Sunday, 24 December 2017
Review: Christopher Plummer Dominates ‘All the Money in the World’
By MANOHLA DARGIS
All the Money in the World (R)
Opening December 25, 2017
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Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’
By A.O. SCOTT
Phantom Thread (R)
Opening December 25, 2017
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Friday, 22 December 2017
A look ahead at what we'll be watching at the cinema in 2018
Oscar-worthy performances, stunning transformations and lots of action; 2018 looks set to be a bumper year.
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Thursday, 21 December 2017
Review: In ‘The Post,’ Democracy Survives the Darkness
By MANOHLA DARGIS
The Post (PG-13)
Opening January 12, 2018
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Review: In ‘Happy End,’ Another Unhappy Family From Michael Haneke
By GLENN KENNY
Happy End (R)
Opening December 22, 2017
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Thursday, 14 December 2017
Review: ‘Wormwood’ Confirms That Errol Morris Is Our Great Cinematic Sleuth
By A.O. SCOTT
Wormwood ()
Opening Unknown Date
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Pitch Perfect 3 gets pre-Christmas UK release
The all-female franchise is singing its way back into cinemas for a third time.
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Review: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’ Takes a Deep Dive Into Systemic Injustice
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The Rape of Recy Taylor ()
Opening December 15, 2017
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Review: In ‘Soufra,’ a Women-Run Food Truck Grows in Lebanon
By ANDY WEBSTER
Soufra ()
Opening December 15, 2017
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is Really Good! Here’s Our Review.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13)
Opening December 15, 2017
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Chaplin family plead to save London Cinema Museum
The family of Charlie Chaplin is asking for the museum associated with the famous film star to be saved.
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Monday, 11 December 2017
Saudi Arabia to allow cinemas to reopen from early 2018
The measure is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform programme.
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Thursday, 7 December 2017
Review: ‘Quest’ Is a Moving Portrait of an American Family
By A.O. SCOTT
Quest ()
Opening December 8, 2017
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Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Review: ‘Bill Frisell,’ a Winning Portrait of a Very Nice Guitarist
By GLENN KENNY
Bill Frisell: A Portrait ()
Opening December 6, 2017
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Cineworld to buy Regal cinemas in blockbuster deal
The $3.6bn (£2.7bn) takeover will create the second largest cinema chain in the world.
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Monday, 4 December 2017
Review: ‘The Shape of Water’ Is Altogether Wonderful
By A.O. SCOTT
The Shape of Water (R)
Opening Unknown Date
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Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable
By A.O. SCOTT
The Other Side of Hope ()
Opening Unknown Date
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Review: ‘Shadowman’ Traces the Rise and Fall of an ’80s Artist
By GLENN KENNY
Shadowman ()
Opening December 1, 2017
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Review: In ‘Loveless,’ a Broken Family and a Lost Nation
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Loveless (R)
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Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story ()
Opening Unknown Date
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Monday, 16 October 2017
Mamma Mia 2: Cher returns to cinema with role in musical
The singer will return to the screen in the sequel to the Abba movie musical.
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Secrets of the ultimate film insider
Renee Glynne is, at 91, the most credited script supervisor in British cinema history.
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Jude Law sparks Bath Odeon cinema security alert
The Hollywood star is thought to be filming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 in Wiltshire.
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Russian cinemas shun tsar film Matilda after threats
Russia's top cinema chain says it cannot put cinemagoers' safety at risk after violent incidents.
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Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Are we falling out of love with cinema?
As summer box office takings plunge, but what's the longer-term outlook for Hollywood?
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Thursday, 31 August 2017
Billie Piper on Yerma, Doctor Who and the Kardashians
The actress prepares for her award-winning play to be shown in cinemas around the world.
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Wednesday, 23 August 2017
'Female Eminem' praised by critics in rap film
A film centred around a white female rapper is getting cinema audiences talking.
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Saturday, 12 August 2017
Boardmasters: Two Door Cinema Club on their ‘huge moment’
The trio headlined the first full day of Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall
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Wednesday, 2 August 2017
'Dunkirk evacuation' sparked by Jet Centre cinema fire
An electrical fire at Coleraine's Jet Centre complex breaks out during a screening of the WW2 film.
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Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Jeanne Moreau: Madonna and Dame Helen Mirren pay tribute to French star
Madonna, Dame Helen Mirren and Naomi Campbell are among those to remember the cinema great.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Circle
Ambitious Mae Holland can't believe her good luck when the mightiest tech company on Earth -- The Circle -- hires her. But Mae's enthusiasm for her new job wavers after meeting a colleague who's skeptical of the company's objectives.
