Friday, 29 June 2018

2018: June 29 - July 8






Cinema
29 Jun - 5 Jul

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Adrift
USA/HK/Ice - 2018 - 96m - col
D: Baltasar Kormákur
Audio: 5.1

Animal World
动物世界
China - 2018 - 130m - col / scope (2.66:1) / 3-D
D: Han Yan
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / IMAX 12-track

The Bookshop
UK/Sp/Ger - 2017 - 113m - col
D: Isabel Coixet
Audio: 5.1

Dublin Oldschool
Ire - 2018 - 95m - col / scope
D: Dave Tynan
Audio: 5.1

The Endless
USA - 2017 - 109m - col / scope
D: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Audio: 5.1

Habit
UK - 2017 - 94m - col
D: Simeon Halligan
Audio: 5.1

Leave No Trace
USA - 2018 - 109m - col
D: Debra Granik
Audio: 5.1

The Opera House
USA - 2017 - 111m - col
D: Susan Froemke
Audio: Stereo

Patrick
UK - 2018 - 94m - col / scope
D: Mandie Fletcher
Audio: 5.1

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Jpn/USA - 2017 - 101m - col
D: Stephen Nomura Schible
Audio: 5.1

Sanju
संजू
India - 2018 - 158m - col / scope
D: Rajkumar Hirani
Dolby Atmos

Sicario 2: Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
USA/It - 2018 - 122m - col / scope
D: Stefano Sollima
Dolby Atmos

Tag
USA - 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D: Jeff Tomsic
Audio: 5.1

Time Trial
UK - 2018 - 82m - col / scope
D: Finlay Pretsell
Audio: Stereo

Zoo
Ire/UK - 2017 - 97m - col / scope
D: Colin McIvor
Audio: 5.1


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Home Video (premiere)
2 - 8 Jul 2018

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

The Boat Builder
USA - 2015 - 88m - col / scope
D: Arnold Grossman
Audio: 5.1

The Bridge
Bron IIII Broen
Swd/Den/Ger (TV) - 2017 - 465m - 8 eps - col
D: Henrik Georgsson, Rumle Hammerich
Audio: Stereo

The Humanity Bureau
Can - 2017 - 95m - col / Barco Escape
D: Rob W. King
Audio: 5.1

I Kill Giants
Belg/UK/USA - 2017 - 106m - col / scope
D: Anders Walter
Audio: 5.1

Inferno: Skyscraper Escape
Crystal Inferno
Fr/Belg - 2017 - 92m - col / scope
D: Eric Summer
Audio: 5.1

The Legend of Ben Hall
Aus - 2017 - 139m - col / scope
D: Matthew Holmes
Audio: 5.1

Spinning Man
Ire/Swd/USA - 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D: Simon Kaijser
Audio: 5.1

Stephanie
USA - 2017 - 86m - col / scope
D: Akiva Goldsman
Audio: 5.1

A Very English Scandal
UK (TV) - 2018 - 168m - 3 eps - col
D: Stephen Frears
Audio: Stereo


Inferno: Skyscraper Escape


Home Video (ex-cinema)
2 - 8 Jul 2018

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

Checkmate
UK - 1935 - 67m - bw
D: George Pearson
Box-set premiere: The Renown Pictures Crime Collection Volume Four.
Audio: Mono

The Endless
USA - 2017 - 109m - col / scope
D: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Audio: 5.1

Game Night
USA - 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Audio: 5.1

I Got Life!
Aurore
Fr - 2017 - 89m - col
D: Blandine Lenoir
Audio: 5.1

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

Mysterious Mr. Nicholson
UK - 1947 - 78m - bw
D: Oswald Mitchell
Box-set premiere: The Renown Pictures Crime Collection Volume Four.
Audio: Mono

No Stone Unturned
UK/USA - 2017 - 111m - col / scope
D: Alex Gibney
Audio: Stereo

You Were Never Really Here
USA/UK/Fr - 2018 - 90m - col / scope
D: Lynne Ramsay
Audio: 5.1

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Home Video (reissues)
2 - 8 Jul 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

55 Days at Peking
USA/Sp - 1963 - 154m - col / Super Technirama 70
D: Nicholas Ray
6-channel stereo

Blind Spot
UK - 1958 - 71m - bw
D: Peter Maxwell
Audio: Mono

The Boys
UK - 1962 - 123m - bw / scope
D: Sidney J. Furie
Audio: Mono

The Bridge
Bron I Broen
Swd/Den (TV) - 2011 - 580m - 10 eps - col
D: Henrik Georgsson, Charlotte Sieling, Lisa Siwe
Audio: Stereo

The Bridge
Bron II Broen
Swd/Den (TV) - 2013 - 577m - 10 eps - col
D: Morten Arnfred, Henrik Georgsson, Kathrine Windfeld
Audio: Stereo

The Bridge
Bron III Broen
Swd/Den (TV) - 2015 - 583m - 10 eps - col
D: Henrik Georgsson, Rumle Hammerich
Audio: Stereo

