Cert 15 | 120 mins | 2023
4 Star
Hard Times in the Big Apple.
Adapted from the award-winning short film “My Heavenly City” by Taiwan’s new generation writer/director Sen-I Yu who has personal experience of living in New York, while having ties to Taiwan. Now taking her short film, and expanding her thoughts to a full feature. This story affects the young, the old, and family members facing…more
Cert PG | 76 mins | 2023
3 star charming but kooky children’s animation.
How to Save the Immortal is a 2023 Russian animated children’s film, written by Genrikh Nebolsin and Roman Artemyev (Dialogi), who also directs.
It is presented here with an English dub and will be shown in UK cinemas from 27th October 2023 courtesy of Dazzler Media.
“There it is, the Needle. That’s where your death is…more
94 mins | 2023
4 star tense and gripping horror/thriller.
Night 0f the Hunted is a 2023 Shudder Original based on the Spanish screenplay by Rubén Ávila Calvo and written by Glen Freyer (Brick by Brick) and Franck Khalfoun (I Lived, Prey) who also directs.
It is in UK cinemas and Shudder from 20th October 2023 courtesy of Shudder and Vertigo Releasing and on Digital Download…more
Cert PG | 129 mins | 2023
4 Star
The Pressure is On.
Yusheng Tian (Phanta City (TV Mini Series), The Sacrifice) brings us his fourth part of the Meng Yun (Geng Han, Transformers: Age of Extinction, So Young) and Yu Fei (Ryan Zheng, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, The Great Wall) show, as the best friends hit their mid-thirties, their mothers want grand children. For that, you need a…more
Cert 15 | 144 mins | 2023
4 Star
Cops, Crime and Control.
Philip Yung (Rigor Mortis, May We Chat), directs his first film in seven years, and this is his labour of love, as he addresses the subject of crime in the police force in Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1980s. So much was controlled by just a few men. Featuring two of Asian cinema’s biggest…more
Cert 15 | 148 mins | 2023
5 Star
The Start of an Epic Fantasy Trilogy.
Up-and-coming director Wuershan (The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman, Mojin: The Lost Legend) lands an epic job in bringing the Fengshen Trilogy, and he has smashed it out of the park, as we see awesome battle scenes, fantasy creatures and good and bad magic go head-to-head. Based on the 16th century Chinese…more
Cert U | 92 mins | 2023
4 star turbo charged family fun.
Rally Road Racers is a star studded 2023 children’s animated adventure, written and directed by Ross Venokur (The Tick).
It will be showing in cinemas across the UK from 15th September 2023, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing.
“Winners are always winning, even when they are losing. Hmm. I gotta go.”
Zhi (Jimmy O. Yang – Space Force, The Monkey…more
