Cert VOD (15) | 101 mins | 2024
3 Star
The Victorian Monster.
Writer/director, and producer Paul Dudbridge (Horizon (TV Series), Fear the Invisible Man) takes the great story of Victor Frankenstein and drags it into the Victorian era, with this new tale of mad scientists-taxidermists. Frankenstein Legacy is one to sit next to your Hammer Horror collection.
1790, the Arctic Ocean, a whaling vessel sits nestled in amongst the pack…more
Cert 12 | 300 mins | 2024
4 star continuation of this atmospheric and uplifting sporting anime.
Tsurune is a 2023 Japanese anime based on the light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano and illustrated by Chinatsu Morimoto. Adapted for anime by Kyoto Animation (K-On!!, Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions), it is directed by Takuya Yamamura (Sound! Euphonium).
It is available to own in the UK on Blu-ray from 4th March 2024, courtesy of…more
Cert 18 | 120 mins | 2024
4 star gory and imaginative found footage horror.
V/H/S/85 is a 2023 American horror anthology and the sixth instalment in the franchise. As with the previous films, it is comprised of various segments, tied together by a central framing story. This is my personal favourite of all the V/H/S films, capturing the spirit of the year in which it is set…more
Cert PG | 88 mins | 1957
5 Star
A Mountain out of an Ant Hill
This highly controversial Anti-War film was co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, The Killing), based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb (San Quentin). Kubrick made this film aged just twenty-eight, and he paints a vivid portrait of the futility of the slaughter…more
