Cert 18 | 122 mins | 1981
4 Star
The Dead Are Out For Revenge.
From the writer/director that brought us classic genre defining films such as Tora! Tora! Tora! and Battle Royal, with Samurai Reincarnation he does it again in this fantasy horror. It has way out there ideas that tell the tale of the oppression and massacre of the Christian religion in the seventeenth century Japan. Crazy…more
Cert PG | 300 mins | 2023
4 star relaxing and laid back anime series.
Non Non Biyori is a Japanese slice-of-life anime series, originally released in 2013. Based on the Manga written and illustrated by Atto and adapted for anime by Silver Link (No-Rin, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya).
It is now available on Blu-ray in the original Japanese with an English dub, courtesy of MVM Films.
“Even in Tokyo,…more
Cert 18 | 105 mins | 1994
4 Star
Brutal Manchu VS Shaolin Monks.
From the dark mind of director Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Full Alert) comes a Martial Arts feast set in the Ching dynasty, when the Manchu were on the hunt for the Shaolin monks for plotting to overthrow the Manchu government. With Lam’s slant on this period, you are in for a dark and twisted…more
Cert 15 | 364 mins | 1986-1989
5 Star
Hopping Ankle Grabbers Galore.
Eureka Classics bring us a feast of Jiangshi, in this four film feature on Blu-ray. Following the success of Mr Vampire, there was a clamour for more, and these are the four films that followed, three by the original director Ricky Lau (Encounter of the Spooky Kind II, The Romance of the Vampires), and the fourth…more
Cert 15 | 151 mins | 2001
4 Star
18th Century Monster Mystery
This French swashbuckling/ martial arts action adventure takes its inspiration from the real events that took place in the county of Gévaudan, Southern France. Writer/director Christophe Gans (Silent Hill, Crying Freeman) gives us a gritty murder mystery with a monster twist, in this crispy 4K restoration. Brotherhood of the Wolf is something to get your teeth…more
Cert 15 | 103 mins | 2022
5 Star
Never Let a Skill Die.
Well, be prepared to have your heartstrings well and truly pulled, with writing her first feature and her directorial debut, Anastasia Tsang‘s touching and heartfelt tribute to Hong Kong’s famous, now disappearing Neon signs. This is an awesome film.
Mei-hsiang (Sylvia Chang, Love Education, Passion) sits in an amusement arcade, playing a coin pusher, but she…more
Cert PG | 152 mins | 1975
4 Star
A Tension Packed Thrill Ride.
Writer/director Jun’ya Satô (Hold Me and Kiss Me, G-Men ’75), along with writers Sunao Sakagami, and Ryûnosuke Ono (Crying Freeman (TV Mini Series), The Procurer), came up with one intense story that would go on to inspire future filmmakers. The Bullet Train is a unique film to Japan, but the story can be placed anywhere.
In…more
