Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2024
4 Star
Finger Licking Good!
Chained soldier manga was created by Takahiro (Yuki Yuna is a Hero) and illustrated by Yohei Takemura, serialized on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ online platform. This has been adapted for anime by Seven Arcs (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha). Now MVM brings us season one of this contentious anime that delves into the realms of slave and mistress’. What…more
Cert 15 | 90 mins | 2023
4 Star
A Neo-noir Spaghetti Western
Francis Galluppi is a writer, director, producer, editor, and music composer, but this is his first feature film, and he has got off with a bang, in this death in bright sunlight neo-noir slow burner. As you watch, you will feel the tension building to the point you know it is going to pop, then he…more
Cert 18 | 116–101 mins | 1985
5 Star
UK Does Cult Sci-fi
Arrow Video do us cult Sci-fi fans a huge favour in their latest 4K release, with Lifeforce the 1985 box-office flop. But it has stood the test of time with this amazing conversion, with great special effects for the time and stand out practical effects. With Sci-fi/ horror royalty co-writing in Dan O’Bannon (Alien, The Return…more
Cert 18 | 153 mins | 2009
5 Star
A Glorious Masterpiece
A fictitious wartime scenario cannot be done better than this story from modern day master of cinema, Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) who takes the fight to the Nazi’s and their high command, as Jewish-American soldiers are drafted into the “Basterds,” a black ops commando unit…more
Cert 15 | 115 mins | 1993
5 Star
Boom! And The Utopia Was Gone.
It’s time to go back to 1993 and see the blockbuster Demolition Man, directed by Marco Brambilla (Destricted, Excess Baggage). This is his first feature film, in a short career of feature films, but what a Sci-fi legacy he has left in this twist on the dystopian future. Where all is fine and dandy…more
Cert 12 | 80 mins | 1954
4 Star
Doomsday Breakout
When it comes from the pen of Sydney Boehm (The Big Heat, The Atomic City) you know you are in for a great tale. Directed by Hugo Fregonese (My Six Convicts, Savage Pampas) who brings out the brooding and ferocity of his leading man Edward G. Robinson (Double Indemnity, Key Largo) and a cracking support cast to boot.…more
Cert PG | 109 mins | 1974
4 Star
High Tension on the High Seas.
From the 1970s, the era of disaster movies, some movies stood out and some just sunk, but this nautical thriller stands the test of time. Now Eureka Classics brings us their crispy Blu-ray limited edition, with plenty of special features (see below). Based on events of 1972 aboard the QE2, this movie follows 1200…more
