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Official trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott. Directed by Rian Johnson.
In select UK cinemas 26th Nov, globally on Netflix 12th Dec.
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Now on @netflix , In Your Dreams. This Netflix original animated feature visually looks stunning, but its story isn't the stuff the best dreams are made of.
Review: boomuk.net/in-your-dreams.html
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November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, The Wild Geese, Starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris. This classic 1978 action war film gets a welcome re-release, with a 4K restoration, making this trio of talent worth flocking to see.
Review: boomuk.net/the-wild-geese.html
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November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, Valley of the Shadow of Death, starring Anthony Wong. A beatifully crafted, sombre drama from Hong Kong, that finds a pastor faced with giving someone forgiveness, whom he thinks doesn't deserve it.
Review: boomuk.net/valley-of-the-shadow-of-death.html
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November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Now on @PrimeVideo , Playdate, starring Alan Ritchson and Kevin James. Tough guy Ritchson decides to go goofy-with-guns for this kooky buddy flick, about fathers and sons out for fun, in what many may find the guiltiest of pleasures.
Review: boomuk.net/playdate.html
#Playdate
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Official teaser trailer for Toy Story 5, with the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.
In cinemas June 2026.
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Toy Story 5 | Teaser Trailer | In Theaters June 19
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November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Now out on 4K UHD,BD/DVD, 28 Years Later, starring Alfie Williams & Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Danny Boyle returns to the zombie franchise, but its plot is too thin, so an upcoming sequel can also be accomodated - at this film's expense.
Review: boomuk.net/28-years-later.html
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November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Now out on 4K UHD, BD/DVD, The Phoenician Scheme, starring Bencio del Toro, Mia Threapleton & Michael Cera. Yet another gloriously unmistakable Wes Anderson film, as a man works on his legacy despite attempted assassinations.
Review: boomuk.net/the-phoenician-scheme.html
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November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Now out on 4K UHD, BD/DVD, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves. A tiresome John Wick spin-off, that is one generic action scene after the next, which just doesn't have what it takes to keep audiences on their toes.
Review: boomuk.net/ballerina.html
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November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Official trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, and Brie Larson.
In UK cinemas 3rd April 2026.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures UK
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November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Now on @netflix, Frankenstein, with Oscar Isaac & Jacob Elordi. Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of this classic is what you'd expect visually, gothically grandiose. The script however, suffers from pacing issues during its 2.5 hours.
Review: boomuk.net/frankenstein.html
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Now out in UK cinemas, Anemone, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean & Samantha Morton. Day-Lewis comes out of yet another retirement, this time for an emotional heavy drama, directed by his son Ronan, that is utterly draining.
Review: boomuk.net/anemone.html
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November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Now on 4K UHD, BD/DVD, Thunderbolts*, starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour. This Marvel outing is sub-standard on all fronts, with a lame script and generic action sequences, making it all too missable.
Review: boomuk.net/thunderbolts.html
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November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Now on Blu-ray & DVD, The Ritual, starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens. Although the almost competely handheld cam is irritating, the story, based on a true story of an exorcism of a young woman in 1928, is utterly absorbing.
Review: boomuk.net/the-ritual.html
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Now on Blu-ray & DVD, Clown in a Cornfield. There's a sense that this film just doesn't take the horror genre seriously enough, with the weakest of scripts and a slasher villain that's just downright embarassing. Review: boomuk.net/clown-in-a-cornfield.html
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November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Now on 4K UHD, BD/DVD, Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan. Director Ryan Coogler teams up with Jordn for a fifth time, with him playing identical twins in this atmospheric vampire film that sadly doesn't have much to sink its teeth into.
Review: boomuk.net/sinners.html
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November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Now on 4K UHD, BD/DVD, Until Dawn. A so-so videogame gets a so-so screen adaptation, featuring a generic family member missing, and then covering everything, and everyone, in fair amounts of gore.
Review: boomuk.net/until-dawn.html
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Now out on DVD, Parthenope, starring Celeste Dalia Porta. Paolo Sorrentino's latest is a sumptuous, stunningly shot coming-of-age tale, that sees a beautiful young woman take an unconventional path through life.
Review: boomuk.net/parthenope.html
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November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, Relay, starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. This retro taut thriller finds a conspiracy from a drugs company in the balance, with all concerned in peril.
Review: boomuk.net/relay.html
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October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, Continental '25. This bittersweet Romanian drama gives an insight of a bailiff and of the city she lives in.
Review:boomuk.net/kontinental-25.html
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October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Now on @netflix , Ballad of a Small Player, starring Colin Farrell. Director Edward Berger's film is an impressive union of an intimate story, of a gambler out of luck abroad, set against the neon-filled landscape of Macau.
Review: boomuk.net/ballad-of-a-small-player.html
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October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Now on @netflix , A House of Dynamite, starring Rebbeca Ferguson, Jared Harris and Idris Elba. Kathryn Bigelow's film builds a great sense of tension early on, but it soon fizzles out making no kind of impack whatsoever.
Review: boomuk.net/a-house-of-dynamite.html
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October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, Sketch, starring Tony Hale.
A wonderfully creative family film, that has a child's sketch book pop up, featuring an edge of horror literally come to life.
Review: boomuk.net/sketch.html
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October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, A Tooth Fairy Tale. With both a basic plot and visuals, this children's animation lacks bite on all fronts.
Review: boomuk.net/a-tooth-fairy-tale.html
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October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Now in UK cinemas, After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri & Andrew Garfield. Luca Guadagnino's latest clearly has something to say, but struggles saying it, with its ultra dry tale of sexual abuse in the academic world.
Review: boomuk.net/after-the-hunt.html
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October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM