Cert PG | 95 mins | 1983
4 Star
A Flying Monk, A Flying Demon and Flying Swords.
Visionary Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter Hark Tsui (Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1997), The Taking of Tiger Mountain) directs his fourth film with Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain which challenged the established way of making Hong Kong films in the 1980’s. Bringing elements of…more
Cert U | 105 mins | 1950
5 Star
Ramrod, Wreckage, Ruin.
Rio Grande is the third installment of John Ford‘s “cavalry trilogy,” following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). This time we are dealing with Apache raids. Fifteen years after the events at Shenandoah, it is the summer of 1879 and Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke and those under his command…more
Cert 12 | 291 mins | 2018
4 Star
A Petulant Teen Playing with Kaiju.
From the anime house that brought us Kill La Kill, Studio Trigger now brings us the adaptation of the 1993–1994 tokusatsu series Denkou Choujin Gridman with up-to-date slick animation and plenty of destruction, as Kaiju wreak havoc across the city.
The fictional Japanese city of Tsutsujidai and Yūta Hibiki (Brandon McInnis, Attack on Titan, The…more
Cert U | 85 mins | 1952
5 Star
A Man of Principles.
From humble beginnings as The Tin Star by John Cunningham and adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman (The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone), High Noon is brought to the screen by visionary director Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, A Man for All Seasons, The Day of the…more
Cert U | 90 mins | 1986
5 Star
Family Sci-Fi Fun.
It doesn’t get more 1980’s than this brilliant Sci-Fi romp from writer Mark H. Baker (Lifeform) and given to the director of family favourites such as Grease, The Blue Lagoon, White Fang, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Randal Kleiser). When CGI was young this blew us away and now thirty odd years later it still stands…more
Cert 15 | 351 mins | 1991-1992-1997
5 Star
A Hero of China and Martial Arts.
Eureka Classics brings us the martial arts extravaganza that is the Once Upon a Time in China trilogy, plus the 1997 Once Upon a Time in China and America, for the first time on a limited edition (4000) Blu-ray. Tracking events of Chinese hero Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li, The One, The Expendables, The…more
