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ENTER THE VOID [2009]
FRANCE AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: 30TH MAY, from ARROW FILMS RUNNING TIME: 161 mins/ 143 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Oscar lives in Tokyo with his younger sister Linda. She’s a stripper while he […]
Fantasy
Action
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 126 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Dr. Stephen Strange is trying to come to terms with the way his life is going, with his ex, Christine, getting married to […]
Fantasy
LA LLORONA [1933]
AKA THE CRYING WOMAN MEXICO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY from INDICATOR RUNNING TIME: 70 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Mexico City, a man walking down a street is seemingly killed by fright after hearing […]
Fantasy
EROTIC GHOST STORY [1990]
EROTIC GHOST STORY [1990] AKA LIU JAI YIM TAAM HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY RUNNING TIME: 90 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Fei Fei, So So and Fa Fa are spirits who’ve been living in […]
Fantasy
CAPTAIN SINDBAD [1963]
USA/WEST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON: Region 1 DVD and Digital RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The kingdom of Baristan is ruled by the evil El Kerim with an iron fist. He’s intent on […]
Action
DAVE MADE A MAZE (2017)
DAVE MADE A MAZE (2017) Directed by Bill Watterson Available from Arrow Films and Amazon Prime Video Annie returns home to the flat she shares with her boyfriend Dave to find him inside a cardboard maze […]
Fantasy
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO [2021]: In Cinemas Now
UK IN CINAMES NOW RUNNING TIME:116 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Eloise, or Ellie, is shy, innocent, wears clothes she makes herself, lives with her grandmother and is haunted by the memory of her […]
Fantasy
THE SINGING RINGING TREE [1957]: On Blu-ray 18th October
AKA DAS SINGENDE, KLIGENDE BAUMCHE EAST GERMANY AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18TH OCTOBER, from NETWORK RELEASING REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A beautiful but selfish and haughty princess rejects the proposal of a wealthy prince. She […]
Fantasy
YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION [1968 – 2005]: On Blu-ray 18th October [Limited Edition]
YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION: on Blu-ray 18th October, from ARROW VIDEO And so a few months after their terrific release of the Daimajin trilogy [not to mention their incredible Gamera box set from some time before], […]
Action
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND (2021)
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND (2021) Directed by Sion Sono An armed robber is released from jail in order to track down the Governor of Samurai Town’s daughter, Bernice, who’s gone missing in the Ghostland. He […]
Fantasy
DUEL TO THE DEATH [1983]: On Blu-ray 20th September
AKA XIAN SI JUE HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 20TH SEPTEMBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the 16th century, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the […]
Drama
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [1992]: On Blu-ray 13th September
USA/France AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 13TH SEPTEMBER, from THE CRITERION COLLECTION RUNNING TIME: 135 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic SPOILERS! FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole sends agents Chester Desmond and Sam […]
Drama
THE DAIMAJIN TRILOGY: On Blu-ray 26th July [Limited Edition]
THE DAIMAJIN TRILOGY: On Blu-ray 26th July, from ARROW VIDEO The Daimajin trilogy occupies an interesting place in the Japanese kaiju eiga [monster movie] genre. While they do indeed have a monster, a walking statue, […]
Drama
THE DARKNESS (2021)
THE DARKNESS (2021) Written and Directed by Thaurun Mohan Author Lisa and husband David decide to spend some time at David’s grandmother’s old cottage in Ireland. Struggling to find inspiration to pen her next novel, […]
Fantasy
I Kill Giants (2017)
I KILL GIANTS Directed by Anders Walter This review contains mild spoilers. In the book Homo Deus, the historian Yuval Noah Harari wonders if technology will ever know us better than we know ourselves. As […]
Fantasy
WONDER WOMAN 1984 [2020]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 151 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s 1984, and Diana Prince is still fighting crime as Wonder Woman while also working as a senior anthropologist at the Smithsonian […]
Action
VERSUS [2000]: On Arrow Video Blu-ray
JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 7TH DECEMBER 2020, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 115 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera There are 666 hidden portals on Earth that connect this world to the other side. In […]
Fantasy
VAL LEWTON HORROR SERIES #6: THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE [1944]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 70 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera After the death of his first wife Irena, Oliver Reed eventually married former co-worker Alice Moore and they […]
