Cert 15 | 99 mins | 2007
4 Star
No Sleep Till D.C.
After fifty-five years, it was deemed time to do a remake of the 1956 film ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, so in 2007 first time writer David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash) brings the story into a new century and shows its sensibilities. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) who has two…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 | 116 mins | 1971
4 Star
Eastern Twist on the Spaghetti-Western.
It’s gritty spaghetti western time, with this adaptation of Laird Koenig‘s (The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Children are Watching) novel, and directed by British director Terence Young (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball) who takes us to the blistering sun of Spain, to film this (Cult Classic) heist movie. Grab…more
Cert 12 | 107 mins | 2024
4 Star
Football, Music, Drive By’s and I and I.
From director/writer Reinaldo Marcus Green (We Own This City (TV Mini Series), King Richard) comes the story of the man who came from nothing to change the face of music and the world. Bob Marley, the Rastafarian who promoted the struggles of his fellow Jamaicans and the path to peace in times…more
Cert 18 | 114 mins | 1980
4 Star
Gangster with Aspirations for London.
Arrow, have brought us one of the best gangster films of all time, in The Long Good Friday, the 1980 blockbuster that rocketed its main star to International fame. In this gritty London based fight for the future of the Capital city of Great Britain.
Now Arrow are releasing the Limited Edition 4K UHD Arrow…more
Cert PG | 77 mins | 1954
3 Star
Emancipated Mars Comes to Earth.
From the pens of John C. Mather and James Eastwood (Beyond Mombasa, The Scales of Justice), and the direction by David MacDonald (Law and Disorder, The Brothers) comes a British Sci-Fi cult classic in this black and white shocker. As it tries to break into the classics such as ‘The day the Earth Stood Still’,…more
Cert 15 | 311 mins | 1966, 67, 76
5 Star
Bullets, Death and Mexicans.
From Cult Films via Alternate Current comes a box set of iconic Spaghetti Westerns, spanning ten years from 1966-76, when these Westerns were at their height of popularity, a popularity that still appears sixty years later. This box set is for the true fans, and also if you are new to the genre, this offering is…more
