Cert 12 | 96 mins | 2024
4 star restoration of a fun and exciting heist movie.
Originally released in 1976, A Queen’s Ransom (also known as Ingterbatiis written and directed by Shan-Hsi Ting (Magnificent 72, No One Can Touch Her). It is presented here in a limited edition O-card slipcase, following a 2k restoration courtesy of Eureka Classics.
It is available to own on Blu-ray in the UK…more
Cert 12 | 95 mins | 2024
4 star intimate and surprisingly moving documentary.
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill is a 2024 American documentary film about the life of Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek: The Original Series, T.J. Hooker). It is written and directed by Alexandre O’ Philippe (78/52, The People Vs. George Lucas).
It is available in the UK on Digital Platforms and Blu-ray from…more
Cert 15 | 267 mins | 1965
5 Star
The Start of a Long Journey.
Prolific Japanese filmmaker Teruo Ishii (Female Yakuza Tale, Gensen-Kan Inn) brings us Abashiri Prison. Based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Hajime Itō, Ishii wrote the script as a remake of the 1958 American film The Defiant Ones. This is the first recognized Yakuza film, starting a long-running series of films…more
Cert 12 | 102 mins | 1975
5 Star
The Last of a Great Era.
Written and directed by famed Wuxia filmmaker King Hu (A Touch of Zen, Raining in the mountain) is this sword based action Tour de Force, which takes us back to the thirteenth Century, as the Chinese take on Japanese pirates. It is down to a Colonel and his retainers and a married couple to…more
Cert 15 | 125 mins | 2023
4 Star
Hong Kong, The Land of Opportunity.
From the writer of Infernal Affairs comes a story that seems stranger than fiction, but The Goldfinger is based on real events in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Felix Chong (The Counterfeiter, Overheard 2 & 3) as a corporation rises to stratospheric heights, then plummets due to a financial crash. One man is in…more
Cert 15 | 100 mins | 2024
4 star satisfyingly sweary true-life tale.
Wicked Little Letters is a 2024 British comedy film, written by comedian Jonny Sweet (Chickens, Johnny English Strikes Again) and directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You, The One and Only Ivan).
It is available to buy and rent from digital platforms on 8th April and available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from 13th May,…more
Cert 15 | 133 mins | 2023
4 Star
Discipline in the Festive Period.
From the pen of popular writer/producer David Hemingson (Whiskey Cavalier (TV Series), Kitchen Confidential (TV Series)) and skilfully directed by Alexander Payne (Nebraska, Sideways), who brings out the best of his experienced and his younger actors, to bring us a gripping tale of the old school grit versus the young’s lust for life outside the…more
