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Moana
(2026)

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Post date July 10 2026
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(2026)
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Director – Thomas Kail – 2026 – US – Cert. PG – 115m ***1/2 Disney’s live action remake of its Polynesian heroine mythological romp – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 10th It’s a curious experience watching Disney’s live action remake of Moana (John Musker, Ron Clements, 2016), one of the Studio’s better animated movies of recent years. […]

Art Documentary Exhibitions Features Live Action Movies

Exhibition on Screen
Michelangelo
Love and Death

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Post date May 20 2025
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Love and Death
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2017 – UK – Cert. U – 91m ***** Sixteenth Century Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo remains one of the greatest artists of all time, yet his overreaching ambition frequently proved his undoing – back out in UK cinemas to tie in with the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth from Tuesday, May […]

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Crazy Thunder Road
(Kuruizaki
Sanda Rodo,
狂い咲きサンダーロード)

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Post date June 10 2022
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Sanda Rodo,
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Director – Sogo Ishii – 1980 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 97m ***** Following on from Arrow’s superb BD of Sogo Ishii’s Burst City (1982) comes Third Window’s equally impressive BD release of its predecessor in the Ishii canon Crazy Thunder Road (1980) – on Blu-ray from Monday, February 21st 2022 and, as of […]

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Fire Of Love

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Post date July 28 2022
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Director – Sara Dosa – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 93m The volcano footage *****(and there’s lots of it, plus footage of the volcanologists themselves) The brief animated inserts ***1/2 Almost everything else ** The 25-year career of the late volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft is explored through their extensive film archive […]

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The Lost City

Directors – Aaron Nee, Adam Nee – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 112m *** A jaded woman’s romantic adventure novelist and her cover model find themselves in a real life jungle straight out of one of her books – out in cinemas on Wednesday, April 13th Ever since her archaeologist husband died five […]

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Wendy

Director – Benh Zeitlin – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 111m ***** A bold re-imagining of Peter Pan told through the eyes of Wendy which is unlike any other version of the story you’re likely to see – out in cinemas on Friday, August 13th Her mother runs a fast and furious restaurant. […]

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