Cert 18 | 114 mins | 2000
4 Star
Brutal Death Race, Oh and Babies.
Classic Martial Arts filmmaker, writer, director and Producer Hark Tsui (Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, Once Upon A Time In China Trilogy, Iron Monkey, The Taking of Tiger Mountain) comes to the twenty-first century with this Hong Kong and South American crime fiction. Where young men have to find their place in society…more
Cert 18 | 89 mins | 1972
4 Star
Martial Art Revenge.
Following in the vein of the Shaw Brothers Studio (Come Drink with Me, The One-Armed Swordsman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) of Hong Kong comes one of their stars Jimmy Wang Yu (The One Armed Swordsmen, One-Armed Boxer II, Return of the Chinese Boxer) as writer, director and starring himself as the lead role. This film pulls together…more
Cert PG | 114 mins | 1965
4 Star
Cat and Mouse Behind the Iron Curtain.
From the pen of spy thriller master John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV Mini-Series), Smiley’s People (TV Mini-Series), The Constant Gardener) comes a classic spooks film, directed by Martin Ritt (Hud, The Brotherhood, Norma Rae). He takes us into the underbelly of what we never see, but read about in the…more
Cert 15 | 95 mins | 1958
4 star satirical take on corporate greed in 1950’s Japan.
Giants and Toys is a Japanese film, originally released in 1958. It makes it’s worldwide Blu-ray debut in 1080p courtesy of Arrow Video. Based on the short story by Takeshi Kaikō, it has a screenplay by Yoshio Shirasaka and directed by Yasuzô Masumura (Lullaby of the Earth).
The film is presented with…more
Cert 15 | 103 mins | 1995
4 Star
The Future is Here
When William Gibson (The X Files, The Gernsback Continuum) wrote his short story of a man who transports information stored in a hard-drive located in his skull, the year 2021 seemed so far away. But yet here we are looking back at the future, in this dystopian tale of the Hi-teks and the Loteks, and a…more
Cert 18 (Streaming) | 94 mins | 2020
3 Star
A Ghost Story Through Time.
Writer/director Tharun Mohan (Purgatory State of Mind (Short)), brings us his first feature film. A tale that spans a hundred years, and the lengths a person will go to in order to keep that love alive. The Darkness is a story that throws everything in this genre at it, death, demons, deception channelled through changelings…more
Cert 15 | 94 mins | 2021
3 stars of tense and creepy religious zealotry.
We Still Say Grace is written and directed by Brad Helmink (The Lodge) and John Rauschelbach (Paradox). A well used premise, but nevertheless a solid well put together thriller. It is available to stream from 3rd May 2021 on digital platforms including Amazon Prime.
“God has always been good to us in this hard…more
