Cert PG | 92 mins | 1951
5 Star
Bullets, Snow, Fears and Bayonets.
Eureka brings us #127 in their Masters of Cinema collection, this classic war film set at the start of 1951 in the Korean War is the stark tale of fear whether it be bullets, the freezing cold, or inner demons.
Writer/ director Samuel Fuller (40 Guns) uses his own experiences from World War II to write…more
Cert U | 78 mins | 2016
3 stars for this fast paced and heartwarming children’s animation.
Just in time for half term, something to keep the little ones occupied!
The Little Penguin – Pororo’s Racing Adventure started it’s life as a South Korean / Chinese venture. This English adaptation is brought to us by Mychal Simka (A Mouse’s Tale, Frog Kingdom), who writes produces and directs.
Our title character…more
Cert 15 | 90 mins | 1975
3 stars for this entertaining and very 1970s crime thriller.
Sheba, Baby was written and directed by William Girdler (The Get-man, The Manitou) and was first released in 1975. It marked Pam Grier‘s return to pure Blaxploitation, following her success in Coffy and Foxy Brown.
In this film the magnificent Pam Grier plays Sheba Shayne, a private investigator living in Chicago. One…more
Cert 15 | 145 mins
5 stars for the next installment of this anime style CG web-series.
RWBY is brought to us by Rooster Teeth, the production team behind the internet sensation Red vs. Blue. It was created by Monty Oum (Red vs. Blue, Afro Samurai), and originally released as a Youtube series of 12 episodes.
RWBY Volume 2 follows directly on from the end of Volume…more
Cert PG | 113 + !80 Bonus Disk mins | 1991
4 Star
Forgetful Duo and Hamlet.
Tom Stoppard‘s directorial début of the book which he wrote about the lesser featured participants of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet. This 25th anniversary edition comes with more than 3 hours worth of bonus material on a second disk. I watched the DVD version of the film using a Blu-ray player which upgrades the replay and…more
Cert 15 | 111 mins | 2016
3 stars for a well thought out thriller.
The House on Pine Street is written and directed by Aaron Keeling and Austin Keeling (I.Q.) and won Best Feature Film at both Kansas International Film Festival and New Orleans Horror Festival.
It tells us the story of Jennifer (Emily Goss – American Bred), seven months pregnant and having recently had a mental breakdown.…more
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 2015
5 stars for this thoroughly gripping documentary.
“After more than two decades on Death Row, convicted murderer Nick Yarris made a final petition to the Pennsylvania courts. He requested that all appeals cease and his sentence of death be carried out.”
The Fear of 13 is directed by David Sington (The Flaw, In the Shadow of the Moon) and is an extremely…more
