Cert 15 | 137 mins
4.5 Stars of Awesomeness, Space Battleship Yamato Lives.
This a live action version of the very popular animé series from 1974 of the same name.
2194 Captain Okita (Tsutomu Yamazaki, Departures) finds himself and his armada near the orbit of Mars, as Earth has come under the fire of an alien race that he knows nothing about, apart from they use…more
Cert 18 | 89 mins
This is a great idea, badly put into practice, only 1.5 stars for this one.
Aftershock is a disaster film, set in the very beautiful coastal town of Valparaiso, Chile. As a tourist guide and advert for Valparaiso, this is an excellent film (they apparently have a lovely funicular railway), as a B-movie, not so much.
Aftershock is written and directed by…more
Cert 15 | 86 mins
3 Star fun in horrorland.
This is what it is, “the fifth and final instalment in a four part trilogy”. With its forked tongue firmly in someone else’s cheek or ear-hole.
We start with Charlie Sheen, (Hot Shots) and Lindsay Lohan, (Herbie Fully Loaded) in a bedroom scene with full Benny Hill music and their visitation of Paranormal Activity which gives the…more
Cert 18 | 91 mins
WOW. Finally, 5 stars of PROPER horror.
Evil Dead is a remake of the cult horror film The Evil Dead, revealed to the world in 1981. This new version bears all the signatures of the original, directed by Fede Alvarez, a relative newcomer, but produced by Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert (The Evil Dead, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) , the maestros…more
Cert 12 | 90 mins
This is a very entertaining piece of Anime, 3.5 stars for this one.
Naruto Shippuden: Movie 3 – The Will Of Fire is brought to us by Manga and is the latest in a long running franchise started in 2002, which includes TV series’, a number of feature films (including Blood Prison and the Lost Tower) and also computer games (various…more
Cert 15 | 129 mins
Well that was a complete waste of a morning. I’m going to give this 0.5 stars, simply because it seems rude to give it none at all.
Le Pont Du Nord was first released in 1981 and is directed by the”masterful” French director Jacques Rivette (Va Savoir, Celine And Julie Go Boating) and is taken from his so called legendary middle period.…more
Cert 18 | 124 mins
I have no idea what this is all about, grudgingly I have given it 0.5 stars.
Possession was originally released in 1981 and is now making its apparently long-awaited debut on Blu-ray.
Rather unbelievably, this film was banned in the eighties under the “video nasty” list. If there was a ridiculously weird list it would have fitted much better there.
Possession was directed by…more
