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American Symphony American Symphony is a 2023 US music biography by Matthew Heineman
Starring Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad
 There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Explores a year in the life of musician Jon Batiste.
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Battle Over Britain Battle Over Britain is a 2023 UK war film by Callum Burn
Starring Callum Burn, Vin Hawke and David Dobson
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes During the height of the Battle of Britain, a Flight of exhausted Spitfire pilots fight to the last man in defence of their country.
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- 2023 Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment cinema release (rated 02/11/2023)
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| | Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event is a 2023 US music film
Starring Dolly Parton and Eddie Trunk
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A theatrical premiere for Dolly Parton's "Rockstar" album, featuring selected tracks, a music video for the title track, interviews, and exclusive performances of
"9 to 5" and a holiday song.
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| | Garudan Garudan is a 2023 India crime thriller by Arun Varma
Starring Abhirami, Suresh Gopi and Siddique
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Harish Madhav a straightforward cop and Nishanth a college professor get entangled in a crime and one has to fight for his integrity and other has to fight for justice.
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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is a 1975 Belgium/France drama by Chantal Akerman
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte and Henri Storck
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet.
However, something happens that changes her safe routine.
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| run: | 201:50s | | pal: | 193:46s |
| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for infrequent strong sex:
- 2023 BFI Films cinema release (rated 03/11/2023)
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| | Keeda Cola Keeda Cola is a 2023 Action, Comedy Film by Tharun Bhascker
Starring Brahmanandam, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam and Raghu Ram
There are no censorship issues with this
film. BBFC Notes A cockroach in a pop bottle becomes the unlikely bone of contention between rival gangs in this frenetic Telugu language action comedy, which features moments of strong
bloody violence and its gory consequences.\n
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| run: | 119:59s | | pal: | 115:11s |
| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, gore:
- 2023 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 02/11/2023) titled Keedaa Cola
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The Kitchen The Kitchen is a 2023 UK/US Sci-Fi adventure drama by Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares
Starring Kano, Rhys Yates and Hope Ikpoku Jnr
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains. A
community that refuses to move out of the place they call home.
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| run: | 106:59s | | pal: | 102:42s |
| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language:
- 2024 Netflix cinema release (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | Maa Oori Polimera 2 Maa Oori Polimera 2 is a 2023 India horror by Anil Viswanath
Starring Baladitya, Kamakshi Bhaskarla and Sahithi Dasari
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Revolves around a policeman who sets out to seek justice for his brother's death in a village plagued by black magic
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| run: | 124:30s | | pal: | 119:31s |
| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong violence, bloody images, suicide references:
- 2023 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | Otta Otta is a 2023 India drama by Resul Pookutty
Starring Asif Ali, Arjun Ashokan and Divya Dutta
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes The story of 'Otta' is inspired by the life of S Hariharan who has written the book 'Runaway Children', which was based on the life of S Hariharan.
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| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for infrequent strong bloody images, sexual violence:
- 2023 RFT FILMS cinema release (rated 02/11/2023)
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| | Queendom Queendom is a 2023 US/France documentary by Agniia Galdanova
Starring Gena Marvin
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Gena, an artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes
a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger.
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- 2023 Dogwoof cinema release (rated 03/11/2023)
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| | Ronnie: The Edge Of Everything Ronnie: The Edge Of Everything is a 2023 Documentary, Sport Film by Sam Blair
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censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes Documentary providing an intimate portrait of the British snooker player, 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan, which explores themes of mental health,
addiction and the pressures of competitive sport.
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| run: | 112:49s | | pal: | 108:18s |
| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language:
- 2023 MetFilm cinema release (rated 03/11/2023)
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| | Seaside Special Seaside Special is a 2023 Germany documentary by Jens Meurer
Starring Olly Day, Polly Duniam and Natasha Lamb
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Seaside Special follows the town of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast as it prepares for its annual end of pier variety show, a burlesque mix of song and dance, standup
comedy and slapstick performed twice a day for three months, in the summer of 2019, set against the tumultuous ...
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|  | UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for infrequent strong language, discriminatory
behaviour:
- 2023 Tull Stories cinema release (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out & The Wrong Trousers Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out & The Wrong Trousers is a 1989 Animation Film by Nick Park
Starring Peter Sallis
There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes WALLACE & GROMIT: A GRAND DAY OUT & THE WRONG TROUSERS is an animated film comprising two cartoons featuring the inventors Wallace and Gromit.
