Cert 18 | 115 mins | 2016
4 Star
Swords, Fists, Feet & Teeth.
Introducing Takashi Miike‘s (Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins, Detective Story) Yakuza Apocalypse, a story of loyalty and revenge in the inimitable Miike style of blood, controversy and amazing fight scenes intermingled with the gore of horror.
Yakuza boss Genyo Kamiura (Lily Frankie, Lovers) runs his town with an iron fist as he protects his citizens from outsiders…more
Cert 15 | 118 mins | 1980
5 Stars
Castles of the Mind.
Now this is how to make your first film. Writer, producer and director William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) brings us an amazing look into the world of psychiatry and the human mind in the late 1970’s in the aftermath of the Korean, Vietnam wars. Based upon his original novel Twinkle, Twinkle, “Killer” Kane! in 1966 and…more
Cert PG | 93 mins | 1983
4 stars for this early eighties adaptation of a classic Sherlock Holmes tale.
This version of the quintessential story by Arthur Conan Doyle was first released in 1983 and is directed by Desmond Davis (Clash of the Titans).
It is being released on Blu-ray for the first time courtesy of Second Sight Films and has had a brand new 4K restoration.
We again see Ian…more
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 1983
4 stars for this early eighties adaptation of a classic Sherlock Holmes tale.
This version of the quintessential story by Arthur Conan Doyle was first released in 1983 and is directed by Douglas Hickox (Zulu Dawn, Brannigan).
It is being released on Blu-ray for the first time courtesy of Second Sight Films and has had a brand new 4K restoration.
It stars Ian…more
Cert 15 | 350 mins | 2016
3 stars for this tale of aliens and witches.
Brynhildr In The Darkness is based on the Manga by Lynn Okamoto (Elfen Lied) and adapted to anime by the studio Arms Corporation. The story is based on German mythology.
When Ryota Murakami (Blake Shepard – Penguindrum, Chaika: The Coffin Princess) was a young boy, his best friend was a girl called Kuroneko.…more
Cert 15 | 102 mins | 2016
1st Turkey of the Year!
and it’s nowhere near Thanksgiving.
Drab, Boring and Misleading!
Declan Dale has really hit rock bottom with this dull as ditch water piece of police mystery. But as a first film hopefully he can only move up. With Hollywood A-Listers as your puppets this should have been a far better showing.
Detective Galban (Keanu Reeves, Knock Knock, 47 Ronin,…more
Cert 15 | 105 mins | 2016
4 stars for this intensely bizarre yet compelling sci-fi film.
Parasyte The Movie: Part 1 is a live action adaptation of the best selling Manga and hit anime series, Parasyte: The Maxim, written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki. This version is directed by Takashi Yamazaki.
“If the human population was halved, would that halve the number of forests that get burned?”
Shinichi Izumi…more
