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Brickin' It
When Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) was approached to make a documentary about musical genius Pharrell Williams, it was never going to be run-of-the-mill. And the man behind mega-hit Happy certainly had other ideas. 'What he said to me ini
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A Nightmare On Elm Street 15
1984 OUT 25 OCTOBER CINEMAS Back in cinemas for its 40th birthday, Wes Craven's slasher has had its certificate lowered from an 18 to a 15, with the BBFC highlighting the movie's fantasy context and its relative tameness compared to the violence of s
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The Crime Is Mine Tbc
OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS The third in a loose trilogy of female-centric period farces (see also 2002's 8 Women and 2010's Potiche), writer/director François Ozon's latest is a lightly diverting adap of 1934 French play Mon Crime, tailored to the #MeToo
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Is It Bollocks?
Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots. THIS MONTH TWISTERS' TORNADO DISRUPTION Q In disaster sequel Twisters, storm-chasers disrupt a tornado using moisture-absorbing particles. Fact, or pure spin? A Paul Knightley, head of The To
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A Very Special Episode
Having focused more on the prehistoric reptiles of the Triassic period than actual dinosaurs in its first part, this second episode's jump to the late Jurassic definitely delivers on the show's title. Unforgettable highlights include a thrilling show
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Calling The Shots
Many an established actor who's moved behind the camera will tell you that directing is a career path they've long wanted to follow. Not so with Lucy Lawless. 'It looked like such a crappy job to me,' she tells Teasers. 'In drama on television, they'
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Children Of The Cult Tbc
OUT NOW CINEMAS Aiming to 'uncover the truth that [Netflix series] Wild Wild Country failed to tell', Maroesja Perizonius' powerful doc reveals the 70s/80s systemic sexual abuse of children who lived in international communes following the teachings
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Cat And Mouse
When producer Brian Kirk was approached to helm a reimagining of Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal (which also became an Edward Fox-led film in 1973), he couldn't say no. Sent the script for the pilot by Top Boy writer Ronan Bennet
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Flop Culture
RETURN TO OZ FOR SALE This chic modern home, located outside the bustle of Seoul, is perfect for a high-flying family looking to show off their status. The modernist architecture by Namgoong really wows: the open-plan ground floor is light and airy,
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Troubled Times
It was quite funny,' director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls) recalls of discovering Patrick Radden Keefe's book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. 'Someone told me there was this guy who had written a book about the Nor
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Small Things Like These 12a
OUT 1 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Adapted from the prize-winning 2021 book by Claire Keegan, this subtle Irish drama is about the so-called 'Magdalene Laundries', the mainly Catholic Church-run institutions where 'fallen women' were housed and exploited. While
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Melissa Barrera
How was working with a filmmaker who has such a close personal connection to the character? Even though the story has elements of her life, I wasn't hired to play [Caroline]. But as I spent more time with her, I started stealing little mannerisms tha
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Short Cuts
Samara Weaving is confirmed to be returning for a sequel to Ready or Not: 'I'm all in. I think we're all in. I don't know if we've had our blood handshake, but pretty much,' she said of the film. Baz Luhrmann's next film is set to be about Joan of Ar
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Name The Frame
ANSWERS: 1. KILL BILL: VOL. 1, 2. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, 3. THE DUELLISTS, 4. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, 5. ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS, 6. ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN, 7. CONAN THE BARBARIAN, 8. HERO■
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The Ll Word
One of the most fun debates you can have about a movie is deciding who the true bad guy is. I've been convinced to view Ursula as The Little Mermaid's tragic hero and Batman as the ultimate villain. Looking at things from a new angle, you can make an
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Terrifier 3 18
OUT 11 OCTOBER CINEMAS The budget is bigger for the third film in the serial-killer saga, but the grindhouse vibe remains the same, as the resurrected (again!) Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) returns just in time for Christmas. Writer/director/
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Sound Of Hope: The Story Of Possum Trot 12a
OUT 11 OCTOBER CINEMAS Hope sounds like syrupy strings if this true-story melodrama from Angel Studios (Sound of Freedom) is any indication. In Texas in 1996, the Lord tells Donna (Nika King) to adopt troubled children. Her reverend husband (Demetriu
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Humph Day
Kathryn [Ferguson, director] called and said, “I want to make a documentary on your father,” and I thought, “Well, if it's gonna be the same old, same old, I don't want to fall asleep,”' says Stephen Bogart, only son of 40s and 50s film icon Humphrey
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The Wizard Of Oz
Psychedelic playground or children's fantasia? Gnarled fairy tale or Depression-era dream? Whether you shuddered at the Wicked Witch or spent too long pondering Pink Floyd-ian mysteries, you can slice into 1939's L. Frank Baum adaptation in many ways
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Which President Are You?
DISNEY, LIONSGATE, SONY, 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, PARAMOUNT, NETFLIX■
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The Spamalot Diaries
ERIC IDLE CROWN There's rarely an idle moment in this chronicle of the Monty Python musical's 2004 creation, breathlessly related in bite-sized entries stuffed with their author's customary wit. Full of starry interactions and punning wordplay, it's
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Dog Days
It was when writer/director Marielle Heller showed the screenplay of Nightbitch to her husband and her (male) cinematographer Brandon Trost that she stumbled upon a unique premise: 'It's a comedy for women and a horror movie for men,' she tells Tease
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Transformers One Pg
OUT 11 OCTOBER CINEMAS Hasbro's robo-chameleons get a shiny new upgrade in Josh Cooley's film, a CG-animated prequel that reignites the spark that's so often been conspicuously absent from the live-action Transformers flicks. Doing away with humans h
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Anora 18
OUT 1 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Writer/director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket) takes another walk on the wild side with this no-holds-barred comedy-drama, which won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Anora (Mikey Madison), or An
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Fresh Spins
The Banana Boat Song is joined by the frankly bananas MacArthur Park for this cheeringly scattershot soundtrack collection. If indie-rock singer Tess Parks, falsetto faves the Bee Gees and neo-prog dreamboats Sigur Rós have anything in common, Tim Bu
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Eddie Redmayne
Q&A With the Jackal having so many facets, was it hard to get into his mindset? Normally I try to place myself in the characters that I play; you're reaching out to the character. Whereas this, I ended up going, 'OK, this guy, in order to pass, he's
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I Walked With A Zombie/the Seventh Victim 12
1943 OUT 14 OCTOBER 4K UHD, BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Documentary, Featurette, Essays Ailing after the financial flops of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, RKO shipped in David O. Selznick's story editor Val Lewton to head up a
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Spielberg: A Retrospective
RICHARD SCHICKEL, JOHN H. FOOTE THAMES & HUDSON This updated version of the late Schickel's 2012 tome covers every Spiel-movie from Duel to The Fabelmans. Some, like The Lost World, get short shrift, while others - notably Kingdom of the Crystal Skul
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Golden Grahams
Robin Redbreast and The Appointment For this month's double bill I find myself revisiting two British TV horror movies that were both lost to obscurity for many years before being rediscovered and released by the BFI. Directed by James MacTaggart and
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Next Big Thing
Culture is a universal language, so you can speak without words,' states Mark Eydelshteyn, an actor who's broken through more than just linguistic barriers. The chatty 22-year-old Russian is the star of Sean Baker's Cannes-winning Anora, playing Ivan
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