Road Rash Reviews

No Way Out (1950) Review *****

Cert 15 | 106 mins | 1950

5 Star
Classic Racial Aggression.
The Masters of Cinema bring us release #191 in their series of classic cinema and what a film No Way Out is, filmed when racial tension was at its height in the USA. Writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (A Letter to Three Wives, The Barefoot Contessa, Cleopatra) takes the raw emotions and puts them on the silver screen…more

The Defiant Ones Review *****

Cert U | 97 mins | 1958

5 Star
When Criminals and Cabbages Collide.
Eureka Classics bring us Stanley Kramer‘s (Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World) classic two men on the run film. A film made during the height of the racially sensitive USA in the mid 1950’s. This Academy award winning film (Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay—Written Directly for the…more

Momotaro, Sacred Sailors Review ****-

Cert 12 | 74 mins | 1945

4 Star
A Piece of History and the Start of a Legacy.
What do you do when you are ordered to make a propaganda film for the Japanese Navy during World War II? This was the task of Mitsuyo Seo (Momotarô’s Sea Eagles) who two years earlier had made a short film for the Navy. He went and made Japan’s first ever…more

Parallel (2016) Review ****-

Cert TBC | 79 mins | 2016

4 Star
Take a Walk on the darker side of Life.
How deep down the rabbit hole would you go?
British indie film goes down a dark path with this different take on the psychic medium film style, directed by Ieva Makselyte (I Saw the Dead) in his first full length feature. He makes a great job of giving the tension of people…more

The Apartment Limited Edition Review *****

Cert PG | 125 mins | 1960

5 Star
A Magic Moment in Movie History.
A master piece, from writer/ director Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Spirit of St. Louis) and now brought up to Blu-ray quality with a ton of special features for this limited release (3000), all thanks to Arrrow Academy.
Calvin Clifford (C. C.) “Bud” Baxter (Jack…more

Buster Keaton 3 Films Review *****

Cert U | 191 mins | 1924, 1926, 1928

5 Star
Keaton at his Best.
 
Eureka does it again, with this collection of three films from the master of comedy action deadpan hero. Now fully restored to 1080p with sharper music and sounds. This is a must own, for the laughs, the action and the history of this amazing man. With a package that comes with a sixty page booklet and…more

The Howling 2017 Review

Cert 18 | 85 mins | 2017

4 Star
An Urban Myth a Mad Scientist and Inquisitive Teens.
What more does a horror film need. Greenway Entertainment (Essex Boys: Law of Survival) knows that it is an urban myth and a few inquisitive teens and a spooky wooded area. The film is based on those old grainy horrors from around the 1930’s such as Frankenstein and the Mummy, the…more

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