Cert 15 | 90 mins | 2023
4 Star
A Neo-noir Spaghetti Western
Francis Galluppi is a writer, director, producer, editor, and music composer, but this is his first feature film, and he has got off with a bang, in this death in bright sunlight neo-noir slow burner. As you watch, you will feel the tension building to the point you know it is going to pop, then he…more
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 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 15 | 99 mins | 2007
4 Star
No Sleep Till D.C.
After fifty-five years, it was deemed time to do a remake of the 1956 film ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, so in 2007 first time writer David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash) brings the story into a new century and shows its sensibilities. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) who has two…more
Cert PG | 104 mins | 1949
5 Star
What’s That in the Shadows.
This Graham Greene (The Fallen Idol, This Gun For Hire), Orson Welles (A Man for all Seasons, Citizen Kane) written masterpiece has been dubbed the greatest British film of all time, and who am I to argue against the sublime monochrome marvellous feat of cinematography by
Robert Krasker (El Cid, Brief Encounter) and direction by Carol…more
Cert 15 | 116 mins | 1971
4 Star
Eastern Twist on the Spaghetti-Western.
It’s gritty spaghetti western time, with this adaptation of Laird Koenig‘s (The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Children are Watching) novel, and directed by British director Terence Young (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball) who takes us to the blistering sun of Spain, to film this (Cult Classic) heist movie. Grab…more
Cert 12 | 107 mins | 2024
4 Star
Football, Music, Drive By’s and I and I.
From director/writer Reinaldo Marcus Green (We Own This City (TV Mini Series), King Richard) comes the story of the man who came from nothing to change the face of music and the world. Bob Marley, the Rastafarian who promoted the struggles of his fellow Jamaicans and the path to peace in times…more
