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 18 | 98 mins | 1995
3 Star
It’s all in the Eyes.
It’s Cult Classic time as we fly back to 1996s dystopian look at future America. Directed by David Hogan (Batman Forever, (Second Unit or Assistant Director), Alien³ (Second Unit or Assistant Director)), who takes Pamela Anderson (Lee) (Baywatch (TV Series), Home Improvement (TV Series)) at the height of her popularity, in this “Lad’s Mag” sci-fi…more
Cert 12 | 111 mins | 1978
4 Star
Sticking It to the Man
The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song “Convoy” by C. W. McCall ( “Wolf Creek Pass”, “There Won’t Be No Country Music (There Won’t Be No Rock ‘n’ Roll)”). The film was made when the CB radio/trucking craze was at its peak in the United States, which lead to the…more
Cert 15 | 97 mins | 1986
5 Star
Hell on Wheels.
From Second Sight Films and Aim Publicity comes the 4K UHD definitive version of the cult classic that is The Hitcher. Ninety-seven minutes of nail-biting and nerve-shredding tension. From the pen of Eric Red (Cohen and Tate, Body Parts), and directed by Robert Harmon (Nowhere to Run, They) and beautifully shot by D.O.P. John Seale (Mad Max:…more
Cert 15 | 117 mins | 1990
5 Star
Educating Nikita
StudioCanal and Fetch Publicity bring us the definitive three disk steelbook of this 1990 French Classic spy action thriller. From the pen of master filmmaker Luc Besson (Taxi, Arthur and the Great Adventure, Leon, Fifth Element) comes the gritty tale of a girl done wrong to a sanctioned killer and all the troubles that entails. Nikita is just…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
