Cert 18 | 92 mins | 1988
3 stars for a classically silly eighties creature feature.
Sex and Slugs and Rock and Roll!
First released in 1988, Slugs is based on the novel of the same name by Shaun Hutson and directed by Juan Piquer Simon (The Rift, Extraterrestrial Visitors).
“Killer slugs for chrissakes. What’ll it be next? Demented crickets? Rampaging mosquitos maybe?”
Slugs is set in small town America, downtown Ashton,…more
Cert 15 | 92 mins | 2016
4 stars for this original and genuinely scary horror film.
Friend Request is written and directed by Simon Verhoeven (Men in the City 1 and 2) with screenplay by Matthew Ballen and Philip Koch (Outside the Box).
“You know a lot of dead people, Miss Laura.”
Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey – Into the Storm) is a popular college student, who spends lots of time on social…more
Cert 18 | 88 mins | 1986
3 stars for this outrageously Eighties cult classic.
Dead-End Drive-In is directed by Brian Trenchard- Smith (BMX Bandits, Night of the Demons 2), a key figure in the Ozploitation movement and set in Australia in a dystopian future.
Following a nuclear incident and a riot killing thousands of people, the government of Australia have invoked emergency powers. The world is now a…more
Cert 15 | 118 mins | 1991
5 Star
Urban-Decay, Aspirations and Soul.
BAFTA winner and Oscar nominated film by Alan Parker (Evita, Mississippi Burning, Angel Heart), The Commitments comes of age as it hits 25 years since it hit the silver screen. This film changed the way we look at a musical film and was so fresh and hard hitting as the soul comes from the grime…more
Cert 12A | 96 mins | 2016
4 Star
Zimmers, Shooters and Cuban Heels!
From writer/director John Miller (Living in Hope) comes a great British comedy, in Cinema’s 29th April. Telling the tale of people pushed to the edge of their suburban twilight years, with all its aches, pains and complications, where plans are made and opportunities taken.
After retirement you have to rely on your pension fund but when…more
AKIRA
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MANGA ENTERTAINMENT
12 August 2016, London, England – Manga Entertainment is excited to announce that they will be screening the cult anime classic Akira across the UK to celebrate their twenty-fifth birthday this year!
The showings will take place on the 21st September, and will play on over 70 screens – making this the widest UK theatrical release…more
Cert 15 | 102 mins | 2015
4 Star
Laugh out Loud, Misfits VS Aliens.
From the guys that brought you the hilarious TV sci-fi adventure Red VS Blue and RWBY, Rooster Teeth brings us a fresh look at saving the universe. Written by and staring Burnie Burns (The Outfield) and directed by Rooster Teeth co-founder Matt Hullum.
In the late 1970’s the Earth manages to decipher a message sent…more
