Cert PG | 88 mins | 1957
5 Star
A Mountain out of an Ant Hill
This highly controversial Anti-War film was co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, The Killing), based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb (San Quentin). Kubrick made this film aged just twenty-eight, and he paints a vivid portrait of the futility of the slaughter…more
Cert 18 | 98 mins | 2024
5 star fantastic restoration of a horror classic.
Carrie is a 1976 horror film directed by the legend that is Brian De Palma (Mission Impossible, Raising Cain). It is adapted from the 1974 novel of the same name written by the equally impressive Stephen King (Pet Sematary, Castle Rock), with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen (Ghost Story, It).
It is available…more
Cert 15 | 112 mins | 1973
5 Star
Big Trouble in Little Italy.
What a treat for the Filmophiles out there, as Second Sight Films brings us the 1973 instant classic, from the sixty-year career of Martin Scorsese who brought us such classics as Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, The Wolf of Wall Street, and still doing it today with Killers of the Flower Moon. Mean Streets is set where…more
Cert 15 | 133 mins | 2015
4 Star
The Threat is Global.
Michael Mann (Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans) brings us a tense, nerve-shredding tale of espionage and criminal activity that spans continents. Where governments, National agencies, and criminals all come together to stop a criminal hacker with an unknown agenda. Now, released the way Michael Mann wanted.
Starting with some strange graphics indicating a hack taking place,…more
Cert 12 | 100 mins | 1996
4 Star
4K Evolution is in the Air.
What a way to come back with a bang, for this straight to video (Remember Them?) release back in 96. But a fan favourite deserves this 4K UHD release, as you get one-hundred minutes of pure monster fun. Directed by the original writer of Tremors, and some of the 80s-90s family favourite films, S.S.…more
Cert 12 | 127 mins | 2023
4 Star
Birth of Our Optimus Prime.
Another instalment in the franchise, this time it’s a prequel to the 2007 ‘Transformers’ film. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II, The Land) who moves from shorts and TV to full length feature films, with this CGIfest, as Hasbro’s child is reborn, with new transforming aliens and a planet eating evil entity.
Unicron (Colman Domingo,…more
Cert 12 | 97 mins | 1985
4 Star
Teens, Desperation and Computer Science.
From the year that brought us such great films as Police Story, Fright Night, Enemy Mine, The Goonies, Commando. This 4K restoration of Weird Science is 1980s Geek heaven. Written and directed by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), with pedigree like that you know you…more
