Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2023
4 Star
Second Play Through Time.
This anime is based on the Japanese light novel series written by Tenichi. MVM brings us the full twelve episodes in this collection. Where we see a young woman reborn in a world based on the otome game Our Ray of Light, she had been playing the game for a really long time, and she knows…more
Cert 18 | 1,013 mins | 1967-1983
5 Star
Five Discs of Kung fu Magic
Martial arts fans rejoice as Eureka Entertainment LTD have released this box set with over one-thousand minutes of ping, ping, thwap, bang as sword hits sword and fists find faces, in this ten film, five disk spectacular, all directed by wuxia master director Chang Cheh. This box set has all the drama, all the…more
99 mins | 1987
4 Star
You Can Choose a Brother.
It’s the late 1980s and hedonism is the buzz word around the World, as everybody wants to have lots of money and power. Actor, Director Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung (The True Hero, The Banquet) brings us an action packed ninety-nine minutes, with fan favourites Chow Yun-Fat (Wild Search, RICH AND FAMOUS / TRAGIC HERO) and…more
Cert 12
4 Star
Life Means Nothing in Mega Tokyo!
Classic anime comes to Blu-ray, you would not believe the price I had to pay to get Bubblegum Crisis on video back in the day (early 1990s), never mind the VHS player to go with it, just to watch this cyberpunk extravaganza. Now MVM presents this Perfect Collection – Collector’s Edition, eight episodes with…more
Cert 18 | 100 mins | 1984
4 Star
Hard Times in HK.
From Eureka comes a restored Hong Kong classic, written by another classic, Sammo Hung (Warriors Two & The Prodigal Son, The Millionaires Express), and directed by Po-Chih Leong (The Wisdom of Crocodiles, The Jade Pendant) who takes us back to WWII. The British protectorate of Hong Kong, three young people and their hopes for the future.…more
Cert 18 | 45 mins | 1989
3 Star
Across Town @ Full-Throttle
This one-off anime hails from 1989, based on the manga of the same name by Kenichi Sonoda (Gunsmith Cats), which was also cut short due to the closure of the magazine, Monthly Comic Noizy. It centres on a wheel-man and twenty-four hours of his life.
For $45,000 you can hire Bean Bandit (J. Patrick Lawlor) and Rally…more
Cert 15 | 88 mins | 1968
4 Star
Cold Steel Brings Revenge.
In 1968 director Feng Yueh (Madame White Snake, Chinese Dragon) had nearly forty years behind the camera, a lot of that time was working for the Shaw Brothers (THE SHAW BROTHERS, SHAWSCOPE VOLUME THREE!, Shawscope Volume 1, Shawscope Volume Two). His experience shows in this wuxia film, as most of his films, this is based in…more
