300 mins | 2022
4 Star
The Love and Grief of a Demon.
MVM brings us a magical teen titillation Blu-ray, directed by Takashi Naoya (Am I Actually the Strongest? (TV Series), Tales of Wedding Rings (TV Series)). Taken from the manga series written by Kōta Aman and illustrated by Yōko Umezu. With the not so snappy title of Vermeil in Gold: The Failing Student and…more
Cert 15 | 93 mins | 1981
4 Star
Close Encounters of the Hairy Kind.
It’s cult classic time and thanks to Eureka Entertainment LTD, we get to see it on Blu-ray. This Larry Cohen (The Stuff, The Ambulance, Phone Booth) dark comedy (his only true comedy) is possibly more poignant today than back in the early 1980s (Jimmy Carter). But this teen (the star was 25) coming of…more
Cert U | 91 mins | 1954
4 Star
An Army of One.
Based on the ‘Broncho Apache’ by Paul Wellman (Wild West: Kansas, Oklahoma, Great Plains), this was adapted by producer Harold Hecht (Marty, Run Silent Run Deep) and Burt Lancaster (The Train, Birdman of Alcatraz) and directed by the now famed Robert Aldrich (Twilight’s Last Gleaming, The Flight of the Phoenix), now it has been restored and…more
Cert PG | 125 mins | 1960
5 Star
A Magic Moment in Movie History.
A masterpiece, from writer/ director Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Spirit of St. Louis) and now brought up to Blu-ray quality with a ton of special features for this limited release (3000), all thanks to Arrow Academy.
Calvin Clifford (C. C.) “Bud” Baxter (Jack Lemmon,…more
Cert PG | 73 - 83 mins | 1974
5 Star
A Sci-fi Fan’s Dream Come True
Well, it started out as a seventy-three-minute independent USC student film, and now some fifty years later, this iconic Sci-fi film has arrived on Blu-ray and a 4K perfect restoration by Fabulous Films. With the original director’s cut, and the longer theatrical cut, plus plenty of bonus material, (see below). What…more
Cert 15 | 109 mins | 1981
5 Star
4K Sci-fi True Grit.
Arrow Film bring us another classic Sci-fi film, this time from 1981, a film written and directed by Peter Hyams (Time Cop, 2010: The Year We Make Contact), it’s commonly agreed that it is a reworking of High Noon, but in space. Where a man takes his job far too seriously, and he won’t back down…more
Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2023
4 Star
Second Play Through Time.
This anime is based on the Japanese light novel series written by Tenichi. MVM brings us the full twelve episodes in this collection. Where we see a young woman reborn in a world based on the otome game Our Ray of Light, she had been playing the game for a really long time, and she knows…more
