Cert 12 | 97 mins | 1986
4 Star
Ninja’s, Cops and Robbers.
The definitive version (see special features below) of Millionaires Express arrives courtesy of Eureka Classics. From 1986 this action, comedy, western is writer/director/actor Sammo Hung’s homage to the spaghetti westerns of the late 1960s- 70s. You are in for a treat as there is lots of comedy, action and martial arts. Great fun for all the…more
Cert TBC | 400 mins | 1935-42
5 Star
Bigotry Leads to Skulduggery.
From the master of horror that was Boris Karloff (The mummy, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Black Friday) comes a collection of his films from the 1930’s-40’s while he was contracted to Columbia. A lot has been written about this period in cinematic history and most say it was Universal that were…more
Cert PG | 101 mins | 1961
5 Star
Mothra!!!
Number #240 in the Masters of Cinema range comes a Kaiju Classic Mothra. From the inventive mind of writer Shinichi Sekizawa (Mothra vs. Godzilla , Invasion of Astro-Monster) and brought into life by director Ishirô Honda (Ishiro Honda Double Feature, Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) and special-effects guru Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, Rodan, The Lost World of Sinbad). Kaiju fans…more
Cert 15 | 129 mins | 1997
5 Star
Trust No One!
David Fincher is well known for films such as Panic Room, Gone Girl, Seven, Zodiac and The Social Network, but most famously for being a video-short maker who was brought in to direct the successful film franchise with Alien³. With ‘The Game’ he hit the bullseye with this drama, mystery, thriller, that has you on the edge of…more
Cert 18 | 101, 79 mins | 2020
3 star family flesh ripping fest.
The Woman is an American horror film directed by Lucky McKee (May, Deathcember) and adapted by McKee and Jack Ketchum (Darlin’, The Girl Next Door) from Ketchum’s novel of the same name. It was first released in 2011. Although not mentioned in the film, it is the sequel to the 2009 film Offspring, included as…more
Cert 15 | 183 mins | 1964
5 Star
Epic Supernatural Tales.
Masaki Kobayashi (The Human Condition trilogy, Samurai Rebellion) bases this quadrilogy on stories from Lafcadio Hearn‘s (Studies of Strange Things) collections of Japanese folk tales from the early 1900’s. Kwaidan is four separate stories that will put a shiver down your spine, as you see the Japanese take on ghost stories in their own inimitable style.
The creepiness…more
Cert PG | 79 mins | 1963
4 Star
Seeing is Believing.
Known for classic horror films such as The Pit and The Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of the Red Death, Roger Corman directed and produced this independently made colour science-fiction horror film on a low budget and now Second Sight Films brings us a newly restored version on Blu-ray.
Right from the…more