The Cat O'Nine Tails
Il gatto a nove code
It/Fr/W.Ger - 1970 - 104m - col / scope
D: Dario Argento
Audio: Mono

The German Doctor
[see: Wakolda]

Invaders From Mars
USA - 1986 - 99m - col / scope
D: Tobe Hooper
Dolby Stereo

Jack Reacher
USA - 2012 - 130m - col / scope
D: Christopher McQuarrie
Audio: 7.1

The Killing
Forbrydelsen
Den (TV) - 2007 - 1142m - 20 eps - col
D: Morten Arnfred, Henrik Ruben Genz, Morten Køhlert, Birger Larsen, Kristoffer Nyholm, Charlotte Sieling, Hans Fabian Wullenweber
Audio: Stereo

The Killing III
Forbrydelsen III
Den (TV) - 2012 - 585m - 10 eps - col
D: Natasha Arthy, Mikkel Serup, Hans Fabian Wullenweber
Audio: Stereo

The Killing II
Forbrydelsen II
Den (TV) - 2009 - 582m - 10 eps - col
D: Kristoffer Nyholm, Charlotte Sieling, Hans Fabian Wullenweber
Audio: Stereo

Lady of Deceit
Born to Kill
USA - 1947 - 92m - bw
D: Robert Wise
Audio: Mono

Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
USA - 2006 - 105m - col / scope
D: Randall Miller
Audio: 5.1

Mission Impossible
USA - 1996 - 110m - col / scope
D: Brian DePalma
Audio: 5.1

Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol
USA - 2011 - 133m - col / scope + IMAX
D: Brad Bird
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation
USA/China/HK - 2015 - 131m - col / scope
D: Christopher McQuarrie
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Mission: Impossible III
USA/Ger/China - 2006 - 126m - col / scope
D: J.J. Abrams
Audio: 5.1

Mission: Impossible II
USA/Ger - 2000 - 124m - col / scope
D: John Woo
Audio: 5.1

Operation Diplomat
UK - 1953 - 70m - bw
D: John Guillermin
Audio: Mono

Port of Escape
UK - 1955 - 76m - bw
D: Anthony Young
Audio: Mono

The Search for John Gissing
USA/UK - 2001 - 91m - col
D: Mike Binder
Originally premiered on UK DVD as Cheat Steal Lie.
Dolby Stereo SR

The Voice of Merrill
UK - 1952 - 84m - bw
D: John Gilling
Audio: Mono

Wakolda
Arg/Fr/Sp/Nor/USA - 2013 - 93m - col / scope
D: Lucí Puenzo
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.

Friday, 22 June 2018

2018: June 22 - July 1






Cinema
22 - 28 Jun

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Abrahaminte Santhathikal
അബ്രഹാമിന്റെ സന്തതികൾ
India - 2018 - 130m - col / scope
D: Shaji Padoor
Dolby Atmos

Arcadia
UK - 2017 - 78m - col
D: Paul Wright
Audio: Stereo

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
USA - 2017 - 78m - col
D: Sara Driver
Audio: Stereo

Freak Show
USA - 2017 - 91m - col / scope
D: Trudie Styler
Audio: 5.1

In the Fade
Aus dem Nichts
Ger/Fr - 2017 - 106m - col / scope
D: Fatih Akin
Audio: 5.1

Kissing Candice
Ire/UK - 2017 - 108m - col / scope
D: Aoife McArdle
Audio: 5.1

Maquia
さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
Jpn - 2018 - 114m - col
D: Mari Okada
Audio: 5.1

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
[see: Maquia]

Ocean's 8
USA - 2018 - 110m - col / scope
D: Gary Ross
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Overboard
USA - 2018 - 112m - col / scope
D: Rob Greenberg
Audio: 5.1

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Home Video (premiere)
25 Jun - 1 Jul 2018

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

1945: From This Day
UK - 2018 - 62m - col
D: Rick Roberts
Audio: 5.1

Beauty and the Beast
La bella e la bestia
It/Sp (TV) - 2014 - 194m - 2 eps - col
D: Fabrizio Costa
Audio: Stereo

Escape From Sobibor
Собибор
Russia/Ger/Lith/Pol - 2018 - 112m - col / scope
D: Konstantin Khabenskiy
Audio: 5.1

Flight From Hell
Last Flight
絕命航班
China - 2014 - 86m - col / 3-D
D: Vincent Zhou Wenwu Bei
Audio: 5.1

Ghost Source Zero
USA - 2017 - 95m - col
D: Mark Cheng
Audio: 5.1

Grimsey
Sp - 2018 - 70m - col
D: Richard García, Raúl Portero
Audio: 5.1

Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay
Buon funerale amigos!... paga Sartana
It/Sp - 1970 - 91m - col / scope
D: Giuliano Carnimeo [as: Anthony Ascott]
Box-set premiere: The Complete Sartana.
Audio: Mono

The Institute
USA - 2017 - 98m - col
D: James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky
Audio: 5.1

It Came From the Desert
Fin/UK/Can - 2017 - 90m - col / scope
D: Marko Mäkilaakso
Audio: 5.1

