban – out in UK cinemas on Tuesday, September […]

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The Mauritanian

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Post date February 28 2021
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Director – Kevin Macdonald – 2021 – UK – Cert. 15 – 129m **** A pro bono lawyer defends a post-9/11 terrorist suspect in Guantánamo Bay against his US Army prosecutor – plays Curzon Home Cinema rental from Monday, October 4th Based on a true story, this kicks off in Mauritania, North West Africa in […]

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Young Ahmed
(Le Jeune Ahmed)

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Post date August 7 2020
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(Le Jeune Ahmed)

Directors – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne – 2019 – Belgium, France – 85m ***1/2 Exclusively on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday, August 7th Belgian teenager Ahmed (Idir Ben Addi) is having problems with his teacher Miss Inès (Myriem Akheddiou). As he sees it, she disrespects his Muslim faith. His life timetable is governed by the […]

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