Road Rash Reviews

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Vintage Classics) 4k Review *****

Cert U | 106 mins | 1949

5 Star
Vengeance Eight-Fold
STUDIOCANAL brings us a true British classic with its new 4k release of the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Directed by Robert Hamer (Dead of Night, It Always Rains on Sunday) and brought to life by the incomparable Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) playing the eight…more

Dark Water (2002) 4K UHD Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 101 mins | 2024

4 star atmospheric and eerie horror tale.
Dark Water is a Japanese supernatural horror drama film originally released in 2002. It is based on the short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki.
Written and directed by Hideo Nakata (Sadako, Stolen Identity), it has enjoyed a 4K restoration courtesy of Arrow Video and is available on Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray from 18th…more

Green Room (Limited Edition) [4K UHD & Blu-ray] Review ****-

Cert 18 | 95 mins | 2015

4 Star
Mohawk’s, Machetes and Mayhem.
From burgeoning writer/director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) comes a dark tale, that pulls you in and scares the socks off you.
Road-weary punk band the Ain’t Rights find themselves in a maize field as the driver Tiger (Callum Turner, Queen & Country) had fallen asleep in the night and now they find themselves without fuel. Luckily with…more

PATHS OF GLORY (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray Review

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

Peeping Tom (1960) 4K UHD Review ****-

Cert 15 | 102 mins | 2024

4 star restoration of a deeply influential horror classic.
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British slasher/serial killer horror film, directed by Michael Powell (A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes) and written by Leo Marks (Twisted Nerve).
Although it was poorly received upon its release due to its controversial subject matter, it has since come to be regarded as a…more

Mean Streets Limited Edition Dual 4K UHD and Blu-ray Box Set + Standard Editions Review *****

Cert 15 | 112 mins | 1973

5 Star
Big Trouble in Little Italy.
What a treat for the Filmophiles out there, as Second Sight Films brings us the 1973 instant classic, from the sixty-year career of Martin Scorsese who brought us such classics as Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, The Wolf of Wall Street, and still doing it today with Killers of the Flower Moon. Mean Streets is set where…more

The Wandering Earth II [UHD and Blu-ray Steelbook] Review ****-

Cert 12 | 173 mins | 2023

4 star epic sci-fi extravaganza.
The Wandering Earth II is a 2023 Chinese science-fiction blockbuster. Rather confusingly given the title, it is the prequel to the highly successful 2019 film, The Wandering Earth, which is based on the novella of the same name by Liu Cixin (The Three-Body Problem).
The screenplay is written by Gong Ge’er and Frant Gwo (Homecoming, The Sacrifice),…more

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