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 12 | 161 mins | 1967
4 Star
Assassin Lovers Delight
Arrow Video knows we love a tale about the man with a cover story, while also doubling up as a deadly assassin, well here they are. Two assassin films directed by Kazuo Mori (Vendetta for a Samurai, Fighting Fire Fighter) famous for his jidaigeki (Period Drama’s) films, but here he gives us two dark and brooding…more
Cert 15 | 111 mins | 2025
4 star restoration of an unsettling neo noir /horror thriller.
Cure is a 1997 Japanese psychological horror/crime/thriller film. Written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Journey to the Shore, Creepy), he knows exactly how to get into your head as we watch our detective start to fray at the edges. It is considered a very influential entry into the J horror market…more
Cert 18 | 70, 106, 93 mins | 1968, 1975, 1979
5 Star
He Came, He Filmed, He Became a Legend.
From being an independent writer, director, producer and editor, Russ Meyer (Faster Pussycat… Kill! Kill!, Motorpsycho!, Up!) changed the film industry forever, with sexploitation, social commentary, racism, drama and the downright weird, all lead by his bevy of top-heavy leading ladies. All three films are over-the-top in their main theme of lust…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 18 | 106 mins | 2025
4 star 4K restoration of a nineties neo-noir masterpiece.
The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American crime thriller film, written by Christopher McQuarrie (Top Gun: Maverick, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One) and directed by Bryan Singer (Jack the Giant Slayer, Superman Returns).
It has enjoyed a 4K UHD restoration and is available to purchase from 6th January 2025 on Limited Edition…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
