Cert 12 | 116 mins | 2024
4 star expertly remastered origin story.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a 2015 big screen reimagining of the beloved 1960’s T.V. show of the same name, created by Norman Felton and Sam Rolfe. The screenplay was adapted by Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes), Jeff Kleeman (Frankenstein) and the brilliant Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Wrath of Man). who also…more
Cert PG | 105 mins | 1978
3 Star
Cult Japanese Knock-off.
Writer/director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, Virus) brings us a way-out-there Sci-fi opera that will blow your mind, as planets are ravaged, people massacred and irreverent punk kids are expected to be heroes. With a very similar story and attempts at visual effects done on a budget, compared to a film that came a year before, Message From…more
Cert PG | 101 mins | 1984
4 Star
Sci-fi Cult Classic.
Those of a certain age rejoice as a 1980s Sci-fi cult classic, the boundary pushing The Last Starfighter, comes to 4K courtesy of Arrow Video. The Nick Castle (Escape from New York (writer), The Boy Who Could Fly) Sci-fi adventure that relied heavily on state-of-the-art computer graphics created by Ron Cobb (Dark Star, Alien, Star Wars) who…more
Cert 18 | 115 mins | 1970
4 Star
Brutality Out West
Who doesn’t love a classic western, well that was the way until 1970 when Theodore V. Olsen (The Stalking Moon) and John Gay (Run Silent Run Deep, Separate Tables) adapted Olsen’s novel “Arrow in the Sun” for the big screen, telling the tale of the massacre in 1864, and to mirror the atrocities going on in Vietnam.…more
Cert PG | 100 mins | 1982
4 Star
Fantastical Fighting.
From martial arts maestro Woo-Ping Yuen (Drunken Master, DREADNAUGHT, IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV) comes a (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray that will blow your socks off, as sorcerers and martial artists fight for the life of a Prince. Great stuff for the weekend.
It’s 1663, and it is illegal for Han Chinese and Manchu people to marry,…more
Cert 18 | 89 mins | 2024
4 star restoration of a proper slasher flick.
Madman is an American horror film, written and directed by Joe Giannone. Originally released in 1981, it fell firmly within the video nasty category and although never labelled as such, was caught up in the frenzy of the time.
It has since gained a cult following and is presented here in 4K UHD, having…more
Cert 15 | 291 mins | 1968-69
5 Star
A Woman Scorned!
From the pen of writer/director Norifumi Suzuki (Sex & Fury, Truck Rascals) comes the start of an eight film series. This Eureka Blu-ray release sees these three films fully restored to 1080 HD, and they have done a cracking job of all three films as Sumiko Fuji (Summer Wars, Omocha) takes on the lead role as a…more
