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Disclosure Day review: Dir. Steven Spielberg
#DisclosureDay suffers from the odd misstep but, at its heart, is a tale of empathy and human relationships with fun set pieces and a top form Emily Blunt leading the way
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Travelling to TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham? Book now: Here’s your options!
Plan your travel now! That’s the message to gig-goers heading to Devon’s biggest music event of the year at TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham just under two weeks away – and we’ve got all your options here!
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Time And Water review: Dir. Sara Dosa
REVIEW: Sara Dosa’s Time And Water, with a central story from Andri Snær Magnason’s real-life family archives, tells us of the glaciers of Iceland. It’s a profound contemplation on the collapse of a vital human necessity, warning us that it’ll drift off silently into the deep before we’ve reacted quickly enough to save it…
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Majority D50X Bookshelf Bluetooth Speakers review
REVIEW: Choosing Majority D50X: Brilliant Budget Bookshelf Speakers
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Watch the brilliantly crazy trailer for indie film Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
From Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, watch the brilliantly bizarre trailer for indie film Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie right now, you need this time travel in your life…
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A24’s Primetime: Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen in this first teaser trailer
#Primetime from director Lance Oppenheim, starring Robert Pattinson, follows a journalist who investigates and exposes a criminal underworld, leading to a major shift in television…
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Watch: Exciting trailer for Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi thriller ‘Hope’
Watch the great teaser for #HOPE – “In the South Korea village of Hope Harbor, the Police are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village…”
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu IMAX review – Dir. Jon Favreau
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is a satisfying summer blockbuster for the duo, as Jon Favreau’s film offers big-screen adventure with a terrific soundtrack and impressive puppetry work, plus you can really enjoy those action sequences in IMAX!
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Gillian Anderson, Simon Pegg, Olivia Cooke, Carey Mulligan donate prizes to War Child auction
War Child’s Spring Clean Auction gives us the chance to own one-of-a-kind items from some of the biggest names in music, film, fashion and culture – You can bid now!
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XGIMI x EA SPORTS FC 26 Special Edition projectors are officially available now!
XGIMI x EA SPORTS FC 26 Special Edition projectors are officially available now – Transform Your Game Nights with these XGIMI Bundles!
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Jack Ryan: Ghost War review – Dir. Andrew Bernstein
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War doesn’t reinvent the action-thriller but is entertainingly watchable escapism that knows its audience
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What to Expect from Stuart Fails to Save the Universe on HBO Max
As a spin-off from The Big Bang Theory, the genre and approach of this teaser trailer for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe isn’t *quite* what I expected, and that’s in a hopeful, positive way!
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Win Hell or High Water on 4K UHD! **COMPETITION CLOSED**
To celebrate the release of David Mackenzie and Taylor Sheridan’s superb Hell or High Water, with a new restoration and on 4K UHD from StudioCanal, we’ve got a copy on 4K UHD to giveaway!
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Behind-the-Scenes shots of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Homer Meets IMAX: Christopher Nolan’s Epic The Odyssey goes behind-the-scenes…
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Frida Kahlo review – Dir. Ali Ray [Exhibition On Screen]
Connected to TATE Modern’s latest exhibition, this documentary on #FridaKahlo is a fitting tribute to an extraordinary artist, a film that takes its subject seriously without ever becoming reverential to the point of paralysis. Kahlo redefined what self-portraiture could do: how it could be at once beautiful and brutal, personal, and universal, intimate, and political
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Win a copy of Cold Storage, starring Joe Keery + Georgina Campbell, on 4K UHD! **COMPETITION CLOSED**
To celebrate the release of the entertaining #ColdStorage, starring Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell and Liam Neeson, out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD, we’ve got a copy on 4K UHD to giveaway!
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Mortal Kombat II review: Dir. Simon McQuoid
Mortal Kombat II just about defies the video game adaptation curse, vaults narrowly over the low bars of expectation, and delivers a moderately entertaining instalment which will leave the Kombat Kommunity waiting for the threequel….
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Paul Rudd + Nick Jones star in the trailer for John Carney’s Power Ballad
John Carney, the man behind Sing Street & Once, brings us #PowerBallad: a tale of music, self-respect, friendship, and the price of ambition… starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, here’s the poster & check out the trailer – link in bio!
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Mother Mary review: Dir. David Lowery
REVIEW: Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, is ambitious. If you want a modern ghost story with two razor-sharp performances front and centre, look no further…
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May the 4th Be With You: First look at Yoda Puppetronic + Star Wars Palm Puppetronics!
May the 4th Be With You: Get your first look at Yoda Puppetronic + Star Wars Palm Puppetronics!
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Cronos review: Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro’s directorial debut is a startlingly assured gothic fable that fuses vampirism with the director’s now-trademark fascination with arcana, alchemy, clockwork machinery and an underlying sense of the macabre…
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XGIMI TITAN Noir Series 4K Projectors launched for pre-order!
XGIMI have opened orders for the new TITAN Noir Series 4K projectors! These look stunning, launching a new standard in home projection performance – ideal for large, immersive setups where picture quality and screen size take priority!
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Die My Love Blu-ray review: Dir. Lynne Ramsay
A stellar Jennifer Lawrence performance leads a disconcerting, yet compelling art piece, as we delve into the complexity of love, while being fraught with metaphor and figurative ghosts that haunt the ether beyond
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Return to Westeros with Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K UHD, Ltd Ed Library Case with 8 Unique Steelbooks!
Here we go, a fine collectible for fellow GoT fans! You can celebrate the legacy of one of television’s most iconic series with Game of Thrones – 15th Anniversary: The Complete Collection (4K UHD) – Limited Edition Library Case, coming 2 November – and you can pre-order it now here! Marking 15 years since the groundbreaking debut,…
