Cert 12 | 112 mins | 2024
4 star well written look at the man who changed the face of music.
Midas Man is a 2024 British biographical film telling the story of the tragically short but enormously influential life of music entrepreneur Brian Epstein.
Directed by Joe Stephenson (Chicken, Doctor Jekyll), it is available to stream on Prime Video from 30th October 2024.
“Oh, here we go again. I…more
Cert 12 | 111 mins | 1978
4 Star
Sticking It to the Man
The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song “Convoy” by C. W. McCall ( “Wolf Creek Pass”, “There Won’t Be No Country Music (There Won’t Be No Rock ‘n’ Roll)”). The film was made when the CB radio/trucking craze was at its peak in the United States, which lead to the…more
Cert 18 | 86 mins | 2024
4 Star
Multilingual Horror.
From popular horror writer Simon Barrett (The Guest, You’re Next, V/H/S/94) comes a story out of the forests of Estonia. Where director E.L. Katz (The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV Mini Series), Cheap Thrills) brings us a closed in, claustrophobic visceral horror that is based on the aftermath of the ‘Rapture’. With a novel and a unique approach…more
Cert TBC (Digital 18) | 86 mins | 2024
4 Star
Creepy Goings On In The Country.
Independent filmmakers Black Coppice Films bring us a folk-horror story from Chris Shane Sanders (Nest of Vampires, The Haunted Studio). Directed by Randy Kent (Road King, Chinese Speaking Vampires) who brings the tension and isolation of Mr Sander‘s story. Be prepared to be creeped out, and be very wary of a close-knit family, you…more
Cert 16+ | 81 mins | 2024
4 Star
A Turkish Tragedy.
It’s the summer of British comedy crime as A Gangster’s Kiss by writer, director, producer, actor Ray Burdis (Operation Good Guys (TV Series), The Wee Man) comes hot on the heals of co-writer’s Michael Head‘s (Worth a Flutter, The Last Heist) Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire . A Gangster’s Kiss is where Britain’s favourite actors…more
Cert 15 | 125 mins | 2023
4 Star
Hong Kong, The Land of Opportunity.
From the writer of Infernal Affairs comes a story that seems stranger than fiction, but The Goldfinger is based on real events in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Felix Chong (The Counterfeiter, Overheard 2 & 3) as a corporation rises to stratospheric heights, then plummets due to a financial crash. One man is in…more
Cert 18 | 125 mins | 2023
4 Star
Angels and devils in the Big Apple.
Based on the 2008 novel Black Flies by Shannon Burke (Safelight, Into the Savage Country) who has had first-hand experience on the streets of New York and brought to vicious light by director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Johnny Mad Dog, A Prayer Before Dawn), we explore New York City at night through the eyes of…more
