Cert 18 | 300 mins | 2016
4 stars of action, adventure and shameless hanky panky.
Blade Dance of the Elementalers is based on the light novel series, written by Yū Shimizu and illustrated by Hanpen Sakura. It was adapted to anime in 2014 by the studio TNK (High School DxD).
It is set in a world where pure young maidens are able to form pacts with spirits from Astral Zero,…more
Cert 15 | 100 mins | 2015
4 Star
Bullets, Bombs and Master Hackers.
From Production I.G. (Guilty Crown, Psycho Pass) and Director Kazuya Nomura comes more from the Ghost in the Shell: Arise series of prequel stories of Major Motoko Kusanagi and how she comes to be the head of Section 9.
Newport City A. D. 2029. 3.
It is a year after the end of the non-nuclear World War…more
Cert 18 | 115 mins | 2016
4 Star
Swords, Fists, Feet & Teeth.
Introducing Takashi Miike‘s (Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins, Detective Story) Yakuza Apocalypse, a story of loyalty and revenge in the inimitable Miike style of blood, controversy and amazing fight scenes intermingled with the gore of horror.
Yakuza boss Genyo Kamiura (Lily Frankie, Lovers) runs his town with an iron fist as he protects his citizens from outsiders…more
Cert 15 | 118 mins | 1980
5 Stars
Castles of the Mind.
Now this is how to make your first film. Writer, producer and director William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) brings us an amazing look into the world of psychiatry and the human mind in the late 1970’s in the aftermath of the Korean, Vietnam wars. Based upon his original novel Twinkle, Twinkle, “Killer” Kane! in 1966 and…more
Cert PG | 93 mins | 1983
4 stars for this early eighties adaptation of a classic Sherlock Holmes tale.
This version of the quintessential story by Arthur Conan Doyle was first released in 1983 and is directed by Desmond Davis (Clash of the Titans).
It is being released on Blu-ray for the first time courtesy of Second Sight Films and has had a brand new 4K restoration.
We again see Ian…more
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 1983
4 stars for this early eighties adaptation of a classic Sherlock Holmes tale.
This version of the quintessential story by Arthur Conan Doyle was first released in 1983 and is directed by Douglas Hickox (Zulu Dawn, Brannigan).
It is being released on Blu-ray for the first time courtesy of Second Sight Films and has had a brand new 4K restoration.
It stars Ian…more
Cert 15 | 350 mins | 2016
3 stars for this tale of aliens and witches.
Brynhildr In The Darkness is based on the Manga by Lynn Okamoto (Elfen Lied) and adapted to anime by the studio Arms Corporation. The story is based on German mythology.
When Ryota Murakami (Blake Shepard – Penguindrum, Chaika: The Coffin Princess) was a young boy, his best friend was a girl called Kuroneko.…more
