Monday 26 February 2018

2018: February 23 - March 4






Cinema
23 Feb - 1 Mar 2018

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Birth of the Dragon
USA/China/Can - 2016 - 96m - col / scope
D: George Nolfi
Audio: 5.1

Dark River
UK - 2017 - 89m - col
D: Clio Barnard
Audio: 5.1

Finding Your Feet
UK - 2017 - 111m - col / scope
D: Richard Loncraine
Audio: 5.1

GujjuBhai: Most Wanted
ગુઝુભાઈ મોસ્ટ વોન્ટેડ
India - 2017 - 157m - col / scope
D: Ishaan Randeria
Audio: 5.1

Hey Jude
ഹേ ജൂഡ്
India - 2018 - 145m - col / scope
D: Shyamaprasad
Audio: 5.1

The Ice King: John Curry
UK - 2018 - 89m - col
D: James Erskine
Audio: 5.1

Klasės Susitikimas. Berniukai Sugrįžta!
Lith - 2017 - 96m - col / scope
D: Kęstutis Gudavičius
Audio: 5.1

Monster Hunt 2
捉妖記2
China - 2018 - 111m - col / scope
D: Raman Hui Shing-ngai
D-Cinema, IMAX-D/L and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track / CFGS: 11.1

Native
UK - 2016 - 86m - col / scope
D: Daniel Fitzsimmons
Audio: 5.1

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
सोनू के टीटू की स्वीटी
India - 2018 - 138m - col / scope
D: Luv Ranjan
Audio: 5.1

Welcome to New York
वेलकम तो नई यॉर्क
India - 2018 - 118m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Chakri Toleti
Dolby Atmos




Home Video (premiere)
26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, with no prior UK cinema release (excluding festival screenings):

About Us
Sobre Nós
Brazil - 2017 - 75m - col / scope
D: Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado
Audio: 5.1

Burning Bodhi
USA - 2015 - 93m - col / scope
D: Matthew McDuffie
Audio: 5.1

Crooked House
UK - 2017 - 115m - col / scope
D: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Audio: 5.1

The Enchanting Ghost
鬼屋麗人
HK - 1970 - 86m - col / scope
D: Chou Hsu-chiang
Audio: Mono

Escape From Earth
Future Justice
USA - 2014 - 83m - col / scope
D: Richard Griffin
Audio: 5.1

Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts
UK - 2017 - 85m - col
D: Phil Grabsky
Audio: 5.1

Un film comme les autres
Fr - 1968 - 120m - bw
D: Jean-Luc Godard
Box-set premiere: Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971.
Audio: Mono

Gremlin's Curse
Gremlin
USA - 2017 - 92m - col / scope
D: Ryan Bellgardt
Audio: 5.1

Little Miss Perfect
USA - 2016 - 82m - col / scope
D: Marlee Roberts
Audio: 5.1

Lotte in Italia
It/Fr - 1971 - 62m - col
D: Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin [as: Groupe Dziga-Vertov]
Box-set premiere: Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971.
Audio: Mono

Massacre County
Condado Macabro
Brazil - 2015 - 113m - col
D: André de Campos Mello, Marcos DeBrito
Audio: 5.1

Princess Arete
アリーテ姫
Jpn - 2001 - 105m - col
D: Sunao Katabuchi
Audio: 4.0

Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
USA - 2018 - 75m - col
D: Jake Castorena
Audio: 5.1

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Home Video (ex-cinema)
26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, having previously been screened in UK cinemas:

Boy
NZ/USA - 2010 - 87m - col and bw
D: Taika Waititi
Audio: 5.1

Breathe
UK/Swz - 2017 - 117m - col / scope (2.76:1)
D: Andy Serkis
Audio: 5.1

British Sounds
UK - 1969 - 52m - col
D: Jean-Luc Godard
Box-set premiere: Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971.
Audio: Mono

Brothers in Arms
Dağ 2
Turk - 2016 - 135m - col / scope
D: Alper Çağlar
Audio: 5.1

The Death of Stalin
La mort de Staline
Fr/Can/Belg/UK - 2017 - 106m - col
D: Armando Iannucci
Audio: 5.1

Goodbye Christopher Robin
UK - 2017 - 107m - col
D: Simon Curtis
Audio: 5.1

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Ire/UK/Austria/Fr/Ger - 2017 - 115m - col
D: Sophie Fiennes
Audio: 5.1

