Friday 31 August 2018

2018: August 31 - September 9





Cinema
31 Aug - 6 Sep

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Action Point
USA - 2018 - 85m - col / scope
D: Tim Kirkby
Audio: 5.1

The Ballymurphy Precedent
UK/Ire - 2018 - 108m - col
D: Callum Macrae
Audio: Stereo

Cold War
Zimna wojna
Pol/UK/Fr - 2018 - 88m - bw
D: Paweł Pawlikowski
Audio: 5.1

The Happytime Murders
USA/China - 2018 - 91m - col / scope
D: Brian Henson
Audio: 5.1

Hurricane
UK/Pol - 2018 - 107m - col / scope
D: David Blair
Audio: 5.1

I, Dolours
Ire - 2017 - 82m - col / scope
D: Maurice Sweeney
Audio: Stereo

The Man From Mo'Wax
UK/Jpn/USA - 2016 - 113m - col / scope
D: Matthew Jones
Audio: 5.1

Mar Gaye Oye Loko
ਮਾਰ ਗਾਏ ਓਏ ਲੋਕੋ
India - 2018 - 117m - col / scope
D: Simerjit Singh
Audio: 5.1

Natsamrat
નટસમ્રાટ
India - 2018 - 130m - col / scope
D: Jayant Gilatar
Audio: 5.1

Searching
USA - 2018 - 102m - col
D: Aneesh Chaganty
Audio: 5.1

A Stork's Journey
Überflieger: Kleine Vögel, großes Geklapper
Ger/Belg/Lux/Nor/USA - 2017 - 84m - col / 3-D
D: Toby Genkel, Reza Memari
Audio: 5.1

Stree
स्त्री
India - 2018 - 128m - col / scope
D: Amar Kaushik
Dolby Atmos

Upgrade
Aus - 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D: Leigh Whannell
Audio: 5.1

Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
यमला पगला दिवाना फिर से
India - 2018 - 145m - col / scope
D: Navaniat Singh
Dolby Atmos

Yardie
UK - 2018 - 102m - col / scope
D: Idris Elba
Audio: 5.1


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Home Video (premiere)
3 - 9 Sep 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 Code
USA - 2017 - 97m - col / scope
D: Michael G. Cooney [as: Sam Havenhurst]
Audio: 5.1

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
血槍富士
Jpn - 1955 - 94m - bw
D: Tomu Uchida
Audio: Mono

Death Laid an Egg
La morte ha fatto l'uovo
It/Fr - 1968 - 86m - col
D: Giulio Questi
Audio: Mono

Eruption: LA
USA - 2018 - 86m - col
D: Sean Cain
Audio: 5.1

Hatchet 4: Victor Crowley
[see: Victor Crowley]

Incident in a Ghostland
Ghostland
Fr/Can - 2018 - 91m - col / scope
D: Pascal Laugier
Audio: 5.1

Keeping Faith
UK (TV) - 2017 - 461m - 8 eps - col
D: Pip Broughton, Andy Newbery
Also filmed in a Welsh-language version, Un Bore Mercher.
Audio: Stereo

Oleanna
USA/UK - 1994 - 89m - col
D: David Mamet
Audio: Mono

Prying Eyes
[see: There's Something in the Pilliga]

There's Something in the Pilliga
Aus - 2014 - 82m - col
D: Dane Millerd
Audio: Stereo

Victor Crowley
USA - 2017 - 83m - col / scope
D: Adam Green
Audio: 5.1




Home Video (ex-cinema)
3 - 9 Sep 2018

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

Avengers: Infinity War
USA/UK - 2018 - 149m - col / IMAX HD / 3-D
D: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
IMAX 12-track / Dolby Atmos

Bye Bye Birdie
USA - 1963 - 111m - col / scope
D: George Sidney
4-channel stereo

Custody
Jusqu'à la garde
Fr - 2017 - 94m - col / scope
D: Xavier Legrand
Audio: 5.1

Damascus Cover
UK - 2018 - 93m - col / scope
D: Daniel Zelik Berk
Audio: 5.1

Damo and Ivor: The Movie
Ire - 2018 - 90m - col / scope
D: Rob Burke, Ronan Burke
Audio: 5.1

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
USA/UK - 2017 - 103m - col
D: John Cameron Mitchell
Audio: 5.1

Lady Frankenstein
La figlia di Frankenstein
It - 1971 - 99m/83m - col
D: Mel Welles
Audio: Mono

Mary Shelley
UK/Ire/Lux - 2017 - 121m - col / scope
D: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Audio: 5.1