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|  | UK: Uncut and BBFC U rated for very mild threat:
- 2023 Aardman Animations cinema release (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer is a 2022 Germany/UK documentary by Thomas von Steinaecker
Starring Werner Herzog, Guillermo de Oliveira and Lena Herzog
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Documentary presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist of our time.
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| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for infrequent strong sex:
- 2024 BFI Films cinema release (rated 03/11/2023)
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Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One is a 2023 Adventure, Animation, Fantasy Film by Various
Starring Matt Bomer, Jensen Ackles and Darren Criss
There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS PART ONE is an animated fantasy adventure, based on the DC Comics, in which the Flash and his superhero allies face a multiversal
threat powerful enough to erase all realities from existence.
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|  | UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for mild bad language, fantasy violence, threat, brief bloody images:
- 2023 Warner Bros Entertainment UK Blu-ray (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | The Lost Weekend: A Love Story The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is a 2022 US documentary by Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels
Starring May Pang, John Lennon and Julian Lennon
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A love story that took 50 years to tell, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" explores the 18-month romantic relationship between John Lennon and his Chinese-American
assistant May Pang,
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| | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong language, domestic abuse references\n:
- 2023 Icon Film Blu-ray (rated 01/11/2023)
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| | The Rhythm Of Life The Rhythm Of Life is a 2023 Music Film by Bruce Pilato
Starring Carl Palmer
There are no censorship issues
with this film. BBFC Notes THE RHYTHM OF LIFE is a UK music documentary focusing on the life and work of celebrated drummer Carl Palmer, a founding member of bands such as Emerson, Lake
and Palmer and Asia.
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| | UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for mild innuendo, sex references:
- 2023 BMG Rights Management Blu-ray (rated 03/11/2023)
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| | Top Squad Top Squad is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy by Wellson Chin
Starring Sibelle Hu, Cynthia Rothrock and Kara Wai
There are no censorship issues with this release beyong noting that the film was previously 18 rated.
Summary Notes Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu) has been assigned to the Hong Kong Police Academy to train female Banshee Squad Members, next door to the male Tiger Squad Members lead by Inspector
Kan (Shui-Fan Fung). After internal conflicts and courting mishaps, the squad members were ordered to band t...
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| | TV BBFC decisions from 01 November 2023 to 03 November 2023 | | All The Light We Cannot See All The Light We Cannot See is a 2022 US war
drama by Steven Knight, (adaptation), Shawn Levy
Starring Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the
Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they
carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have
never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways,
against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
- Season 01 Episode 01: BBFC 15 rated for language, violence (01/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: as above
| | Amazon Music Live With Lil Durk Amazon Music Live With Lil Durk is a 2023 Music, Performance TV Show by Kerry Asmussen
Starring Lil Durk
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censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes AMAZON MUSIC LIVE WITH LIL DURK is an ASL interpreted version of a live performance by the US rapper Lil Durk. \n
- Season 01 Episode 02: BBFC 15 rated for strong language, sex references, drug references, suicide references (02/11/2023)
| | Amazon Music Live With Peso Pluma - Season 1 Amazon Music Live With Peso Pluma - Season 1 is a 2023 Music, Performance TV Show by Micah Bickham
Starring Peso Pluma
There are
no censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes AMAZON MUSIC LIVE WITH PESO PLUMA is a live performance by the Mexican musician Peso Pluma.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Amazon Music Live With Peso Pluma: BBFC 15 rated for strong language (03/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: as above
| | Blue Eye Samurai Blue Eye Samurai is a 2023 Action, Dramas TV Show by Michael Green and Amber Noizumi
Starring Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Randall Park and Masi Oka
There are no censorship issues with
this film.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Hammerscale: BBFC 18 rated for injury detail, sex, discrimination, violence (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: An Unexpected Element: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: A Fixed Number Of Paths: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: Peculiarities: as above
- Season 01 Episode 05: The Tale Of The Ronin And The Bride: as above
- Season 01 Episode 06: All Evil Dreams And Angry Words: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: Nothing Broken: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: The Great Fire Of
1657: as above
| | Cigarette Girl Cigarette Girl is a 2023 Indonesia historical romance
Starring Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ario Bayu and Arya Saloka
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Amid the evocative blend of flavorful spices to create the perfect kretek cigarette, two souls embark on an epic romance set in 1960s Indonesia.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Jeng Yah: BBFC 12 rated for smoking, discrimination, threat, violence (01/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: Rose: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: Red: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: Dr: as above
- Season 01 Episode 05: Lady Cigarette: as above
| | Erin & Aaron Erin & Aaron is a 2023 children's comedy drama
Starring Ava Ro, Jensen Gering and David S. Jung
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A newly blended family and two polar opposite stepsiblings named Erin and Aaron who come together through music.
