Cert 15 | 190 mins | 1999-2001
4 Star
A Cop and Tricksters.
Highly experienced producer/ director Johnnie To (Election, Election 2, PTU, Throw down) brings us a double bill of cop drama. All nicely packaged as a Masters of Cinema Blu-ray release. Both films star Ching Wan Lau (SHOCK WAVE: HONG KONG DESTRUCTION, Full Alert, Black Mask) as the eerily accurate cop as he deals with the baddies…more
Cert 15 | 99 mins | 1972
4 Star
Love and Sparing the Rod.
A tale of realization.
Once again, Eureka and Master of Cinema bring us an unprecedented release as Execution in Autumn has never been seen outside Taiwan. Now on Blu-ray restoration as a 2K presentation ready for its 50th anniversary. From the “godfather of Taiwanese Cinema” Lee Hsing (The Story of a Small Town, The Silent Wife)…more
Cert 12 | 76 mins | 1920
4 Star
Capers and Confucius.
From writer/director Tod Browning (Dracula, Silk Stocking Sal, Mark of the Vampire) comes one of the films especially written for lead actress Priscilla Dean (The Wicked Darling, The Exquisite Thief) as the Universal Studios wanted to do a series of movies that showed strong female leads that were tough enough to take on the tough guys. And…more
Cert PG | 99 mins | 1949
4 Star
No Punches Pulled.
Mark Robson (Von Ryan’s Express, Valley of the Dolls) takes the hard hitting story from seasoned short story writer Ring Lardner (Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 6, Ring Lardner’s My Roomy), and sets one of the greatest actors of his time in Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life, Spartacus, The Vikings) who delivers a performance fit for…more
Cert PG | 106 mins | 1927
4 stars of high drama in post-World War 1 Europe.
Originally released in 1927, The Love of Jeanne Ney [Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney] is an epic of Weimar Cinema, based on the novel by Elja Ehrenburg and with a screenplay by Ladislaus Vajda. It is directed by the powerhouse of German cinema that is G.W. Pabst (Paracelsus, Don Quixote) and…more
105 mins | 1968
4 Star
Cold, Cold Lead.
Eureka Classics brought us The Specialists, now Eureka Masters of Cinema brings another piece of cinematic history with the definitive Spaghetti Western in The Great Silence. Once again written and directed by the maestro Sergio Corbucci (Duel of the Titans, Son of Spartacus, Django), who gives us a dark subversive Spaghetti Western, veering from the anti-hero plot…more
Cert PG | 247 mins | 1916, 25, 26
5 Star
Fantasy, Drama and Comedy from the Silent Silver Screen.
From the time when cinemas would be packed for the feature of the day, the 1920s, a time before the speaking films. The orchestra would convey the mood of the film as the intertitles show the dialogue. These films have been deemed as significant and have been restored for posterity, this…more