Miss Leslie’s Dolls
USA/Phil - 1972 - 88m - col
D: Joseph P. Mawra [as: Joseph G. Prieto]
Audio: Mono

The Rape of Recy Taylor
USA - 2017 - 91m - col
D: Nancy Buirski
Audio: 5.1

Redoubtable
Le Redoubtable
Fr - 2017 - 106m - col
D: Michel Hazanavicius
Audio: 5.1

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Home Video (reissues)
3 - 9 Sep 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

Anyone for Denis?
UK (TV) - 1982 - 75m - col
D: Dick Clement
Audio: Mono

Avengers: Age of Ultron
USA - 2015 - 141m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Joss Whedon
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Avengers Assemble
The Avengers
USA - 2012 - 143m - col / 3-D
D: Joss Whedon
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Back to the Future
USA - 1985 - 116m - col
D: Robert Zemeckis
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Blues Brothers
USA - 1980 - 133m - col
D: John Landis
Dolby Stereo

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
USA - 1982 - 115m - col
D: Steven Spielberg
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Fall
UK - 1969 - 116m - bw
D: Peter Whitehead
Audio: Mono

Footloose
USA - 1984 - 107m - col
D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

Ghost
USA - 1990 - 127m - col
D: Jerry Zucker
Dolby Stereo SR

A Man Escaped
Un condamné à mort s’est echappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut
Fr - 1956 - 102m - bw
D: Robert Bresson
Audio: Mono

Midnight Run
USA - 1988 - 126m - col
D: Martin Brest
Dolby Stereo

The Odessa File
UK/W.Ger - 1974 - 129m - col / scope
D: Ronald Neame
Audio: Mono

An Officer and a Gentleman
USA - 1981 - 124m - col
D: Taylor Hackford
Audio: Mono

The Other Wife
UK (TV) - 2012 - 178m - 2 eps - col
D: Giles Foster
Audio: Stereo

Predator
USA - 1987 - 106m - col
D: John McTiernan
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Repo Man
USA - 1984 - 92m - col
D: Alex Cox
Audio: Mono

Scarface
USA - 1983 - 170m - col / scope
D: Brian De Palma
4-channel stereo

Streets of Fire
USA - 1984 - 94m - col
D: Walter Hill
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Take Shelter
USA - 2011 - 121m - col / scope
D: Jeff Nichols
Audio: 5.1

The Thing
USA - 1982 - 109m - col / scope
D: John Carpenter
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Top Secret!
USA - 1984 - 90m - col
D: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Dolby Stereo

Unknown Heart
UK/Ger (TV) - 2014 - 181m - 2 eps - col
D: Giles Foster
Audio: Stereo

Valentine's Kiss
UK/Ger (TV) - 2015 - 180m - 2 eps - col
D: Sarah Harding
Audio: Stereo

The Warriors
USA - 1979 - 94m - col
D: Walter Hill
Audio: Mono

The Young Stranger
USA - 1957 - 84m - bw
D: John Frankenheimer
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.

Friday 24 August 2018

2018: August 24 - September 2




Cinema
24 - 30 Aug

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Alpha
USA - 2018 - 96m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Albert Hughes
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

Bad Samaritan
USA - 2018 - 108m - col / scope
D: Dean Devlin
Audio: 5.1

BlacKkKlansman
USA - 2018 - 135m - col / scope
D: Spike Lee
Dolby Atmos

The Children Act
UK/USA - 2017 - 105m - col
D: Richard Eyre
Audio: 5.1

Dead Night
USA - 2017 - 79m - col
D: Brad Baruh
Audio: 5.1

Guru Da Banda
ਗੁਰੂ ਦਾ ਬੰਦਾ
India - 2018 - 136m - col / scope
D: Jassi Chana
Audio: 5.1

Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
हैप्पी फिर भाग जाएगी
India - 2018 - 136m - col / scope
D: Mudassar Aziz
Dolby Atmos

Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2
جوانی پھر نہیں آنی 2
Pakistan - 2018 - 165m - col / scope
D: Nadeem Beyg
Audio: 5.1

The King
USA/Ger - 2017 - 108m - col / scope
D: Eugene Jarecki
Audio: 5.1

Load Wedding
لوڈ ویڈنگ
Pakistan - 2018 - 135m - col / scope
D: Nabeel Qureshi
Audio: 5.1

Luis and the Aliens
Luis und die Aliens
Ger/Den/Lux - 2018 - 86m - col / 3-D
D: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein, Sean McCormack
Audio: 5.1

One Note at a Time
UK/USA - 2016 - 95m - col
D: Renee Edwards
Audio: Stereo

Parwaaz Hai Junoon
پرواز ہے جنوں‬‎
Pakistan - 2018 - 130m - col / scope
D: Haseeb Hasan
Audio: 5.1