Hotel Salvation
मुक्ति भवन
India - 2016 - 100m - col / scope
D: Shubhashish Bhutiani
Audio: 5.1

Jigsaw
USA/Can - 2017 - 92m - col / scope
D: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Jupiter's Moon
Jupiter holdja
Hung/Ger/Fr - 2017 - 128m - col / scope
D: Kornél Mundruczó
Audio: 5.1

Marshall
USA - 2017 - 118m - col / scope
D: Reginald Hudlin
Audio: 5.1

Renegades
Fr/USA - 2017 - 103m - col / scope
D: Steven Quale
Audio: 5.1

Shiraz: A Romance of India
शिराज: अ रोमांस ऑफ इंडिया
India/UK/Ger - 1928 - silent - bw
D: Franz Osten

Silence and Cry
Csend és kiáltás
Hung - 1967 - 79m - bw / scope
D: Miklós Jancsó
Audio: Mono

Thelma
Nor/Fr/Den/Swd - 2017 - 116m - col / scope
D: Joachim Trier
Audio: 5.1

Thor: Ragnarok
USA - 2017 - 130m - col / scope (HD 6K) / 3-D
D: Taika Waititi
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / IMAX 12-track

Le vent d'est
It/Fr/W.Ger - 1970 - 95m - col
D: Jean-Luc Godard
Box-set premiere: Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971.
Audio: Mono

Vladimir and Rosa
Vladimir et Rosa
Fr/W.Ger/USA - 1970 - 103m - col
D: Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin [as: Groupe Dziga-Vertov]
Box-set premiere: Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971.
Audio: Mono

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Home Video (reissues)
26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

The Amityville Asylum
UK - 2013 - 88m - col / scope
D: Andrew Jones
Audio: 5.1

Amityville Playhouse
Can - 2015 - 99m - col / scope
D: John R. Walker
Audio: 5.1

The Amityville Terror
USA - 2016 - 84m - col
D: Michael Angelo
Audio: 5.1

Black Sunday
La maschera del demonio
It - 1960 - 86m - bw
D: Mario Bava
Originally premiered in UK cinemas as Revenge of the Vampire.
Audio: Mono

Broken Arrow
USA - 1950 - 92m - col
D: Delmer Daves
Audio: Mono

Buck Privates
USA - 1941 - 84m - bw
D: Arthur Lubin
Originally premiered in UK cinemas as Rookies.
Audio: Mono

The Earth Dies Screaming
UK - 1964 - 62m - bw
D: Terence Fisher
Audio: Mono

The Excommunicates of San Valentino
Le scomunicate di S. Valentino
It - 1974 - 96m - col / scope
D: Sergio Grieco
Promoted on UK video as The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine.
Audio: Mono

Fascination
Fr - 1979 - 82m - col
D: Jean Rollin
Audio: Mono

The Gate
Can - 1986 - 86m - col
D: Tibor Takács
Dolby Stereo

The Gunfighter
USA - 1950 - 85m - bw
D: Henry King
Audio: Mono

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
USA/Ger/UK/Jpn - 2001 - 100m - col / scope
D: Simon West
Audio: 5.1

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
USA/UK/Ger/Jpn - 2003 - 117m - col / scope
D: Jan De Bont
Audio: 5.1

Let’s Make Love
USA - 1960 - 118m - col / scope
D: George Cukor
4-channel stereo

Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain)
Un gatto nel cervello (I volti del terrore)
It - 1989 - 87m - col
D: Lucio Fulci
Audio: Mono

Night of the Living Dead
USA - 1968 - 96m - bw
D: George A. Romero
Audio: Mono

Saw
USA - 2004 - 102m - col
D: James Wan
Audio: 5.1

Saw V
USA/Can - 2008 - 92m - col
D: David Hackl
Audio: 5.1

Saw IV
USA/Can - 2007 - 92m - col
D: Darren Lynn Bousman
Audio: 5.1

Saw VI
USA/Can - 2009 - 90m - col
D: Kevin Greutert
Audio: 5.1

Saw: The Final Chapter
[see: Saw 3D]

