Cert 12 | 650 mins | 2004
4 Star
Akira Kurosaw’s Classic
Reborn.
The story of a village plagued by bandits takes a futuristic twist with Samurai 7. The country has been plagued with war for years and the Samurai were the fighting force, until the mechanical Samurai came along. But in the end it was the merchants that came out on top, and the mechanical Samurai ‘the Nobuseri’, turn…more
Cert 12 | 97 mins | 1982
4 Star
The Good, The Bad, and the Dead.
Once again, Eureka Classics brings us one of Sammo Hung’s (Three Films With Sammo Hung, Wheels on Meals, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, Mr Vampire, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II) dark comedies. Directed by Martial Arts master Wu Ma (Kung Fu of 8…more
Cert 15 | 1415 mins | 1978-1993
5 Star
Shaolin on the Rampage.
ARROW VIDEO have done it again, but even bigger this time as we see volume 2 of the masters of Martial Arts film making the Shaw Brothers. Ten, yes, ten disks. Fourteen action packed films (See below) and two disks of soundtracks. Brilliant stuff. Volume two should be the Christmas present for any Kung Fu fan…more
Cert 15 (TBC) | 88 mins | 2021
4 Star
What Would You Do to Save Your Son.
The Vanished comes from the pen of Peter May, ‘The Killing Room’ (High Road (TV Series)), and adapted for the screen by French director Denis Dercourt (My Children Are Different, Tomorrow at Dawn), which explains this Transcontinental crime thriller. A complex forensic tale, as police try to find the mystery murderers.
While looking…more
119 mins | 2022
3 star spooky high rise horror.
Satan’s Slaves: Communion is a 2022 Indonesian supernatural horror film. Written and directed by Joko Anwar (Gundala, Impetigore) it is the sequel to the 2017 film Satan’s Slaves. It is the first Indonesian film shot with Imax technology and is a Shudder Original, available now on the streaming service, with English subtitles. It is highly…more
Cert 12 | 87 mins | 1953
3 Star
Mike Hammer’s First Case.
I, the Jury is the first film adaptation of Mickey Spillane‘s (Kiss Me Deadly, My Gun Is Quick) private eye Mike Hammer. Written for the screen by Harry Essex (It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon), and Cinematographer John Alton (Twelve Women, Girls of the Big House) gives it that gritty Film-Noir look.…more
Cert 15 | 325 mins | 2020
4 Star
The Continuing Adventures of a Fool.
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? is based on the Japanese Light Novel Series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. It is adapted to anime by studio J.C Staff (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun).
In the land of Orario, Gods live among the population.…more
