Daniel Craig returns to cinemas in this controversial art house movie of an author pursuing a relationship with a young man which has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong sex, drug misuse.

The movie stars former James Bond Daniel Craig who has previously been seen in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and >Road to Perdition, it also stars Daan de Wit who is making a feature film debut.

The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino who has previously directed Io Sono L'amore and Challengers.

Movie Synopsis

A writer pursues a romance with a younger man in 1950s Mexico City.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Queer
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong sex, drug misuse
• Release date: 13th December 2024
• Runtime: 137 minutes (2 hours 17 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Luca Guadagnino
• Starring:
  • Daniel Craig
  • Daan de Wit
  • Jason Schwartzman

BBFC movie page

The Flash only spends a single weekend at the top of the UK box office as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse goes back to the top on its 4th weekend of release.

The top new movie of the weekend is No Hard Feelings which makes its debut at 3 while Asteroid City makes its debut one place lower at 4.

This is the first weekend since 22nd July 2022 where the full top 5 has taken over £1 Million, that weekend we had Minions the rise of Gru at the top, Thor Love and Thunder in second, Where the Crawdads Sing at 3, Elvis at 4 and the summer hit Top Gun Maverick at 5.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th June 2023

• The movie goes back up the chart to number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 3 weeks in total at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £1,995,517 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,437,344 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which took £7,730,537 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,336,897 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,771,495 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,181,383 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,176,972 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,088,803 over the weekend, a 18% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,701,009 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023

Depicting a fictionalised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe adapted from the book Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, the movie has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for sexual violence, strong sex, domestic abuse

The movie stars Ana de Armas who is most famous for starring in Knives Out and her scene stealing extended cameo in No Time To Die, the movie also stars Adrien Brody from Hollywoodland and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

The movie is adapted by and directed by Andrew Dominik who directed the critically acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Movie Synopsis

A fictionalised look at the rise to fame and the epic demise of actress Marilyn Monroe, one of the biggest stars in the world. The movie is based on the 2000 book of the same name by author Joyce Carol Oates.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Blonde
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: sexual violence, strong sex, domestic abuse
• Release date: 23rd September 2022 (Netflix)
• Runtime: 166 minutes (2 hour 36 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Andrew Dominik
• Starring:
  • Ana de Armas
  • Adrien Brody
  • Garret Dillahunt

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The trailer for Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey - a horror take on the classic A.A. Milne story, has been released.

"Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, we were friends for many years, and they're out there" - - Watch the disturbing new trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, which takes a violent new turn on the classic story. pic.twitter.com/IRMtrJazDD

— IGN (@IGN) August 31, 2022

Its not quite the cuddly animated feature that Disney has portrayed over the years, but its fun to see a new take on the classic, not sure its what the author had in mind thought!

The movie is yet to get a release date but we can likely expect to see this around October halloween season, or in the new year when horror movies also do well.

It is directed by Rhys Waterfield who has a number of movies in production and stars May Kelly and Amber Doig-Thorne who also have a number of movies filming.

Based on the 2018 novel by author Delia Owens, Where The Crawdads Sing has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for sexual violence, domestic abuse.

The movie stars Daisy Edgar-Jones is was last seen in the movie Fresh~2022 from earlier this year but was also seen in the TV series War of the Worlds and Gentleman Jack, it also stars Taylor John Smith who was last seen in Blacklight.