Road Rash Reviews

CHINA O’BRIEN I + II (Eureka Classics) 4K Ultra HD Special Edition Review ****-

Cert 18 | 178 mins | 1990

4 Star
It’s Clobbering Time With O’Brien.
From legendary action writer/ director Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon, Game of Death, The Ultimate Warrior, Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K UHD Limited Edition), he brings us Cynthia Rothrock (LADY REPORTER [Shi jie da shai] (aka The Blonde Fury / Righting Wrongs II / Above The Law II, YES, MADAM! aka. POLICE ASSASSINS (Eureka…more

The Holdovers Review ****-

Cert 15 | 133 mins | 2023

4 Star
Discipline in the Festive Period.
From the pen of popular writer/producer David Hemingson (Whiskey Cavalier (TV Series), Kitchen Confidential (TV Series)) and skilfully directed by Alexander Payne (Nebraska, Sideways), who brings out the best of his experienced and his younger actors, to bring us a gripping tale of the old school grit versus the young’s lust for life outside the…more

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Vintage Classics) 4k Review *****

Cert U | 106 mins | 1949

5 Star
Vengeance Eight-Fold
STUDIOCANAL brings us a true British classic with its new 4k release of the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Directed by Robert Hamer (Dead of Night, It Always Rains on Sunday) and brought to life by the incomparable Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) playing the eight…more

Dark Water (2002) 4K UHD Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 101 mins | 2024

4 star atmospheric and eerie horror tale.
Dark Water is a Japanese supernatural horror drama film originally released in 2002. It is based on the short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki.
Written and directed by Hideo Nakata (Sadako, Stolen Identity), it has enjoyed a 4K restoration courtesy of Arrow Video and is available on Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray from 18th…more

Green Room (Limited Edition) [4K UHD & Blu-ray] Review ****-

Cert 18 | 95 mins | 2015

4 Star
Mohawk’s, Machetes and Mayhem.
From burgeoning writer/director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) comes a dark tale, that pulls you in and scares the socks off you.
Road-weary punk band the Ain’t Rights find themselves in a maize field as the driver Tiger (Callum Turner, Queen & Country) had fallen asleep in the night and now they find themselves without fuel. Luckily with…more

PATHS OF GLORY (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray Review

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

Peeping Tom (1960) 4K UHD Review ****-

Cert 15 | 102 mins | 2024

4 star restoration of a deeply influential horror classic.
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British slasher/serial killer horror film, directed by Michael Powell (A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes) and written by Leo Marks (Twisted Nerve).
Although it was poorly received upon its release due to its controversial subject matter, it has since come to be regarded as a…more

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