Cert 18 | 105 mins | 1994
4 Star
Brutal Manchu VS Shaolin Monks.
From the dark mind of director Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Full Alert) comes a Martial Arts feast set in the Ching dynasty, when the Manchu were on the hunt for the Shaolin monks for plotting to overthrow the Manchu government. With Lam’s slant on this period, you are in for a dark and twisted…more
Cert 15 | 364 mins | 1986-1989
5 Star
Hopping Ankle Grabbers Galore.
Eureka Classics bring us a feast of Jiangshi, in this four film feature on Blu-ray. Following the success of Mr Vampire, there was a clamour for more, and these are the four films that followed, three by the original director Ricky Lau (Encounter of the Spooky Kind II, The Romance of the Vampires), and the fourth…more
Cert 15 | 94 mins
3 star well written and unexpected home invasion thriller.
Little Bone Lodge is a 2023 British thriller film written by Neil Linpow (Slumber, War Games) who also takes the lead role. It is directed by Matthias Hoene (Cockneys Vs. Zombies) and enjoyed its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival.
It is available to stream on UK Digital Platforms from 22nd May 2023…more
Cert 15 | 95 mins | 2022
3 Star
From Injustice, to Redemption.
Writer/director Derek Presley (Whitetail, Cronus) brings us the next stage in hitman Boon’s (Red Stone) life, created with the help of lead actor Neal McDonough (Minority Report, Captain America: The First Avenger). A Deadly Combination.
While Boon (Neal McDonough) is lying low after the events in Red Stone, doing it the best he knows and hiding in…more
Cert 15 | 124, 142 mins | 2023
4 star two film compilation of a compelling and strange anime.
How far will we go to save those we love?
Written and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena), these two films are a reimagined version of the original anime series, Mawaru Penguindrum, released in 2011. They are still quite long, coming in at 2hrs 4mins for the first…more
Cert 15 | 151 mins | 2001
4 Star
18th Century Monster Mystery
This French swashbuckling/ martial arts action adventure takes its inspiration from the real events that took place in the county of Gévaudan, Southern France. Writer/director Christophe Gans (Silent Hill, Crying Freeman) gives us a gritty murder mystery with a monster twist, in this crispy 4K restoration. Brotherhood of the Wolf is something to get your teeth…more
Cert 15 | 525 mins | 2022
4 Star
New Cannon, New Adventures.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Paramount +) have taken the Star Trek bull by the horns and reset the timeline, in these brave new adventures in Starfleet’s history. It is the middle of the twenty-third century, and these are the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before…more
