Cert 15 | 119 mins | 2019
4 Star
Life Through a Cracked Lens.
First time writer, director, producer and Actor Jan Philipp Weyl tells a tale based on true events, about the aspirations of two boys from rural Ethiopia to the biggest village in the world, Addis Ababa. We are taken from the beautiful vistas of the Erer Valley to the slums of a city, that doesn’t care…more
Cert 15 | 94 mins | 2014
4 stars of heart-stopping Australian psychological horror.
The Babadook is an Australian horror film originally released in 2014. It is written and directed by Jennifer Kent (The Nightingale) and was her very impressive feature directorial debut.
Following on from the Limited Edition release it is now available on Standard Edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray courtesy of Second Sight Film.
“If it’s in a…more
Cert 12 | 97 mins | 1986
4 Star
Ninja’s, Cops and Robbers.
The definitive version (see special features below) of Millionaires Express arrives courtesy of Eureka Classics. From 1986 this action, comedy, western is writer/director/actor Sammo Hung’s homage to the spaghetti westerns of the late 1960s- 70s. You are in for a treat as there is lots of comedy, action and martial arts. Great fun for all the…more
Cert 18 | 98 mins | 1989
4 Star
Gun Runners, A Cop, and a Three Year Old.
Director Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Full Alert, Wild City) brings one of Hong Kong favourite action hero’s Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, Prison on Fire, The Killer, The Replacement Killers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bulletproof Monk) at the height of his career, to this action, romance story. Standby for a thrill…more
109 mins | 2020
4 Star
A Classic Sci-fi in the Making.
Writer/director Gavin Rothery (The Last Man (Short)) brings us the best Sci-fi since the brilliant Duncan Jones‘ (Source Code) ‘Moon’ (2009), which he did have a credit in (Art Department). He brings us a terrestrial tale set in the near future, where cars can drive themselves and cyberpunk is in its infancy, and our…more
Cert 15 | 103 mins | 1980
4 Star
Ghosts, Ghouls and Infidelity.
From actor/director Sammo Hung (Three Films With Sammo Hung, Wheels on Meals, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II) and the producer of the jiangshi film genre (The jiangshi is a corpse reanimated by a Taoist priest) that he created along with writer…more
Cert 15 | 88 mins | 2003
4 Star
One Cop, One Gun, One Deadly Night.
Seasoned director Johnnie To (Election, Election 2, Mad Detective, Exiled) brings a Hong Kong tale of how one little mistake can easily start a string of events that totally change the participants lives forever, in this cop loses his gun story Hong Kong style.
PTU (Police Tactical Unit) are a division connected to the…more