- Season 01 Episode 01: We Are Family: BBFC PG rated for violence (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: Piano Man: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: Music For A Sushi Restaurant: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: Un-break My Heart: as
above
- Season 01 Episode 05: Somebody's Watching Me: as above
- Season 01 Episode 06: Born In The U.s.a.: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: Gone Country: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: Lose Yourself: as above
- Season
01 Episode 09: I Want You Back: as above
- Season 01 Episode 10: Pictures Of You: as above
- Season 01 Episode 11: Bad Romance: as above
- Season 01 Episode 12: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Part I: as above
- Season 01
Episode 13: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Part Ii: as above
| | Ferry: The Series Ferry: The Series is a 2023 Thrillers, Dramas TV Show
Starring Steef Cuijpers, Tygo Gernandt and Dirk Roofthooft
There are no censorship issues with
this film.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Members Only: BBFC 15 rated for nudity, language, sexual images, drug misuse, violence (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: Undercover: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: Junk: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04:
Attack: as above
- Season 01 Episode 05: Long Live The King: as above
- Season 01 Episode 06: The Comedown: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: Defect: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: Once Upon A Time In Brabant: as above
| | Invincible - Season 2 Invincible - Season 2 is a 2023 Action, Animation, Science Fiction TV Show by Dan Duncan, Haylee Herrick, Sol Choi..
Starring Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons and Sandra Oh
There are no censorship issues
with this film. BBFC Notes INVINCIBLE is an animated superhero action drama; in this episode, Mark struggles to come to terms with his father's actions as a new interdimensional threat
emerges.
- Season 02 Episode 01: A Lesson For Your Next Life: BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, gore (02/11/2023)
| | Los Billis Los Billis is a 2023 Colombia drama
Starring Julian Zuluaga M, Santiago Rodríguez and Francisca Estevez
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Based on the real story of one of Bogota's notorious teenage gangs and their lasting impact on Colombian pop culture.
- Season 01 Episode 06: BBFC 15 rated for sexual threat, drug misuse, strong language, sex (02/11/2023)
| | Onimusha Onimusha is a 2023 Adventure, Action, Anime TV Show
Starring Kazuyuki Okitsu, Kenichi Ogata and Aya Yamane
There are no censorship issues with this
film.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Demon: BBFC 15 rated for injury detail, violence (01/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: Mountain Demon: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: Nightmare: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: Bewitch: as above
- Season 01 Episode 05: Yin Soul: as above
- Season 01 Episode 06: Oni: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: Harbinger: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: Yang Soul: as above
| | Pi Meena Pi Meena is a 2023 India thriller
Starring Tanya Maniktala, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Aman
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A young, troubled, female private investigator gets thrown into a world, where she has to fathom the unfathomable and find her own self.
- Season 01 Episode 07: BBFC 15 rated for strong language, suicide (02/11/2023)
| | Riding A Unicorn Riding A Unicorn is a 2022 Dramas TV Show
Starring Thelma Aoyama, Kou Maehara and Ren Ishikawa
There are no censorship issues with
this film.
- Season 01 Episode 01: BBFC 15 rated for sexual threat (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: as above
- Season 01 Episode 05: as above
- Season 01
Episode 06: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: as above
- Season 01 Episode 09: as above
- Season 01 Episode 10: as above
| | Romancero Romancero is a 2023 Spain horror by Tomás Peńa
Starring Alba Flores, Belén Cuesta and Txunamy Ortiz
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Cornelia and Jordan flee from the force of the law from powerful supernatural creatures and even from themselves.
