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Mortal Engines
A thousand years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), sets out to stop London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — from devouring everything in its pa...
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Roy Budd’s Phantom Returns
· Roy Budd’s score to Rupert Julian’s 1925 silent film version of The Phantom at the Opera for one-night only at the Barbican 18 March 2019. · Only the second ever performance of one of the late all-time great British musicians...
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Given the sheer volume of superhero movies sloshing around at the moment you may be tempted to give Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a miss. What’s one more film, about one more guy in tights, after all? Don’t! Into the Spider...
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Star Trek: Discovery Season One
Forget what you’ve heard. Forget what you’ve read. Star Trek is back, and whether you’re a fan or just sci-fi curious, Star Trek: Discovery is one box set that you won’t regret adding to your collection. Marking the return of o...
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Best Vigilante Films
Fighting crime and taking the law into their own hands… vigilantes are some of the most kick-ass characters in film. To celebrate the release of action-packed Robin Hood, arriving in cinemas November 21st, we’re taking a ...
DVD And Blu-ray
The Incredibles 2
It’s been 14 years since the Parr family of The Incredibles burst onto our screens and it’s fair to say that no sequel has been as hotly anticipated as this year’s Incredibles 2. Picking up immediately after the first mov...
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Back To The Beginning: Harley Quinn
DC Comics Novels – Harley Quinn: Mad Love takes it back to where it all began. Inspired by the 1994 graphic novel, Mad Love, and featuring Harley as she first appeared in 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series, the novel exp...
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Lucky
Lucky is a film you should see for two very good reasons. The first of those reasons is Harry Dean Stanton—giving a performance which would not only be one of his last but may well be his best, as an ageing loner, with no fami...
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Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N
Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. will open at ExCeL London on 29th November 2018, following a hugely successful run in New York, Seoul, Paris, Singapore, Beijing, Taipei and Las Vegas, where it has set up a permanent exhibition...
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Escape From New York
If you’ve ever played Metal Gear Solid, Duke Nukem, FallOut, or BroForce, then you’ll know just how deeply John Carpenter’s Snake Plissken has managed to embed himself in popular culture. This November, the film that launched ...