Slender Man
USA - 2018 - 93m - col / scope
D: Sylvain White
Audio: 5.1

The Spy Who Dumped Me
USA - 2018 - 117m - col / scope
D: Susanna Fogel
Audio: 5.1






Home Video (premiere)
27 Aug - 2 Sep 2018

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

10x10
UK - 2018 - 88m - col / scope
D: Suzi Ewing
Audio: 5.1

2036: Origin Unknown
UK - 2018 - 94m - col / scope
D: Hasraf Dulull
Audio: 5.1

Avengers Grimm: Time Wars
USA - 2018 - 88m - col
D: Maximilian Elfeldt
Audio: 5.1

Dead Shack
Can - 2017 - 85m - col / scope
D: Peter Ricq
Audio: 5.1

Eyeball
Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro
It/Sp - 1975 - 92m - col / scope
D: Umberto Lenzi
Audio: Mono

Gangster Land
USA - 2007 - 113m - col / scope
D: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Audio: 5.1

The Gardener
باغبان
Israel/UK/Iran/S.Korea - 2012 - 87m - col
D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Box-set premiere: Mohsen Makhmalbaf: The Poetic Trilogy.
Audio: 5.1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ダイヤモンドは砕けない 第一章
Jpn - 2017 - 119m - col / scope
D: Takashi Miike
Audio: 5.1

The Last Witness
UK/Pol - 2018 - 97m - col / scope
D: Piotr Szkopiak
Audio: 5.1

Mandala
曼陀羅
Jpn - 1971 - 135m - col
D: Akio Jissōji
Box-set premiere: Akio Jissōji: The Buddhist Trilogy.
Audio: Mono

The Night Eats the World
La nuit a dévoré le monde
Fr - 2018 - 93m - col
D: Dominique Rocher
Audio: 5.1

Nocturne
USA - 2016 - 89m - col / scope
D: Stephen Shimek
Audio: 5.1

Poem
Jpn - 1972 - 119m - bw
D: Akio Jissōji
Box-set premiere: Akio Jissōji: The Buddhist Trilogy.
Audio: Mono

The Silence
سکوت
Iran/Tajikistan/Fr - 1998 - 76m - col
D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Box-set premiere: Mohsen Makhmalbaf: The Poetic Trilogy.
Audio: Mono

This Transient Life
無常
Jpn - 1970 - 143m - bw
D: Akio Jissōji
Box-set premiere: Akio Jissōji: The Buddhist Trilogy.
Audio: Mono

Welcome to Curiosity
UK - 2018 - 95m - col / scope
D: Ben Pickering
Audio: 5.1

The Year I Lost My Mind
Jahr des Tigers
Ger - 2017 - 85m - col / scope
D: Tor Iben
Audio: 5.1


Welcome to Curiosity


Home Video (ex-cinema)
27 Aug - 2 Sep 2018

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

Funny Cow
UK - 2017 - 103m - col / scope
D: Adrian Shergold
Audio: 5.1

Ghost Stories
UK - 2017 - 98m - col / scope
D: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Audio: 5.1

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
UK/USA - 2018 - 124m - col
D: Mike Newell
Audio: 5.1

Ideal Home
USA - 2018 - 89m - col / scope
D: Andrew Fleming
Audio: 5.1

Tully
USA - 2018 - 96m - col
D: Jason Reitman
Audio: 5.1

Wildling
USA - 2018 - 93m - col / scope
D: Fritz Böhm
Audio: 5.1




Home Video (reissues)
27 Aug - 2 Sep 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

2001: A Space Odyssey
UK - 1968 - 141m - col / Super Panavision 70
D: Stanley Kubrick
6-channel stereo

48 HRS.
USA - 1982 - 97m - col
D: Walter Hill
Dolby Stereo

Airplane!
USA - 1980 - 87m - col
D: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Audio: Mono

Assault
UK - 1970 - 91m - col
D: Sidney Hayers
Audio: Mono

Beetle Juice
USA - 1988 - 92m - col
D: Tim Burton
Dolby Stereo

Black Rain
USA - 1989 - 125m - col / scope
D: Ridley Scott
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo SR

Blade Runner
USA - 1982 - 117m - col / scope
D: Ridley Scott
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Blazing Saddles
USA - 1974 - 93m - col / scope
D: Mel Brooks
Audio: Mono

