HCF Reviews
THE HAND [1981]
USA AVAILABLE ON: DIGITAL, BLU-RAY [Region A], DVD [Region 2 Germany, Italy, Scandinavia] RUNNING TIME: 104 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Jonathan “Jon” Lansdale is a comic book artist and the creator of the […]
Actors: Michael Caine
Comedy
PULP (1972)
Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Arrow Video 18th December 2017 Director Mike Hodges has a pretty eclectic body of work. He’s someone who’s told dark stories about crime and death… but also worked on […]
Drama
MONA LISA [1986]: on Dual Format now
UK AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 104 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic George, a guy who has spent the majority of his life […]
Drama
STONEHEARST ASYLUM (2014)
STONEHEARST ASYLUM (2014) Directed by Brad Anderson Young doctor Edward Newgate arrives at Stonehearst Asylum to shadow the work of the superintendant as an apprentice after completing his studies at Oxford. Superintendent Dr. Lamb greets […]
Action
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE [2014]
UK IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 128 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The Kingsmen are super spies who work for an international espionage organisation. In the late ’90s, Kingsman Harry Hart […]
Genres
Interstellar
In a letter penned to 2001 Space Odyssey author Arthur C Clarke, Stanley Kubrick expressed his interest in taking a stab at creating the proverbial ‘really good’ science fiction movie. As with how great horrors […]
HCF Reviews
DRESSED TO KILL – Uncut on Blu-Ray
DRESSED TO KILL (1980) Directed by Brian de Palma Kate Miller, a mother to a teenage son, feels sexually worthless and books an appointment with psychiatrist Dr Elliott, who suggests that she tell her husband […]
Features
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and why such a hit as the Nolan Batman trilogy is such a miss for Dr Lenera [HCF ALTERNATIVE REVIEW]
Doc wishes to emphasise that his view is not necesarily shared by the other writers on this website! MINOR SPOILERS! Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Commissioner James Gordon has nearly […]
Action
The Dark Knight Rises: Released 20th July in cinemas
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) (12A) Running time: 164 minutes Director: Christopher Nolan Writers: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, […]
Features
DOC GOES BACK INTO THE WATER: An In-Depth Look at the Jaws Franchise [FRIDAY FEATURE]
With Jaws back in cinemas today, Doc takes a look back at the whole franchise. You won’t want to go swimming in the water for a long long time……. A […]
Features
HCF’s Xmas movie advent calendar: #6 The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol has been retold over and over again, pretty much every year, in some shape or form, but what more of an inspired way for yet another adaptation of Dickens’ classic tome than […]
Action
Action