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Land of Bad, a new action film led by Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe. The Avenue will release this one stateside next year.

Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance has been released by Signature Entertainment as the Craig Fairbrass-led film hits the home markets.Pat Tate (Craig Fairbrass, Cliffhanger) embarks on a rampage to avenge his loyal and trusted footsoldier’s violent death, venturing beyond his comfort zone of Essex into the dark side of 90s Soho to track down the villain responsible. Set to execute his revenge, Tate will stop at nothing even as the world around him starts to explode.

The Wicker Man in the UK, specifically on the summer solstice with the movie screening in cinemas for one night only. If you’ve missed the event then have no fear as STUDIOCANAL is set to release a 50th anniversary 4K restoration, 5 disc 4k UHD later this year.The release is set for 25th September with a 5 disc, Steelbook and digital release planned.All three versions of the film; The Final Cut, The Director’s Cut and The Theatrical Cut, have been painstakingly restored and will be released in an exclusive 5-disc Collector’s Edition as well as a 4-disc Steelbook version.

Porno review: A closed movie theatre is the setting for first time feature director Keola Racela, a film that is not quite as sexy as the title may suggest.PornoThe year is 1992 and Chaz (Jillian Mueller), Todd (Larry Saperstein), Abe (Evan Daves), Ricky (Glenn Scott) and Heavy Metal Jeff (Robbie Tann), spend their days working at a local cinema in a heavily Christian town. Left alone to close the theatre after watching a movie of their choosing, the group stumbles across a hidden room.

When They See Us, Moonlight), and is created, written, and executive produced by filmmaker Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), who directed all seven episodes. Jerome also serves as an executive producer.

Here’s the first trailer for a new documentary heading to Netflix soon, Girl In The Picture. The film is a true crime story of a search to solve a 30-year old mystery: who was Sharon Marshall, and why was her real identity unknown to everyone – even her?Here’s a more detailed synopsis:In his international bestseller A Beautiful Child and its follow-up, Finding Sharon, award-winning investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck told the heartbreaking story of a brilliant and beautiful teenager known as Sharon Marshall.

Summit Fever, a new action film starring Ryan Phillippe set for the digital platforms in October. The climbing thriller will land on digital from 17th October.Here’s the synopsis.A young climber (Freddie Thorp, Fate: The Winx Saga) spends a hedonistic summer in Chamonix whilst attempting the world’s deadliest trio of mountains.

Cliffhanger sequel has bagged itself a new director. The film, which will see the return of Sylvester Stallone’s Gabe Walker, was set to be helmed by Ric Roman Waugh but now it looks likeJean-François Richet will take the reigns of the new movie, as per Screen Daily.News also comes that the film will kick off shooting next summer supposedly for a 2025 release.

Saw X a new film in the hit horror series will land in cinemas next year. What’s more is that it is a little over nine months away with a release date set for 27th September 2024.

Samsara. The feature, from director Lois Patiño, premiered under the Encounters section at the Berlinale this year.Here’s a little more about it.In the temples of Laos, teenage monks accompany a soul in transit from one body to another through the bardo.

American Star, a movie set for screens next year. John Wick and Deadwood star Ian McShane plays an assassin in the film which will hit US screens on January 26th (cinemas and VOD).

Miller’s Girl with Martin Freeman and Jenny Ortega has been released. The film is written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett and will land on US screens on 26th January.Dagmara Domi?czyk, Bashir Salahuddin, and Gideon Adlon also round out the main cast of the feature which is produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Josh Fagen, and Mary-Margaret Kunze.The story is as follows.A talented young writer (Jenna Ortega) embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher (Martin Freeman) assigns a project that entangles them both in an increasingly complex web.

Dune: Part Two has landed courtesy of Warner Bros. The film is set to arrive in cinemas next March with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem lining up among the cast.The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune.Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

Freelance will head to Prime Video in the UK, skipping cinemas. The film will land on streaming on 1st January, according to an official press release.

Kung Fu Panda 4 which is coming to cinema screens in 2024. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell (DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, Shrek Forever After) and produced by Rebecca Huntley (DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys).

The Lost Boys. The film is released through Peccadillo Pictures after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.Khalil Ben Gharbia (Peter Von Kant) and Julien De Saint Jean (Liewith Me) star in the film, the story of a burgeoning relationship between two young men in a detention centre.