The Breakfast Club
USA - 1984 - 97m - col
D: John Hughes
Audio: Mono

Bullitt
USA - 1968 - 114m - col
D: Peter Yates
Audio: Mono

Clue
USA - 1985 - 87m/86m - col
D: Jonathan Lynn
Audio: Mono

The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Le crime de Monsieur Lange
Fr - 1935 - 84m - bw
D: Jean Renoir
Audio: Mono

Days of Thunder
USA - 1990 - 107m - col / scope
D: Tony Scott
5.1-channel Dolby Stereo SR / Cinema Digital Sound

Dead Time Stories
USA - 1985 - 82m - col
D: Jeffrey Delman
Originally premiered on UK VHS as Freaky Fairy-Tales.
Audio: Mono

Death Line
UK - 1972 - 87m - col
D: Gary Sherman
Audio: Mono

Doctor Zhivago
USA - 1965 - 197m - col / scope
D: David Lean
6-channel stereo

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
USA - 1986 - 103m - col / scope
D: John Hughes
Dolby Stereo

Field of Dreams
USA - 1989 - 106m - col
D: Phil Alden Robinson
Dolby Stereo

Flashdance
USA - 1983 - 98m - col
D: Adrian Lyne
Dolby Stereo

Full Metal Jacket
USA/UK - 1987 - 116m - col
D: Stanley Kubrick
Audio: Mono

Gabbeh
گبه
Iran/Fr - 1995 - 74m - col
D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Audio: Mono

Gone With the Wind
USA - 1939 - 226m - bw
D: Victor Fleming
Audio: Mono

The Goonies
USA - 1985 - 114m - col / scope
D: Richard Donner
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
USA/UK/Ger - 2002 - 161m - col / scope
D: Chris Columbus
Audio: 6.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
USA/UK - 2010 - 146m - col / scope / 3-D
D: David Yates
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
USA/UK - 2011 - 130m - col / scope / 3-D
D: David Yates
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
USA/UK - 2005 - 157m/166m - col / scope
D: Mike Newell
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
USA/UK - 2009 - 153m - col / scope / 3-D seq
D: David Yates
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
USA/UK - 2007 - 138m - col / scope / 3-D seq
D: David Yates
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
USA/UK - 2001 - 152m - col / scope
D: Chris Columbus
Audio: 7.1

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
USA/UK - 2004 - 142m - col / scope
D: Alfonso Cuarón
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Interstellar
USA/UK - 2014 - 169m - col / scope + IMAX
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

The Iron Giant
USA - 1999 - 87m - col / scope
D: Brad Bird
Audio: 5.1

The Lost Boys
USA - 1987 - 97m - col / scope
D: Joel Schumacher
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Mask
USA - 1994 - 101m - col
D: Chuck Russell
Audio: 5.1

Ministry of Fear
USA - 1943 - 86m - bw
D: Fritz Lang
Audio: Mono

Missing
USA - 1981 - 122m - col
D: Costa-Gavras
Audio: Mono

The Money Pit
USA - 1985 - 91m - col
D: Richard Benjamin
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The NeverEnding Story
Die unendliche Geschichte
W.Ger - 1984 - 94m - col / scope
D: Wolfgang Petersen
Dolby Stereo

A Nightmare on Elm Street
USA - 1984 - 91m - col
D: Wes Craven
Audio: Mono

Pet Sematary
USA - 1989 - 103m - col
D: Mary Lambert
Dolby Stereo

Pretty in Pink
USA - 1986 - 97m - col
D: Howard Deutch
Dolby Stereo

Se7en
USA - 1995 - 127m - col / scope
D: David Fincher
Audio: 5.1

The Shining
USA/UK - 1980 - 146m/119m - col
D: Stanley Kubrick
Audio: Mono

Sixteen Candles
USA - 1984 - 92m - col
D: John Hughes
Audio: Mono

Smithereens
USA - 1982 - 93m - col
D: Susan Seidelman
Audio: Mono

Space Jam
USA - 1996 - 87m - col
D: Joe Pytka
Audio: 5.1

Spider-Man 3
USA - 2007 - 139m - col / scope
D: Sam Raimi
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Surf Nazis Must Die
USA - 1987 - 85m - col
D: Peter George
Ultra-Stereo

Top Gun
USA - 1986 - 110m - col / scope
D: Tony Scott
5.1-channel Dolby Stereo

Twins
USA - 1988 - 107m - col
D: Ivan Reitman
Dolby Stereo

I vitelloni
It/Fr - 1953 - 109m - bw
D: Federico Fellini
Audio: Mono

Weird Science
USA - 1985 - 94m - col
D: John Hughes
Dolby Stereo

The Wizard of Oz
USA - 1939 - 101m - col and sepia
D: Victor Fleming
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.