- Season 01 Episode 02: BBFC 15 rated for strong language, violence, injury detail, sex (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 03: BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, language, domestic abuse (02/11/2023)
| | Sebastian Fitzeks Die Therapie Sebastian Fitzeks Die Therapie is a 2023 Action, Drama, Thriller TV Show by Thor Freudenthal and Iván Sáinz Pardo
Starring Stephan Kampwirth, Helena Zengel
and Andrea Osvárt There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes SEBASTIAN FITZEKS DIE THERAPIE is a German thriller series; in this episode, a former psychiatrist is visited by a strange woman two years after the disappearance of his
daughter.
- Season 01 Episode 03: BBFC 12 rated for infrequent strong language, moderate threat, injury detail (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 05: BBFC 15 rated for strong injury detail, suicide references (02/11/2023)
| | Selling Sunset Selling Sunset is a 2023 Reality Programming TV Show
There are no censorship issues with this film.
- Season 07 Episode 01: The Real Estate Apocalypse: BBFC 15 rated for sex references, language (02/11/2023)
- Season 07 Episode 02: Mean Girl Sh*t: as above
- Season 07 Episode 03: House Of Horrors: as above
- Season 07 Episode 04:
Namaste Out Of Everyone's Business: as above
- Season 07 Episode 05: Setting The Stage For Disaster: as above
- Season 07 Episode 06: It's Not The Size Of The Listing...: as above
- Season 07 Episode 07: Cabo San Loco: as above
- Season 07 Episode 08: \oppenheim Wine\: as above
- Season 07 Episode 09: The Enemy Of My Enemy: as above
- Season 07 Episode 10: Pack It Up, Pack It In: as above
- Season 07 Episode 11: Commission Impossible: as above
| | The English - Season 1 The English - Season 1 is a 2022 UK/US western drama
Starring Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Stephen Rea
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Follows a woman as she seeks revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
- Season 01 Episode 06: Cherished: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail (02/11/2023)
| | Twin Love Twin Love is a 2023 US reality romance
Starring Nikki Garcia, Brie Bella and Luke Banks
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Ten sets of twins will be divided into two houses with identical casts, where they will start an intriguing and gripping search for love. The series will discover if their
inherent similarities extend to their romantic desires.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Separation Anxiety: BBFC 15 rated for strong language (02/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: Twin Temptations Arrive: as above
| | Unicorn Academy Unicorn Academy is a 2023 US/Canada animation comedy
Starring Sara Garcia, Kolton Stewart and Sadie Laflamme-Snow
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes When a dark force threatens to destroy Unicorn Island, a brave teen and her five schoolmates must rise up to protect their beloved magical academy.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Unicorn Academy: BBFC PG rated for threat, violence (01/11/2023)
- Season 01 Episode 02: The Hidden Temple: as above
- Season 01 Episode 03: The Race: as above
- Season 01 Episode 04: The Book Of Grim: as
above
- Season 01 Episode 05: Under Starglow Lake: as above
- Season 01 Episode 06: The Vision Pool: as above
- Season 01 Episode 07: The Broken Gem: as above
- Season 01 Episode 08: Ravenzella's Revenge: as above
- Season 01 Episode 09: Mended Hearts: as above
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Exmas Exmas is a 2023 US comedy by Jonah Feingold
Starring Leighton Meester, Robbie Amell and Michael Hitchcock
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Graham surprises his family at Christmas only to discover his ex-fiancee is already celebrating the holiday with his family when he arrives.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for moderate sex, sex references, drug references, language:
- 2023 Amazon Media EU S.ŕ r.l. VoD (rated 02/11/2023)
| | Feed Me Feed Me is a 2022 UK comedy horror by Adam Leader, Richard Oakes
Starring Neal Ward, Christopher Mulvin and Hannah Al Rashid
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Following the death of his wife, a broken man spirals into an abyss of night terrors and depression and finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to
take his own life in the most horrific way imaginable.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong gory violence:
- 2023 Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment VoD (rated 01/11/2023)
| | Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas is a 2023 TV Show
Starring Hannah Waddingham
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Emmy-nominated "Ted Lasso" star Hannah Waddingham answers 12 of our most burning questions. Find out what her favorite curse word is, why Jason Sudeikis is nothing
like Ted, and the truth about those infamous "Ted Lasso" biscuits.
UK: Uncut and BBFC U rated for very mild bad language:
- 2023 Apple VoD (rated 01/11/2023)
| | A Home For The Holidays A Home For The Holidays is a 2023 romance by Kyle Cooper, Jason Wan Lim
Starring Shannon Elizabeth, Daniel Cudmore and Tom Carey
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A local hardware store owner who purchases a run-down house in a small Colorado town, only for the heir of the original owner to show up with his 10-year-old son to reclaim
it.