Five tones. That’s all it took for John Williams to convey a sense of a wider form of communication that stretches from the Earth to the Cosmos. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a film about (among many things) communication and the power of the universal language of music in particular. It is fitting, then, that the Royal Albert Hall would make room for Steven Spielberg’s 1977 Sci-Fi classic in its season of live orchestral performances this year. Not only is it a wonderful chance to revisit one of Spielberg’s finest, but it offers a means to greater appreciate just how emotionally complex William’s work is in this tale of making connection with beings not of this world. Seeing a film with a live orchestra is an experience that everyone should embark upon, be it your first time seeing the film for your 100th. It is a uniquely immersive experience, bringing you into the film in a way that no other screening format can quite muster. Music, and particularly the music of John Williams, is often used to heighten emotion and elevate scenes to their peak resonance, and the tangibility of seeing an orchestra play the score as the film progresses brings you even closer to those emotions in a truly profound fashion.The film and the score all build-up to one of the finest finales put to screen with the eventual meeting between our characters and the aliens who have been telegraphing their arrival. The moments of witty government conspiracy and deeply touching and devastating family drama give way to the meeting of human and alien, as the human race communicates to the huge, foreboding and colourful mothership through the medium of music. It is a sequence that never loses its grandeur on repeat viewing, a moment in which the

It’s early on a very wet March morning, the setting an empty independent cinema just off Leicester Square in London’s West End. The Hollywood News is here with filmmaker Richard John Taylor who, with some of his cast and crew, is putting together the final shots for his new film The Krays: Dead Man Walking. The film boasts an impressive British cast, including Rita Simons, Josh Myers, Guy Henry, Marc Pickering, Nathanjohn Carter, Janine Nerissa, Triana Terry, Christopher Ellison, Leslie Grantham, and many others.The plot of the piece isn’t just another rehash of the same old ‘Krays’ story, as Taylor tells us over a coffee in the bar area of the cinema, just prior to filming.

MUBI has sent along the home release information for two of the best films of 2021: Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman and Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb. Both will be released in March onto the physical formats.Petite Maman, which scored a place in my top five of 2021, tells the story of eight-year-old Nelly’s fantastical journey after the death of her beloved grandmother.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem on the home formats starting with digital this month, we have a clip from the film to share with you all.After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts.

Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy which is set to premiere on Sky Documentaries in the UK very soon.

Writer and director Nicholas Tomnay’s previous feature film, The Perfect Host, took place around an intimate dinner party. A clear foodie at heart, Tomnay remains in the culinary world for his latest movie, What You Wish For. Starring Nick Stahl, What You Wish For sees a chef get in over his head when he takes over a private dinner party. Set in Latin America, What You Wish For joins Ryan (Stahl) as he flees America.

Neighbours, the returning soap that has been playing elsewhere (Channel 5 and previously the BBC in the UK, has been released by its new home – streamer Freevee.The series will return to screens on 18 September, with new episodes releasing daily, Monday-Thursday, at 7 a.m. BST, on Amazon Freevee in the UK and the U.S.

Manodrome, a new film led by Jesse Eisenberg and Odessa Young. This one first hit screens in Berlin earlier this year, where we caught it, and it will start to roll out on screens starting in the US in November.I described the film as Joker and Taxi Driver by way of Uncut Gems at the time and, looking back, probably still stand by that.

Deadline, Adam Driver is reportedly is rumoured to be joining the cast of ‘Heat 2’, which will be helmed by the original film’s director Michael Mann. The trade reports that Driver would play a young Neil McCauley in the film, which Warner Bros.

In the words of the poet Buck Dharma “Oh no, they say he’s got to go. Go go Godzilla, yeah.” However, despite this protestation, Godzilla seems to be going nowhere. Gearing up for their 70th anniversary next year, Godzilla has been a constant presence for the last 10 years since his Hollywood revival in the Monsterverse. That cinematic universe alone has had 4 cinematic entries, and a series currently streaming on Apple TV+. There’s also been 3 animated movies for Netflix and an animated series. But as any true Godzilla fan will tell you, nothing quite beats a feature from the team at Toho. 2016 saw Shin Godzilla impress audiences with its satire and political commentary, detailing how the appearance of a giant monster might go down. 7 years later Toho have decided to hit reset once again for this stand-alone entry.

Baghead which comes to the screen from the producers of IT and Barbarian, and stars Freya Allen (The Witcher) and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse).This one comes to screens in 2024 through STUDIOCANAL in the UK.