Crime
THE IRISHMAN [2019]
USA AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX RUNNING TIME: 209 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Sitting in a nursing home, the aging Frank Sheeran, a World War II veteran, recounts his time as a mafia hitman. In […]
Actors: Robert De Niro
HCF Reviews
JOKER (2019)
JOKER (2019) Directed by Todd Phillips With many experiencing superhero/ anti-hero fatigue, Joker goes in a new direction by giving an origin story for the premier villain in DC’s rogue gallery. Since the forties, he’s […]
Comedy
DIRTY GRANDPA (2016)
DIRTY GRANDPA (2016) Directed by Dan Mazer After the death of his grandma, uptight lawyer Jason is tasked with driving his grandpa Dick back to Boca Raton, Florida from his own home in Georgia. Set […]
Drama
1900 [1976]: on Blu-ray 18th April
AKA NOVECENTO Italy/France/ West Germany AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18TH APRIL, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 315 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Born on the day of the death of renowned composer […]
Action
HEIST (2015)
HEIST (2015) Directed by Scott Mann With his daughter sick and needing an operation, struggling father Vaughn needs to raise $300,000 before the end of the week to pay off the medical bills otherwise his […]
Action
GRUDGE MATCH: Out Now In Cinema’s
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bQSOBJCPQE[/youtube] The Hughes Verdict “30 years in the making, or 30 years too late? Grudge Match is a surreal oddity………. I doubt very much if I see another film in 2014 that made me […]
HCF Reviews
CAPE FEAR [1991] [HCF REWIND]
HCF REWIND NO. 177: CAPE FEAR [US 1991] AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 123 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic After spending fourteen years in prison for rape, Max Cady […]
Comedy
THE FAMILY [2013]
USA/France 2013 IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 111 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Six years ago, Mafia boss Giovanni Manzoni angered Brooklyn crime kingpin Don Luchese and causesd a hit attempt […]
Drama
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA [1984] [HCF REWIND] Plus a Look at the Extended Edition
HCF REWIND 92: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA [1984] AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLU RAY [Extended Version was available on DVD and Blu Ray as a R2 import from Italy, but has been temporarily […]
HCF Reviews
RED LIGHTS: in cinemas now
RUNNING TIME: 113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Psychologist Margaret Matheson and physicist Tom Buckley go on expeditions to debunk fake mediums and psychics. Margaret is increasingly dissatisfied and even bored […]
Action
KILLER ELITE
KILLER ELITE RUNNING TIME:100 mins DISTRIBUTED BY:Inferno Distribution REVIEWED BY:Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Danny Bryce is a contract killer who, after one particular mission where he finds a child in a car which […]
HCF Reviews
LIMITLESS (2011)
LIMITLESS New Release: In Cinema’s Wednesday 23rd March 2011 Review By Ross Hughes HCF Critic Its quite fitting that Limitless is released at a time when everything is just so stressful. With normal people struggling […]
Action
MACHETE (2010)
MACHETE Ever heard the saying “too much of a good thing is no good at all”?. Well, sadly, thats exaclty what we have here. Being a fair old fan of Rodriguez, i LOVED El Mariachi […]
Action
Machete (2010)
Machete (2010) Directed by Robert Rodriguez With a cast to die for (Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Jeff Fahey, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and Danny Trejo), this was gonna be a good one. […]