Cert 15 | 409 mins | 2011
5 Star
Hang onto your hats.
Who wants to be God?
Studio Asread (Shuffle) under the direction of Naoto Hosoda, (Shuffle! Memories), they bring us a seat of the pants fight for survival as twelve go head to head to become a God.
High School loner Yukiteru “Yuki” Amano practically ignores the world around him as he drifts through classes filling his in phone…more
Cert 18 | 98 mins | 2016
3 stars for this gruesome and highly original love story.
Nina Forever is written and directed by Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine (Bad Education, Hello Panda) and comes at horror comedy from a whole new direction.
It won critical acclaim upon its release on the film festival circuit and is certainly unlike anything I have seen before. British films are often innovative…more
Cert PG | 92 mins | 1951
5 Star
Bullets, Snow, Fears and Bayonets.
Eureka brings us #127 in their Masters of Cinema collection, this classic war film set at the start of 1951 in the Korean War is the stark tale of fear whether it be bullets, the freezing cold, or inner demons.
Writer/ director Samuel Fuller (40 Guns) uses his own experiences from World War II to write…more
Cert 15 | 145 mins
5 stars for the next installment of this anime style CG web-series.
RWBY is brought to us by Rooster Teeth, the production team behind the internet sensation Red vs. Blue. It was created by Monty Oum (Red vs. Blue, Afro Samurai), and originally released as a Youtube series of 12 episodes.
RWBY Volume 2 follows directly on from the end of Volume…more
Cert PG | 113 + !80 Bonus Disk mins | 1991
4 Star
Forgetful Duo and Hamlet.
Tom Stoppard‘s directorial début of the book which he wrote about the lesser featured participants of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet. This 25th anniversary edition comes with more than 3 hours worth of bonus material on a second disk. I watched the DVD version of the film using a Blu-ray player which upgrades the replay and…more
Cert 12 | 13 x 22 mins | 2014
4 Star
Boys, Girls and Big Ambitions.
A-1 Pictures (Fairy Tail, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic) brings us a series about Middle school heroes and villains and a small girl bent on World Conquest. With their usual style of good animation and great characters created by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Keigo Sasaki this is great fun as well as dealing with social and…more
Cert 18 | 131 mins | 2015
4 Star
Swinging, Smashing and Crashing 60’s
London.
Writer/director Brian Helgeland (Writer, L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, The Sin Eater) (Directing, The Sin Eater, Payback, A Nights Tale) knows how to tell a great tale and he has kept up the good work with Legend.
(First off. If you are not a fan of the ‘C’ swear word, this is not the film…more