Saw III
USA/Can - 2006 - 108m - col
D: Darren Lynn Bousman
Audio: 5.1

Saw 3D
USA - 2010 - 90m - col / 3-D
D: Kevin Greutert
Audio: 5.1

Saw II
USA/Can - 2005 - 93m - col
D: Darren Lynn Bousman
Audio: 5.1

Ship of Fools
USA - 1965 - 149m - bw
D: Stanley Kramer
Audio: Mono

The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine
[see: Excommunicates of San Valentino, The]

Thor
USA - 2011 - 114m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Kenneth Branagh
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Thor: The Dark World
USA - 2013 - 112m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Alan Taylor
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Der Todesking
Ger - 1990 - 80m - col
D: Jörg Buttgereit
Audio: Mono

The Trap
UK/Can - 1966 - 106m - col / scope
D: Sidney Hayers
Audio: Mono

Two Orphan Vampires
Les deux orphelines vampires
Fr - 1997 - 103m - col
D: Jean Rollin
Audio: Mono

Wishmaster
USA - 1997 - 90m - col
D: Robert Kurtzman
Audio: 5.1

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Note:

Be aware that scope or 3-D movies may not always be replicated that way on home video. Similarly, some video releases may offer a different audio configuration to the one originally intended (5.1, Dolby Atmos, etc.). In each case, the Index provides details of the primary audio-visual specifications, and any video version which deviates from these specs constitutes a revision of the original intentions, potentially compromising the effectiveness of the presentation.

Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.

Monday 19 February 2018

2018: February 16 - 25






Cinema
16 - 22 Feb 2018

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Attack on Titan: Roar of Awakening
劇場版「進撃の巨人」Season 2~覚醒の咆哮~
Jpn - 2018 - 120m - col
D: Masashi Koizuka
Audio: 5.1

Detective Chinatown 2
唐人街·探案2
China - 2018 - 121m - col / scope
D: Chen Si-cheng
D-Cinema, IMAX-D/L, ScreenX and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track / CFGS: 11.1

Father Figures
USA - 2017 - 115m - col / scope
D: Lawrence Sher
Audio: 5.1

Hadi Be Oğlum!
Turk - 2018 - 112m - col / scope
D: Bora Egemen
Audio: 5.1

I, Tonya
USA - 2017 - 119m - col / scope
D: Craig Gillespie
Audio: 5.1

Laavaan Phere
ਲਾਵਾਂ ਫੇਰੇ
India - 2018 - 124m - col / scope
D: Smeep Kang
Audio: 5.1

Lady Bird
USA - 2017 - 94m - col
D: Greta Gerwig
Audio: 5.1

The Monkey King 3
西遊記之女兒國
China/HK - 2018 - 114m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Soi Cheang Pou-soi
D-Cinema and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / CFGS: 11.1

Naachiyaar
நாச்சியார்
India - 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D: Bala
Audio: 5.1

Psycho Vertical
UK - 2017 - 64m - col
D: Jen Randall
Audio: Stereo

The Shape of Water
USA - 2017 - 123m - col
D: Guillermo del Toro
Audio: 5.1




The Housemaid


Home Video (premiere)
19 - 25 Feb 2018

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, with no prior UK cinema release (excluding festival screenings):

Alien Contagion
Contagion
USA (V) - 2010 - 90m - col
D: John Lechago
Audio: Mono

Battle of the Bulge
Wunderland
USA - 2017 - 84m - col / scope
D: Steven Luke
Audio: 5.1

Beyond the Woods
Ire - 2018 - 84m - col
D: Sean Breathnach
Audio: Stereo

Born Equal
UK (TV) - 2006 - 83m - col
D: Dominic Savage
Audio: Stereo

Brooklyn Guns
First We Take Brooklyn
USA - 2018 - 89m - col
D: Danny A. Abeckaser
Audio: 5.1

The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight
USA - 2018 - 84m - col
D: John Albarian
Audio: 5.1

The Final Master
The Master
師父
China - 2015 - 109m - col / scope
D: Xu Haofeng
Audio: 5.1

The Housemaid
Cô Haû Gaí
Viet/S.Korea - 2016 - 104m - col / scope
D: Derek Nguyen
Audio: 5.1