UK: Uncut and BBFC U rated for very mild slapstick, sex references:
- 2023 101 Films VoD (rated 03/11/2023)
| | Johnny & Clyde Johnny & Clyde is a 2023 US action adventure by Tom DeNucci
Starring Megan Fox, Avan Jogia and Ajani Russell
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Johnny and Clyde are two serial killers who are madly in love and on an endless crime spree. They have their sights set on robbing a prosperous casino - owned by crime boss
Alana and guarded by a demonic slayer that she commands.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, threat, gore, language, sex, drug misuse:
- 2023 101 Films VoD (rated 01/11/2023)
| | Knuckle Girl Knuckle Girl is a 2023 Japan action film by Hong-Seung Yoon
Starring Ken'ichi Abe, Takahiro Araki and Narimi Arimori
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A promising female boxer risks her life to rescue her sister from a criminal underworld gang.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for
strong violence, injury detail, suicide references, drug misuse:
- 2023 Amazon Media EU S.ŕ r.l. VoD (rated 01/11/2023)
| | On The Line On The Line is a 2023 UK thriller by Oliver Pearn
Starring Victoria Lucie, Royce Pierreson and Harriet Walter
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Alderney, UK. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for moderate threat, references to suicide and domestic abuse:
- 2023 Miracle Media VoD (rated 01/11/2023)
| | Queendom Queendom is a 2023 US/France documentary by Agniia Galdanova
Starring Gena Marvin
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Gena, an artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes
a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong language, discrimination:
- 2023 Dogwoof VoD (rated 02/11/2023)
| | Sly Sly is a 2023 US biography by Thom Zimny
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Quentin Tarantino
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes The nearly fifty year prolific carrier of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer,
director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for injury detail, language:
- 2023 Netflix VoD (rated 02/11/2023)
| | A Very British Christmas A Very British Christmas is a 2019 UK children's comedy romance by Steven Nesbit
Starring Rachel Shenton, Mark Killeen and Isla Cook
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Opera singer Jessica's flight to her concert in Vienna gets delayed and she is stranded in Yorkshire. The only place to stay is a bed-and-breakfast in an enchanting village
run by a handsome widower named Andrew.
UK: Uncut and BBFC U rated for very mild sex references, bereavement theme:
- 2023 101 Films VoD (rated 03/11/2023)
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The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 UK/US action adventure drama by J. Lee
Thompson
Starring David Niven, Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn
Passed U for 1961 cinema release. Home video release on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray have
all been PG rated. Netflix bizarrely changed the rating to 15 in 2021. Some releases have overdubbed the word 'bloody' with 'ruddy'. It is speculated that this applies to a US version but not UK releases. Summary Notes
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 ...
US:
Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material Returning to 4K UHD as a limited edition SteelBook Feature now includes Dolby Vision, plus existing Dolby Atmos audio Includes hours of special features!
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Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar is a film set by
Petruta Kupper
Starring Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung There are no censorship issues with this release. US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2023 The Criterion Collection [Emergence of a Superstar] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 7th November 2023
Spiritual Kung fu is a 1978 Hong Kong/Taiwan action by Wei Lo.
With Jackie Chan, Chih-ping Chiang, Hsiu-yi Fang.
Exists in several versions, Hong Kong Mandarin/Cantonese and Korean, with variations for plot reasons rather than censorship. Fearless Hyena II is a 1983 Hong Kong action film by Chuan Chen.
Starring Jackie
Chan, Dean Shek and James Tien.
5.0 /10 Always uncut and 18 rated in the UK. There exists in inconsequential extended Japanese version.
Promotional Material Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial-arts phenom Jackie Chan soon established his own unique screen persona, blending goofball
slapstick and bone-crunching kung fu into intricate feats of supercharged athleticism. Tracing his rise from breakout star to full-fledged auteur, these six unabashedly silly, unstoppably entertaining early-career highlights find Chan refining the
lovably mischievous image that would make him a global icon, while also assuming greater creative control over his projects--first as his own martial-arts choreographer, and later as a writer-director who set a thrilling new standard for daredevil action
comedy.
FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital restorations of Spiritual Kung Fu , The Fearless Hyena , Fearless Hyena II , The Young Master
, and My Lucky Stars and high-definition digital restoration of Half a Loaf of Kung Fu , with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
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Alternate stereo and 5.1 surround Cantonese soundtracks
- Classic English-dubbed tracks for Half a Loaf of Kung Fu , Spiritual Kung Fu
, The Fearless Hyena , and Fearless Hyena II , plus an English-dubbed alternate track for Fearless Hyena II , and contemporary English-dubbed
tracks for The Young Master and My Lucky Stars
- New audio commentaries for The Fearless Hyena and
The Young Master featuring Hong Kong cinema expert and producer Frank Djeng ( Enter the Clones of Bruce )
- Interview with author Grady Hendrix
( These Fists Break Bricks ) about actor-director Jackie Chan
- Archival interviews with Chan, actor-director Sammo Hung, actors Michiko Nishiwaki and Hwang In-shik, and more
- The Young Master promo reel from the 1980 Cannes Film Festival and deleted scenes from the film
- Interview from 2005 with Hong Kong
cinema critic Paul Fonoroff about producer-director Lo Wei
- NG shots from The Young Master and My Lucky Stars
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Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: An essay by critic Alex Pappademas
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1979 France horror by Jean Rollin just released on UK 4K Blu-ray
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Fascination is a 1979 France horror by Jean Rollin
Starring Franca Maď, Brigitte Lahaie and Jean-Marie Lemaire
Uncut by film censors. There is an opening scene on a bridge missing from some
releases UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated:
- 2023 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 30th October 2023
- 2023 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 30th October 2023
Promotional Material Jealousy, vengeance, obsession, cannibalism, and blood-drinking collide in Fascination, director Jean Rollin's decadent fantasy of sex and death. When a thief holes up in a remote
château, taking two beautiful chambermaids' hostage, the arrival of his accomplices and the château's aristocratic owners leads to an orgy of violence and ritualistic bloodletting. With its standout performance from Brigitte Lahaie (The Night of the
Hunted), as the scythe-wielding Eva, and an evocative score from Philippe D'Aram (The Living Dead Girl), Fascination is one of the purest expressions of Rollin's unique fantastique aesthetic."
Extras INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original French mono soundtrack
Audio commentary with Sylvia Kristel: From 'Emmanuelle' to Chabrol author
Jeremy Richey (2023)
Jean Rollin Introduces 'Fascination' (1998): filmed appraisal
Rituals (2023): updated documentary on the making of Fascination by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, including interviews with key collaborators
Natalie Perrey and Brigitte Lahaie
The Music of 'Fascination' (2023): new presentation of an interview with composer Philippe D'Aram
Newly edited archival interview with assistant director Natalie Perrey (2023)
Critical appreciation by the
author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023)
Alternative sequences: two extended sex scenes
Original theatrical trailer
Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
Virgins and Vampires (1999):
documentary on Rollin, produced and directed by Andy Starke and Pete Tombs, featuring contributions from actors Monica Swinn and Brigitte Lahaie, Nigel Wingrove of Redemption Films, and Rollin
New and improved English translation subtitles
Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Vanessa Morgan, an archival introduction by Jean Rollin, a previously untranslated archival interview with Rollin, an archival interview with actor Fanny Magier, critic Daniel Bird on the film's soundtrack, and full film credits
World premiere on 4K UHD
Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
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1994 USA comedy horror thriller by Kim Henkel just released on UK Blu-ray
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 USA comedy horror thriller by Kim Henkel.
Starring Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey and Robert Jacks.
Not cut by film censors but exists in 2 versions. A Theatrical Version and an Extended Version/Director's Cut Summary Notes This is the twisted tale of Vilmer and his
crazy family which includes the lovely Leatherface. They have pastime of killing and stuffing people. Unfortunately, Jenny and her friends run into Vilmer and his clan in the middle of the night in the middle of the woods.
UK: The
Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sadistic threat, violence:
Promotional Material First Time on Blu-Ray in the UK! When a helpful family invites two lost couples in for a good ol' down-home
massacre, the prom night teens find themselves all dressed up ... with no place to escape. Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey star in this hilarious bone-chilling remake of the horror classic.
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A summary of the current position of the UK's (anti-)pornographic internet censorship provisions See
article from decoded.legal |
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EU Committees Vote in Favor of Mandatory Interconnected Digital Patient Health Records for All Citizens See
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