Jackals
USA - 2017 - 85m - col / scope
D: Kevin Greutert
Audio: 5.1

Light the Fuse... Sartana is Coming
Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana
It/Sp - 1970 - 100m - col / scope
D: Giuliana Carnimeo [as: Anthony Ascott]
Box-set premiere: The Complete Sartana.
Audio: Mono

A Master Builder
USA - 2013 - 130m - col
D: Jonathan Demme
Audio: 5.1

Pool Party Massacre
USA - 2017 - 81m - col
D: Drew Marvick
Audio: Stereo

Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!
It - 1970 - 93m - col / scope
D: Giuliano Carnimeo [as: Anthony Ascott]
Box-set premiere: The Complete Sartana.
Audio: Mono

 Escape From Sobibor and Flight From Hell


Home Video (ex-cinema)
25 Jun - 1 Jul 2018

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

Adventure in Sahara
USA - 1938 - 60m - bw
D: D. Ross Lederman
Box-set premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

Black Peter
Černý Petr
Czech - 1964 - 85m - bw
D: Milos Forman
Originally premiered in UK cinemas as Peter and Pavla.
Audio: Mono

The Crimson Kimono
USA - 1959 - 81m - bw
D: Samuel Fuller
Box-set premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

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

It Happened in Hollywood
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
D: Harry Lachman
Originally premiered in UK cinemas as Once a Hero.
Box-set video premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

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

The Lodgers
Ire - 2017 - 93m - col / scope
D: Brian O'Malley
Audio: 5.1

Mansfield 66/67
USA/UK - 2017 - 85m - col
D: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes
Audio: 5.1

The Night is Short, Walk On Girl
夜は短し歩けよ乙女
Jpn - 2017 - 91m - col
D: Yuasa Masaki
Audio: 5.1

The Night Walker
USA - 1964 - 86m - bw
D: William Castle
Audio: Mono

The Nile Hilton Incident
Swd/Den/Ger/Fr - 2017 - 111m - col / scope
D: Tarik Saleh
Audio: 5.1

Nothing Like a Dame
UK - 2018 - 84m - col
D: Roger Michell
Audio: Stereo

Power of the Press
USA - 1943 - 64m - bw
D: Lew Landers
Box-set premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

Scandal Sheet
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
D: Phil Karlson
Originally premiered in UK cinemas as The Dark Page.
Box-set video premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

Scream for Me Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herz - 2017 - 96m - col
D: Tarik Hodzic
Audio: Stereo

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

Shockproof
USA - 1949 - 80m - bw
D: Douglas Sirk
Box-set premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

Underworld U.S.A.
USA - 1960 - 98m - bw
D: Samuel Fuller
Box-set premiere: Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961.
Audio: Mono

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Home Video (reissues)
25 Jun - 1 Jul 2018

Feature films and TV movies:

The Addiction
USA - 1994 - 82m - bw
D: Abel Ferrara
Dolby Stereo

The Big Combo
USA - 1955 - 89m - bw
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Audio: Mono

The China Syndrome
USA - 1979 - 122m - col
D: James Bridges
Audio: Mono

Coco Chanel
It/Fr/UK (TV) - 2008 - 184m - 2 eps - col
D: Christian Duguay
Audio: Stereo

Dangerous Liaisons
USA - 1988 - 120m - col
D: Stephen Frears
Dolby Stereo

Firestarter
USA - 1984 - 114m - col / scope
D: Mark L. Lester
Audio: Mono

Halls of Montezuma
USA - 1950 - 112m - col
D: Lewis Milestone
Audio: Mono

I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death
Sono Sartana: Il vostro becchino
It - 1969 - 102m - col / scope
D: Giuliano Carnimeo [as: Anthony Ascott]
Originally premiered on UK VHS as Sartana: Angel of Death.
Audio: Mono

If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death
...se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte
It/Fr/W.Ger - 1968 - 95m - col
D: Gianfranco Parolini [as: Frank Kramer]
Originally premiered on UK VHS as Sartana: Pray for Your Death.
Audio: Mono

Kings of the Road
Im Lauf der Zeit
W.Ger - 1976 - 176m - bw
D: Wim Wenders
Audio: Mono

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

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
USA - 2004 - 118m - col / scope
D: Wes Anderson
Audio: 5.1

The Living Dead Girl
La morte vivante
Fr - 1982 - 86m - col
D: Jean Rollin
Audio: Mono

Mamma Mia!
UK/Ger/USA - 2008 - 109m - col / scope
D: Phyllida Lloyd
Audio: 5.1

Mind Ripper
USA - 1995 - 94m - col
D: Joe Gayton
Dolby Stereo

Modern Romance
USA - 1981 - 93m - col
D: Albert Brooks
Audio: Mono

Secret Beyond the Door...
USA - 1947 - 99m - bw
D: Fritz Lang
Audio: Mono

Super Troopers
USA - 2001 - 100m - col
D: Jay Chandrasekhar
Audio: 5.1

-----oOo-----


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.