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
Cert 18 | 79 mins | 2015
Oh dear, we’ve had to dust off the turkey for this one. It fails to earn even one star.
Aaaaaaaah! was first shown as part of the FrightFest Presents series. It is written and directed by Steve Oram (World’s End, It’s All Gone Pete Tong) and is his directorial debut feature.
This is a very simple (but stupid) premise. What if humans…more
Cert 12 | 12 x 25 mins | 2013
5 Star
High school Kids vs Daemons
Taken from the light novels written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. Adapted for the small screen by Kyoto Animation and directed by Taichi Ishidate (Lucky Star), they bring us a beautiful story of love, perversion, daemons, loyalty, betrayal and curses.
Akihito Kanbara is a second year high school student who loves being a…more
