Cert U | 78 mins | 2016
3 stars for this fast paced and heartwarming children’s animation.
Just in time for half term, something to keep the little ones occupied!
The Little Penguin – Pororo’s Racing Adventure started it’s life as a South Korean / Chinese venture. This English adaptation is brought to us by Mychal Simka (A Mouse’s Tale, Frog Kingdom), who writes produces and directs.
Our title character…more
Cert 15 | 145 mins
5 stars for the next installment of this anime style CG web-series.
RWBY is brought to us by Rooster Teeth, the production team behind the internet sensation Red vs. Blue. It was created by Monty Oum (Red vs. Blue, Afro Samurai), and originally released as a Youtube series of 12 episodes.
RWBY Volume 2 follows directly on from the end of Volume…more
Cert PG | 113 + !80 Bonus Disk mins | 1991
4 Star
Forgetful Duo and Hamlet.
Tom Stoppard‘s directorial début of the book which he wrote about the lesser featured participants of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet. This 25th anniversary edition comes with more than 3 hours worth of bonus material on a second disk. I watched the DVD version of the film using a Blu-ray player which upgrades the replay and…more
Cert 15 | 111 mins | 2016
3 stars for a well thought out thriller.
The House on Pine Street is written and directed by Aaron Keeling and Austin Keeling (I.Q.) and won Best Feature Film at both Kansas International Film Festival and New Orleans Horror Festival.
It tells us the story of Jennifer (Emily Goss – American Bred), seven months pregnant and having recently had a mental breakdown.…more
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 2015
5 stars for this thoroughly gripping documentary.
“After more than two decades on Death Row, convicted murderer Nick Yarris made a final petition to the Pennsylvania courts. He requested that all appeals cease and his sentence of death be carried out.”
The Fear of 13 is directed by David Sington (The Flaw, In the Shadow of the Moon) and is an extremely…more
Cert 12 | 13 x 22 mins | 2014
4 Star
Boys, Girls and Big Ambitions.
A-1 Pictures (Fairy Tail, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic) brings us a series about Middle school heroes and villains and a small girl bent on World Conquest. With their usual style of good animation and great characters created by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Keigo Sasaki this is great fun as well as dealing with social and…more
Cert 15 | 90 mins | 2016
4 stars for this excellent and very scary psychological horror.
Last Shift is written and directed by Anthony DiBlasi (Dread, Cassadaga) and is a master class in building tension and fear.
It tells the story of rookie cop Jess Loren (Juliana Harkavy – If You Only Knew, The Walking Dead) who has arrived for her first shift. She has joined the force…more
