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THE CLIMBER [1975]: On Dual Format Now
AKA L’AMBIZIOSO Italy ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Aldo lives in Naples and works in a gang which […]
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Sleepless (2017) – Out Now
Jamie Foxx is a grizzled, undercover detective, in the American remake of Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night), whose day goes from bad to worse following a robbery, where he and his partner steal a bag full […]
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THE TEAM (2015)
THE TEAM (2015) 8x 1 hour episodes English, Flemish, German, Danish, Swedish and German language English Subtitles When three prostitutes are murdered in the same way in Belgium, Germany and Denmark, Europol organise a team […]
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DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #2: DEAD OR ALIVE 2: BIRDS [2000]: On Dual Format Now
AKA DEDDO OA ARAIBU: TOBOSHA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 97 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
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DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #1: DEAD OR ALIVE [1999]: On Dual Format Now
AKA DEDDO OA ARAIBU: HANZAISGA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
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THREE (2016)
THREE (2016) Directed by Johnnie To Criminal Shun enters the emergency room accompanied by the police after being shot in the head. With the bullet still lodged in his skull, neurosurgeon Dr Tong is adament […]
Action
Free Fire (2017) – Showing at GFF 2017, UK release March 31st
Ben Wheatley’s homage to the 1970’s action movie is packed with slick one-liners, clever sight gags and copious amounts of brutal violence. […]
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WILLIE DYNAMITE (1974)
WILLIE DYNAMITE (1974) Directed by Gilbert Moses Garishly dressed pimp Willie Dynamite has high hopes for his beautiful ladies. He knows they’re of the calibre to take him to the top of the food chain […]
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BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #3: LEY LINES [1999]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA NIHON KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Desperate to […]
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BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #2: RAINY DOG [1997]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA GOKUDO KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 96 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Yuuji is […]
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BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #1: SHINJUKU TRIAD SOCIETY [1995]
AKA SHINJUKU KURO SHAKAI CHAINA MAFIA SENSO Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 104 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF […]
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“Miss Me?” Sherlock fans stunned as the show reveals its greatest twist yet!
Recovered yet? It takes something special for me to sit back in awe and think “Wow”. Sherlock for its only short and annoying long waiting run has done that a few times. If it was not […]
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THE ABDUCTORS (1972) aka GINGER 2
THE ABDUCTORS (1972) aka GINGER 2 Written and Directed by Don Schain After a beauty queen and three cheerleaders are abducted in a remote area of America, sex-obsessed detective agent Ginger is sent on a […]
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THE HOLLOW (2016)
UK Release Date – TBC In terms of movie settings Cutler County, Mississippi isn’t the best place to make an over night stop for a variety of reasons. There’s an obvious drugs problem and the […]
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THE NIGHT OF (2016) – TV Mini-Series Review
THE NIGHT OF (2016) TV Mini-Series Review Available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Amazon 23 year old Nasir Khan is invited to a party in Queens and so borrows his father’s taxi to get there […]
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MEAT (2010)
AKA Vlees (Original title) Available on Amazon DVD (Content warning) Disconnected scenes, little sense of a narrative, and even less dialogue – these are often signs that a foreign language thriller is not going to […]
Action
EXTERMINATOR 2 (1984)
EXTERMINATOR 2 (1984) Directed by Mark Buntzman The flamethrower-wielding vigilante known as ‘The Exterminator’ is back on the streets to rid the city of scum but his vengeance becomes personal after a drug-fuelled gang of […]
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THE KILLING OF AMERICA (1981)
THE KILLING OF AMERICA (1981) Directed by Sheldon Renan and Leonard Schrader Never distributed, televised or made available in the United States, documentary The Killing of America pulls no punches as it takes a look […]