Blu-ray & DVD: Shock Wave – Hong Kong Destruction (2020)Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction (AKA: Shock Wave 2) is a Hong Kong based Chinese language action film which apparently is NOT a direct sequel, but is in fact a stand alone story featuring new characters but the same cast as number one. Written and directed by […]
Sixteen year old Alice Palmer (Talia Zucker) drowns while swimming with her family on holiday in Australia. On their return home, strange things happen, leading the family to believe they’re being haunted by the ghost of Alice.Alice’s brother Mathew (Martin Sharp) sets up video cameras around the house to record Alice’s ghost. He later confesses […]
DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K and Steelbook: Chaos Walking (2021)Chaos Walking, ah yes that troubled film starring Spiderman and the Emperor’s granddaughter has at last appeared. Made in 2017 and due for release in 2019, this is finally being released on all platforms it seems, as a plug because not many movies are available.Directed by Doug Liman and […]
Blu-ray: The Stylist (2020)Based on the short film of the same name by writer/director Jill Gevargizian, The Stylist tells the story of Claire (Najarra Townsend) who is a solitary hairdresser working in a small salon somewhere in America.As she cuts her clients hair she drifts off imagining what their lives must be like, and if she […]
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)Max Jenkins (Tom Plumley) is a young man obsessed with video games, so much so that he even works at a gaming store, as well as spending the rest of his time playing online games with his 2 best friends Liz (Hassie Harrison) and Reggie (Joey Morgan).Not known for being […]
Following on from the great Columbia Noir #1 and Columbia Noir #2 box sets, Powerhouse Films once again delves into the Columbia film archives for 6 more noir movies, all of which are making their worldwide Blu-ray premieres.JOHNNY O’CLOCK (Robert Rossen, 1947)THE DARK PAST (Rudolph Maté, 1948)CONVICTED (Henry Levin, 1950)BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN (Gordon Douglas, 1950)THE SNIPER […]
Digital: The Philosophers (AKA: After the Dark) (2013)On the eve of their graduation, 20 philosophy students are put through a final thought experiment by their teacher Mr Zimit (James D’Arcy) which takes them mentally through multiple alternate universes where a variety of devastating events mean that only 10 of the 20 can take shelter in […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Who Dares Wins (1982)When SAS Captain Peter Skellen (Lewis Collins) assaults 2 soldiers while out on training manoeuvres, he is forced to resign his position and return to “civvy street”.However, this is all just part of a masterplan so that he can infiltrate an anti-nuclear war group led by an ambitious and […]
DVD & Digital: The Blitz 80th Anniversary (2021)This new documentary from Reel 2 Reel Films commemorates 80 years since “The Blitz”: Between 1940 and 1941, the German Luftwaffe regularly bombed different areas of Britain, including the relentless bombing of London, over 56 nights. Sadly the devastating campaign saw more than 40,000 civilians killed in what was […]
Blu-ray: Jungle Fever (1991)Jungle Fever directed and written by Spike Lee and released in 1991 is a tale of interracial romance and racism. Following several characters interconnecting threads, and set in early 90s New York, Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), is black, successful, happily married and lives in the ‘nice’ part of Harlem with his wife Drew […]