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The Matrix

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 22 2021
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Directors – Larry and Andy Wachowski – 1999 – US – Cert.15 – 136 mins ***** The Matrix combines tropes of Japanese animation with live action Hong Kong stunt choreography and groundbreaking ‘bullet time’ special effects. 25th Anniversary UK rerelease (4k remaster): Friday, June 8th, 2024; UK release: June 11th 1999; Article originally published in […]

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Burst City
(Bakuretsu Toshi
Burst City,
爆裂都市
BURST CITY)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 12 2022
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Director – Sogo Ishii – 1982 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 115m Film **** Cultural significance ***** Arguably the lynchpin film that brought Japanese cinema back from the brink of extinction in the early 1980s and paved the way for much of what was to follow – on Blu-ray from Monday, November 20th 2020 […]

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