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New Releases on Netflix - Gifted
When his sister dies, 30-something bachelor Frank Adler assumes the care of her 7-year-old daughter. But his plans to raise her are threatened when the child reveals herself to be a math prodigy, and his mom suddenly gets involved.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Boss Baby
An addition to the family in the form of a suit-wearing baby brother has 7-year-old Tim worried about losing his parents' affection. But when a corporate plot threatens the balance of love in the world, Tim teams with his sibling to foil the scheme.
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New Releases on Netflix - Colossal
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend (Dan Stevens), is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown where she's reunited with her childhood friend (Jason Sudeikis). When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.
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New Releases on Netflix - Unforgettable
Tessa is still waiting for the dust to settle on her failed marriage when her ex gets hitched again. With the new wife not only living in Tessa's former home but playing stepmother to her daughter, Tessa's jealousy begins to spin out of control.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Ottoman Lieutenant
On the brink of the First World War, The Ottoman Lieutenant tells the story of a strong-willed American woman (Hera Hilmar) who, frustrated by ongoing injustices at home, follows an American doctor (Josh Hartnett) to a medical mission in the exotic Ottoman Empire. However, her loyalty to both the doctor and the mission's founder (Ben Kingsley) is soon tested when she falls in love with Ismail (Michiel Huisman), a lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army. With the invading army forces at their doorstep and the world about to plunge into war, she soon realizes that the most dangerous place to be during war, is in love.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Lovers
With spouses Mary and Michael each pursuing affairs, they agree to divorce. But on the brink of their split becoming official, a sudden burst of passion between them leaves both feeling guilty for cheating on their lovers.
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New Releases on Netflix - Shin Godzilla
It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different. His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. As the government scrambles to save the citizens, a rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
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New Releases on Netflix - Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Grizzled veteran detective Mark Simmons (Lou Diamond Phillips) can't seem to catch the "Badge Bandit" -- the city's serial prankster who's causing mischief and embarrassing the police. Karina Murphy (Lulu Wilson) is a spunky 12-year-old who dreams of being a cop. She stumbles on Simmons' stakeout where she proves she's got serious detective skills and tech-savvy smarts. While Simmons wants to ignore Karina, the police captain does the unthinkable and teams them up. While on their mission to stop the "Badge Bandit," the unlikely duo goes on a hilarious, action-filled adventure!
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New Releases on Netflix - Big Little Lies
Tightly wound mothers of first-graders, Madeline, Celeste and Jane are all at crossroads in their personal lives. After banding together, the women find themselves embroiled in schoolyard scandals, intrigue and ... murder.
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New Releases on Netflix - Boyka: Undisputed 4
Scott Adkins returns as Yuri Boyka, the most complete fighter in the world, a man looking for his shot to fight for the ultimate championship belt. After he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring, Boyka reaches out to the fallen opponent's wife. But when the wife gets kidnapped by a crime kingpin, Boyka must take on a series of lethal opponents in the ring to keep her from a life of servitude.
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New Releases on Netflix - Hope Dances
Hope Douglas has a dream but her parents have thrown her into battle between playing sports and dancing ballet. When a tragedy strikes, Hope has to make a difficult choice that will decide her fate - which way does she go?
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New Releases on Netflix - Fortitude: Season 2
Surrounded by the savage beauty of the frozen landscape, Fortitude, a small town in the Arctic Circle, was one of the safest towns on earth. There had never been a violent crime here, until, in Season 1, a murder touched everyone in this close-knit community and the unsettling horror of the crime threatened the future of the town itself. And after that, the remote town of Fortitude will never be the same again.
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Kong: Skull Island
When a team of scientists sets out to survey a remote Pacific island, they're unaware that they're intruding on the home of legendary giant ape King Kong. But after Kong discovers their presence, the expedition becomes a harrowing fight for survival.
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New Releases on Netflix - Ghost in the Shell
In this sci-fi thriller based on the popular manga series, cyborg policewoman the Major heads a task force dedicated to foiling cybercriminals and hackers -- including one whose goal is to destroy the technology responsible for her existence.
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New Releases on Netflix - Absolutely Anything
In this zany alien thriller, a bizarre crew of extraterrestrials endows doleful schoolteacher Neil with the power to do anything he chooses. However, he's also now responsible for saving the Earth from total destruction.
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New Releases on Netflix - Black Butterfly
Reclusive screenwriter Paul is suffering from a case of writer's block when he crosses paths with edgy drifter Jack and offers him shelter. But Paul soon discovers he's made a big mistake as Jack holds him hostage and forces him to pen a script.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Belko Experiment
Bogotá, Colombia, is the backdrop for this bloody and terrifying tale of 80 expatriate Americans who are locked up in their company's headquarters and ordered via the intercom to begin killing their co-workers -- or else be killed.
