Cert 12 | 275 mins | 2019
4 stars of amusing and thought provoking coming of age anime.
Silver Spoon Season 2 is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist). It is produced by A-1 Pictures (Your Lie In April, Erased) and directed by Tomohiko Itō (Guilty Crown, Sword Art Online). It is presented here featuring the original Japanese track with English subtitles, in Collector’s…more
Cert 18 | 299 mins | 1977, 1979, 1987
5 Star
Martial Arts Master Class.
Before the rise of the martial Arts comedy king that is Jackie Chan (Jackie Chan’s Police Story & Police Story 2, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II, City Hunter, Wheels on Meals) in the West, there was a master of the fists and feet that stayed in the East and that was the…more
Cert 12 | 90 mins | 2015
4 Star
The Fight For Earth Continues.
Director/ writer Kō Matsuo (Natsuyuki Rendezvous) gets it right, with this slice of the one year war In U.C. 0079. The Gundam collections grow and this is the slickest yet. With great character creation and sweet animation that shows off the manoeuvrability of the modern mecha suits and the vulnerability of those inside the suits…more
Cert PG | 625 mins | 1995
4 Star
Who Will Rule the Stars?
The classic Mobile Suit Gundam is back with this collectors set parts 1 -25 0f 50 action packed episodes of the battle for Earth and the colonies high above. The old order must fall to the even older order with a new face.
It’s the year After Colony 195, after decades of oppression from the United…more
Cert 18 | 120 mins | 2003
4 Star
What Would You Do?
Co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook (I’m a Cyborg), Oldboy is based on the Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. Oldboy is the second instalment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Park Chan-wook) and followed by Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook). Now back in select cinema’s…more
Cert 18 | 202 mins | 1976-1979
5 Star
John Woo Magic.
He writes them and he directs them, John Woo (Wu Yu Sheng, John Y.S. Woo) (A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled, Broken Arrow), a man of many names and a master of his craft of action and drama with Martial Arts and swordplay dominating these two films. Mastering his style in Hong Kong before making a…more
Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2019
3 stars of overly dramatic ballroom action.
Welcome to the Ballroom is based on the manga series written and illustrated by Tomo Takeuchi. It was adapted to anime by studio Production I.G. (Guilty Crown, Psycho Pass, Eden of the East) and directed by Yoshimi Itazu (Pigtails, Miss Hokusai).
This is Part 1 and comprises episodes 1-12. It is presented here in Collector’s…more
