Cert 15 | 350 mins | 2004
4 star
Veins, Pains and Sibling Rivalry.
From animation studio ‘Madhouse’ (Death Note, Wolf Children) comes a hard hitting Martial-Arts series. This Collectors Edition comes via MVM, and contains the original twenty-four episodes, plus the two OVA’s on Blu-ray. Directed by Toshifumi Kawase (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV Series), The Matchless Raijin-Oh (TV Series)), who gives us rippling muscles, panty-shots and Chi…more
Cert PG | 104 mins | 1949
5 Star
What’s That in the Shadows.
This Graham Greene (The Fallen Idol, This Gun For Hire), Orson Welles (A Man for all Seasons, Citizen Kane) written masterpiece has been dubbed the greatest British film of all time, and who am I to argue against the sublime monochrome marvellous feat of cinematography by
Robert Krasker (El Cid, Brief Encounter) and direction by Carol…more
Cert 15 | 122 mins | 1991
5 Star
Surf’s Up
From Icon Film Distribution comes the 1991 cult surfing-crime film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Strange Days) who bring the thrills and spills of this adrenalin fuelled crime caper, and with the 4K you can almost feel the spray from the surf. Point Break, Great Action, Great Characters, Cult Classic.
The surf is good and the sun…more
Cert PG | 101 mins | 1984
4 Star
Sci-fi Cult Classic.
Those of a certain age rejoice as a 1980s Sci-fi cult classic, the boundary pushing The Last Starfighter, comes to 4K courtesy of Arrow Video. The Nick Castle (Escape from New York (writer), The Boy Who Could Fly) Sci-fi adventure that relied heavily on state-of-the-art computer graphics created by Ron Cobb (Dark Star, Alien, Star Wars) who…more
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
Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2019
4 Star
Angel’s Versus the World
(Kazuya Aiura, Long Riders!, Super Cub) directs this exciting delve into the lives of Mana users, adapted from the light novel series, written by Kei Amagi and illustrated by Nino Ninomoto. These Mana users are all from high-born families of the last human city of Flandore. This is a tale of where a young girl’s heritage…more
Cert 15 | 325 mins | 2024
3 star quirky and surreal anime series.
NeiA_7, also known as NeiA under 7, is a Japanese animation originally released in 2000 and based on the manga series created by Yoshitoshi Abe (Serial Experiments lain). It was adapted for anime by Studio Triangle Staff (Macross Plus: Movie Edition).
It available in the UK on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from 15th January 2024 courtesy…more
