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The Business of Film: Wolfwalkers, His House & Luxor

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The Business of Film: Wolfwalkers, His House & Luxor
With most British cinemas closed, James Cameron-Wilson looks at the box office for Scotland only and the bizarre #1 film. He discusses new animated cinema release Wolfwalkers, tipped as a possible Oscar nominee. With most of us restricted to watching film at home he reviews the British refugee horror film His House on Netflix and Luxor on Curzon Home Cinema with Andrea Riseborough in the lead role.
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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: The Burnt Orange Heresy, Philophobia & Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm

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The Business of Film: The Burnt Orange Heresy, Philophobia & Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
With cinemas closing once more, James Cameron-Wilson looks at the last box office chart for some time. He managed to get to see two new films to review, The Burnt Orange Heresy with Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger and British film Philophobia. For home streaming, he recommends Sasha Baron-Cohen's Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, spearing the state of contemporary America.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: The Honest Thief, Pixie, The Climb & Rebecca

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The Business of Film: The Honest Thief, Pixie, The Climb & Rebecca
James Cameron-Wilson examines the UK box office chart, where, with box office takings sharply up, Tenet has been pushed off the #1 slot after 9 weeks, by Two By Two: Overboard. He reviews the new #2, The Honest Thief, with Liam Neeson, Irish gangster comedy Pixie and American cult festival movie The Climb. 80 years after the seminal Alfred Hitchcock adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebeca, he discusses Netflix's new version starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: I Am Greta, The Trail of the Chicago Seven & Lynn + Lucy

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The Business of Film: I Am Greta, The Trail of the Chicago Seven & Lynn + Lucy
James Cameron-Wilson looks UK cinema box office, which has declined even further than the previous week's dreadful level. But new films are being released and he was hugely moved by the documentary I Am Greta, which was fortunate to film the Swedish schoolgirl at the start of her protest that was felt around the world. Available at cinemas and on Netflix is the recommended Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago Seven, with the main roles all taken by Brits. And James also reviews favourably the British film Lynn + Lucy.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Saint Maud, Pinocchio & Yield to the Night

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The Business of Film: Saint Maud, Pinocchio & Yield to the Night
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the effect on the UK box office of Cineworld shutting its doors, with Tenet's take down 53%. He reviews the new #2 film, Saint Maud as well as the Italian 2020 success Pinocchio, though lamenting the fact that it was dubbed rather than subtitled. For home viewing, he recommends the restored version of the 1956 British Cannes entry, Yield to the Night, starring Diana Dors and Yvonne Mitchell.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: James Bond, Cineworld & the future of cinema, Enola Holmes & Eternal Beauty

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The Business of Film: James Bond, Cineworld & the future of cinema, Enola Holmes & Eternal Beauty
James Cameron-Wilson discusses the future of cinema-going in the UK in the light of the postponement of the new James Bond film and the decision by Cineworld to close its cinemas around the world. With no new films released in those cinemas that ARE open, he turned to Netflix for a young female take on Sherlock Holmes, Enola Holmes (with a 16-year-old star and producer) and to Curzon Home Cinema for British black comedy Eternal Beauty starring Sally Hawkins.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: Bill & Ted Face The Music, The Devil All The Time & Barking Dogs Never Bite

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The Business of Film: Bill & Ted Face The Music, The Devil All The Time & Barking Dogs Never Bite
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the latest UK box office chart, where - in the absence of other blockbusters - Tenet still reigns supreme. He reviews the cinema return of Bill & Ted in Bill & Ted Face The Music. For home viewing he looks at the Netflix new release The Devil All The Time from Antonio Campos and delights in the first feature from Parasite director Boon Joon Ho, Barking Dogs Never Bite.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: The Broken Hearts Gallery, This Gun For Hire, Cuties

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The Business of Film: The Broken Hearts Gallery, This Gun For Hire, Cuties
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office, where Tenet still rules supreme. He reviews two current cinema releases, The Broken Hearts Gallery and Sally Potter's The Roads Not Taken. For home viewing he looks at the restored Blu-Ray release of the 1942 Alan Ladd/Veronica Lake film noir This Gun For Hire and Netflix's controversial Paris-set movie Cuties about the sexualisation of children.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: The New Mutants, I'm Thinking of Ending Things & Waiting for the Barbarians

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The Business of Film: The New Mutants, I'm Thinking of Ending Things & Waiting for the Barbarians
James Cameron-Wilson laments a 43% drop in the UK box office after the Tenet effect wears off. With Tenet still in the #1 slot, James reviews the new cinema #2 film The New Mutants, the latest in the X-men series. He also casts a critical eye on online offerings I'm Thinking of Ending Things, directed by Charlie Kaufman and starring Jessie Buckley, and Waiting for the Barbarians with Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: Hope Gap, Walkabout at 50 and Coup 53

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The Business of Film: Hope Gap, Walkabout at 50 and Coup 53
James Cameron-Wilson celebrates a 5-fold increase in UK box office as the Vue cinema chain opens more widely and Tenet soars past the £5m mark. He reviews the William Nicholson drama Hope Gap with Bill Nighy and Annette Bening, praises the 50th anniversary Blu-Ray release of Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout with Jenny Agutter and urges everyone to watch the documentary Coup 53 about the UK/US coup in Iran in 1953.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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