Justice
USA - 2017 - 92m - col
D: Richard Gabai
Audio: 5.1

The Mimic
장산범
S.Korea - 2017 - 99m - col / scope
D: Huh Jung
Audio: 5.1

Monster X
USA - 2017 - 70m - col / 1.85:1 + scope
D: Jaysen P. Buterin, Daniel B. Iske, Patrick Rea, Sean van Leijenhorst
Audio: Mono

Next of Kin
UK (TV) - 2017 - 252m - 6 eps - col
D: Justin Chadwick, Jamie Childs
Audio: Stereo

Selfie From Hell
Can - 2018 - 74m - col / scope
D: Erdal Ceylan
Audio: 5.1

The Sinner
USA (TV) - 2017 - 354m - 8 eps - col
D: Antonio Campos, Cherien Dabis, Tucker Gates, Judy Lee Lipes
Audio: 5.1

Trauma
UK (TV) - 2018 - 138m - 3 eps - col
D: Marc Evans
Audio: Stereo

Werewolves of the Third Reich
UK - 2017 - 94m - col / scope
D: Andrew Jones
Audio: Stereo


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Home Video (ex-cinema)
19 - 25 Feb 2018

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, having previously been screened in UK cinemas:

After the Storm
海よりもまだ深
Jpn - 2016 - 118m - col
D: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Audio: 5.1

American Valhalla
USA - 2017 - 81m - col / scope
D: Josh Homme, Andreas Neumann
Audio: 5.1

Brimstone
Neth/Ger/Belg/Fr/Swd/UK - 2016 - 148m - col / scope
D: Martin Koolhoven
Audio: 5.1

Cash on Demand
UK - 1961 - 83m - bw
D: Quentin Lawrence
Box-set premiere: Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent.
Audio: Mono

Chubby Funny
UK - 2016 - 89m - col
D: Harry Michell
Audio: 5.1

Earth: One Amazing Day
UK - 2017 - 94m - col
D: Richard Dale, Fan Li-xin, Peter Webber
Dolby Atmos

The Full Treatment
UK - 1960 - 109m - bw / scope
D: Val Guest
Box-set premiere: Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent.
Audio: Mono

Geostorm
USA - 2017 - 109m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Dean Devlin
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Happy Death Day
USA - 2017 - 96m - col
D: Christopher Landon
Audio: 5.1

Magnificent Doll
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
D: Frank Borzage
Audio: Mono

Never Take Sweets From a Stranger
UK - 1960 - 81m - bw / scope
D: Cyril Frankel
Box-set premiere: Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent.
Audio: Mono

The Party
UK/Den - 2017 - 71m - bw / scope
D: Sally Potter
Audio: 5.1

Slumber
UK/USA - 2017 - 83m - col / scope
D: Jonathan Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

The Snorkel
UK - 1958 - 90m - bw
D: Guy Green
Box-set premiere: Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent.
Audio: Mono

The Snowman
USA/UK/Swd - 2017 - 119m - col / scope
D: Tomas Alfredson
Audio: 5.1


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Home Video (reissues)
19 - 25 Feb 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

The Colour of Pomegranates
Սայաթ-Նովա
USSR - 1969 - 79m - col
D: Sergo Paradjanov
Audio: Mono

Doctor Faustus
UK/It - 1967 - 93m - col
D: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill
Audio: Mono

The Handmaid’s Tale
USA/Ger - 1990 - 108m - col
D: Volker Schlöndorff
Dolby Stereo

Ice Cold in Alex
UK - 1958 - 129m - bw
D: J. Lee Thompson
Audio: Mono

I Wish
奇跡
Jpn - 2011 - 128m - col
D: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Audio: 5.1

Like Father, Like Son
そして父になる
Jpn - 2013 - 120m - col
D: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Audio: 5.1

Once Were Warriors
NZ - 1994 - 103m - col
D: Lee Tamahori
Dolby Stereo

Scalpel
False Face
USA - 1977 - 95m - col
D: John Grissmer
Audio: Mono


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Note:

Be aware that scope or 3-D movies may not always be replicated that way on home video. Similarly, some video releases may offer a different audio configuration to the one originally intended (5.1, Dolby Atmos, etc.). In each case, the Index provides details of the primary audio-visual specifications, and any video version which deviates from these specs constitutes a revision of the original intentions, potentially compromising the effectiveness of the presentation.

Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.