Cert 15 | 113 mins | 2001
4 stars for this wacky, surreal Japanese musical.
Originally released in 2001, The Happiness of the Katakuris is written by Kikumi Yamagishi (Over Your Dead Body) and directed by prolific cult director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) and now has it’s world debut in Blu-ray format, courtesy of Arrow Films.
It has been described as The Sound of Music meets Dawn…more
Cert PG | 80 mins | 1957
5 Star. It’s Classic Western Time
Eureka bring us #116 in their Dual format series of classic films brought up to date.
This is one of Samuel Fuller‘s (Run of the Arrow) thirty three films, an expert at directing and writing. He made this in the heyday of westerns films. Being shot in black and white it gives the action a stark…more
Cert 18 | 99 mins | 1989
4 Star 1989 Classic stomach churning horror.
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the UK Blu-ray and DVD release of the sordidly satirical 1989 body-horror shocker Society, arriving on 8th June. One of 2015’s most talked about Arrow Video releases, Society makes its Blu-ray debut in the UK as an exclusive digipak featuring Blu-ray, DVD and Society: Party Animal, the official…more
Cert 18 | 91 mins | 1981
2 stars for this extremely strange take on a classic story.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (also known as Dr. Jekyll and the Women) is a French film first released in 1981. It is written (screenplay) and directed by Walerian Borowczyk (The Beast, Immoral Women) and is based on the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll…more
Cert 18 | 89 mins | 1964
4 stars for this beautifully converted Italian whodunit.
Blood and Black Lace was first released in 1964 and was directed by Mario Bava (Black Sunday, A Bay Of Blood). It was the spearhead of the Giallo genre (Italian murder/mystery/horror films) and became the prototype for what we now know as “slasher flicks”.
Blood and Black Lace has been lovingly converted from the…more
Cert 12 | 100 mins | 1958
5 Star Western, You Can’t Pick Your Relatives.
From those wonderful people at Eureka comes #109 in their The Masters of Cinema Series, which brings us the masterful western Man of the West from the great Director Anthony Mann (The Man from Laramie, El Cid, Winchester ’73), a man who has worked with all the greats of the 40’s right through…more
Cert PG | 110 mins | 1960
4 Stars for a difficult time in American History.
From Eureka! and The Masters of Cinema comes #108 in their Blu-ray, DVD Dual Format release, done in wonderful 1080p.
From the director that brought us Boomerang!, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Man on a Tightrope, On the Waterfront, East of Eden Elia Kazan comes his 1960 film about the taming of the Tennessee…more
