Cert PG | 98 mins | 1956
5 Star
Stunning True Classic Sci-Fi.
Welcome to the classic Sci-Fi that is M.G.M.s 1956 Forbidden Planet, written by Allen Adler (The Giant Behemoth) and Irving Block (War of the Satellites), with a heavy nod to William Shakespeare‘s The Tempest. With groundbreaking special effects and an original electronic soundtrack that sets this film apart from all the other Sci-Fi films of its time.…more
Cert 18 | 164 mins | 1973-74
4 Star
One Man VS Prostitution
Eureka brings us a double-bill of pure violence, from the early 1970s with Teruo Ishii (Inferno of Torture, PRISON WALLS: ABASHIRI PRISON I-III) and Takashi Harada (Ronin in a Lawless Town, Samurai Wolf) at the helm of these Ero-Guro (erotic-grotesque) films, as syndicates vie for supremacy of the prostitution trade.
A ronin, Shino Asu (Tetsurō Tanba, REVENGE [ADAUCHI],…more
Cert 12 | 106 mins | 1996
5 Star
Cult Sci-Fi Comedy
Mars Attacks, Tim Burton‘s (Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) sci-fi dark comedy. I Cannot believe that this is the thirtieth anniversary, but very thankful that it has been remastered into this 4K UHD Steelbook Collectors Edition from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that packs in the extra’s (see below). This steelbook anniversary collector’s…more
Cert 12 | 95 mins | 1966
4 Star
Skulduggery, Bar Brawls, and Defenestration.
It’s Spaghetti Western time, and in 4K UHD from StudioCanal, this classic 1966 film directed and co-written by Alberto De Martino (The Chosen, Dirty Heroes) who brings you everything you expect in an Italian Spaghetti Western, just not as polished as Sergio Leone’s (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, A Fistful Of Dynamite) famous…more
Cert 15 | 94 mins | 1989
4 Star
4K UHD Neo-Noir.
StudioCanal brings us the 1989 neo-noir film that hits the streets running. Skilfully directed by Walter Hill (The Driver, Hard Times) who brings out in the best of his leading actors. It’s dark, gritty and deadly. Johnny Handsome, a great film for when the nights start drawing in.
His name is John Sedley (Mickey Rourke, Eureka, Jade), but…more
Cert 18 | 130 mins | 1986
5 Star
Historical Whodunit.
In 1980 Umberto Eco (The Role of the Reader (1979), Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (1984)) wrote The Name of the Rose, and it didn’t take long before production started on the film version, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Enemy at the Gates, Seven Years in Tibet). Second Sight Films brings us the definitive 4k UHD Limited Edition,…more
Cert 15 | 108 mins | 1991
4 Star
Chow Yun-Fat does a French Crime Caper.
After the release of Bullet in the Head in 1990, John Woo had a very busy 1991 due to filming Once a Thief and his seminal Hong Kong film Hard Boiled, which launched his career in the West, filming with Hollywood stars i.e. Jean-Claude Van Damme (Double Impact, The Bouncer), John Travolta (The…more