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New Releases on Netflix - Alien Arrival
An interstellar Jekyll and Hyde, ALIEN ARRIVAL tells a tale of survival set amongst the distant stars. Kye is a prisoner of war caught between two armies, neither of whose ideology he believes in. When offered an opportunity for freedom, Kye sets out on one last rescue mission only to become stranded when his ship crash lands. Kye soon realizes that the deadliest creature on the desert moon is himself.
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New Releases on Netflix - Money
On the verge of pulling off a scam worth $5 million, two larcenous businessmen and their wives are visited by a man claiming to be a neighbor but is really a slick con artist who soon pits the foursome against one another.
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New Releases on Netflix - Correspondence
From Acclaimed Director Giuseppe Tornatore comes a bittersweet story of love and loss that finds an aging astrophysics professor (Jeremy Irons) in a passionate, six-year affair with Amy (Olga Kurylenko), a young and beautiful PhD student. But after the professor abruptly ends their romantic trysts, Amy continues receiving intimate gifts, private texts and video messages from him, which leads her to investigate his mysterious disappearance...and come to terms with haunting events in her own past.
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New Releases on Netflix - Girls: Season 6
With Hannah and company rapidly approaching the end of their 20s, the final season of this comedy series will find the girls still trying to make their mark on Manhattan … and possibly succeeding as Hannah takes up surfing among other things.
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New Releases on Netflix - Pretty Little Liars: Season 7
Mysterious events and disturbing revelations continue to haunt the four girls of Rosewood while they band together to solve a mystery in Season 7 of the popular mystery TV series. Starring Ashley Benson and Lucy Hale.
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Monday, 24 July 2017
Friday, 21 July 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Alive and Kicking
Anyone who thought the swing dance craze ended after its 1990s revival will be disabused of that notion after watching this engaging documentary about the vibrant scene surrounding the dance form, both past and present.
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New Releases on Netflix - Lake Alice
While meeting his girlfriend Sarah's family for the first time, Ryan Emerson must prove his intentions and win the approval of her father, Gregg, while he masks jealousy for Sarah's ex-fling Tyler. As the Thomas family settles in, things start to happen around the cabin: strange footprints by the window, noises from outside, and a bitter animosity from the locals, including law enforcement. As a blizzard descends on Lake Alice, so does the evil from behind the camera, as the Thomas family is hunted down one by one. The family struggles to stay alive as their numbers slowly dwindle.
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Sunday, 16 July 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Free Fire
In a deserted Boston warehouse, two criminal gangs meet to complete an arms transaction, but the deal ends up going horribly awry, pitting the two sides against each other in a high-voltage shootout.
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New Releases on Netflix - Wilson
Daniel Clowes' graphic novel comes to life in this comic tale about a man who gets back together with his long-estranged wife ... and learns he has a daughter. Set in his ways and decidedly neurotic, he's determined to win his offspring's affection.
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New Releases on Netflix - Pray for Rain
Young New York journalist, Emma Gardner, returns to the idyllic Central California farming community where she was raised only to find it has been ravaged by drought and has become a place ruled by gangs, violent threats and greed. She is forced to investigate the suspicious circumstances of her father's death even though it puts her in great danger.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Promise
As the Ottoman Empire is waning and the population of Constantinople stands on the brink of World War I, a love triangle develops among a veteran American journalist, an unassuming doctor-to-be, and an beautiful Armenian artist.
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New Releases on Netflix - This Beautiful Fantastic
When her landlord forces librarian and aspiring author Bella Brown to clean up her overgrown garden, she meets grumpy elderly neighbor Alfie Stephenson, who's an avid horticulturalist -- and an unlikely friendship is born.
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New Releases on Netflix - Tommy's Honour
Links legend Tom Morris works as greenkeeper at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland -- a position he expects his son to fill one day. But headstrong young Tommy has other plans, which include becoming golf's first touring pro.
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New Releases on Netflix - Resident Evil: Vendetta
BSAA Chris Redfield enlists the help of government agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers from Alexander Institute of Biotechnology to stop a death merchant with a vengeance from spreading a deadly virus in New York. Animated sequel to Resident Evil: Damnation.
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New Releases on Netflix - Grantchester: Season 3
As the season kicks off, Geordie brings in Sidney after the corpse of a philanthropic physician -- with a connection to the vicar -- is discovered in the church. Meanwhile, Sidney finds himself in a quandary over his growing attachment to Amanda.
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New Releases on Netflix - Teen Wolf: Season 6: Part 1
In the final season of the popular werewolf series, the arrival of the legendary Ghost Riders -- who can erase people from history -- poses a threat to more than one resident of Beacon Hills.
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New Releases on Netflix - The 100: Season 4
With the discovery that radiation from derelict nuclear reactors is slowly poisoning Earth, the 100 must determine how to curb the menace before it destroys the planet's entire human population.
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