Cert U | 212 mins | 1928
5 Star
Lessons in Comedy
Here is another great remastered release from Eureka Entertainment, with this release of the greatest duo to grace the silver screen. This compilation follows hot on the heels of their January release of LAUREL & HARDY: THE SILENT YEARS (1927). This time it is from the year 1928, and ten of their silent shorts. The Blu-ray is…more
Cert 12 | 108 mins | 2024
5 star, brilliantly bonkers beavers.
Hundreds of Beavers is a 2024 American slapstick comedy film, written by Mike Cheslik, who also makes his very impressive feature directorial debut and Rylan Brickson Cole Tews, who also stars.
Following it’s hugely successful festival circuit, it is showing in UK cinemas from 9th July 2024, courtesy of Lightbulb Film Distribution.
Jean Kayak (Rylan Brickson Cole Tews)…more
Cert U | 70 mins | 1923
4 Star
The Age Old Problem, Love.
Three Ages may be one-hundred years old, but the subject is ageless, love and how to acquire it. Three Ages is a first for Keaton, as he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in it. As usual, Keaton provides us with comic genius, in his timing, his death defying stunts, and his slapstick acrobatics. Three Ages…more
Cert U | 61 mins | 1920
4 Star
Keaton Kickstarts the Guffawing 20s
The Saphead is based on two plays, The Henrietta, 1887 (Bronson Howard) and The New Henrietta, 1913 (Victor Mapes), and due to Douglas Fairbanks (The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro) Buster Keaton got his first starring role, under the direction of Herbert Blaché (The Million Dollar Robbery, The Star of…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 | 243 mins | 1921
4 star remastered epic German silent film.
The Indian Tomb is a silent German adventure thriller written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang (Metropolis, Dr. Mabuse: the Gambler) and directed by Joe May (Asphalt, The Invisible Man Returns).
Originally released in 1921, it is now available to own on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time in celebration of it’s…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
