HCF Reviews
MEGALOPOLIS [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 138 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In either the future, or in an alternate present-day reality, New York is now New Rome, where the heads of the city and […]
Sci-Fi
HCF Reviews
ALIEN: ROMULUS [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 119 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Between the events shown in Alien and Aliens. Ripley hasn’t long killed that Xenomorph. A Weyland-Yutani space probe collects the creature. Meanwhile orphan […]
Fantasy
THE HEROIC TRIO [1993]
AKA DUNG FONG SAAN HAP HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 83 mins AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD [both Region A / 1 only], DIGITAL REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Eighteen babies have been abducted iin Hong Kong in […]
HCF Reviews
MESSAGE FROM SPACE [1978]
AKA UCHU KARA NI MESSE JAPAN ON BLU-RAY. NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 105 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The planet Jilucia has been nearly decimated by the forces of the Gavanas under the […]
HCF Reviews
THE LAST STARFIGHTER [1984]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 15th JULY, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Alex Rogan lives in a trailer park with his mother Jane and his younger brother Lewis. Alex […]
HCF Reviews
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 145 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s several generations after Caesar brought his people to that oasis before passing away. Many ape groups have followed the teachings of Caesar […]
HCF Reviews
PLANET OF THE APES SERIES #6: PLANET OF THE APES [2001]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 120 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera MAJOR SPOILERS! In 2029, aboard the United States Air Force space station Oberon, Leo Davidson works closely with apes who […]
HCF Reviews
BOY KILLS WORLD [2024]
GERMANY / SOUTH AFRICA / USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 109 mins , REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the future, Boy lives in a city with his mother and younger sister Mina; he […]
HCF Reviews
BLACK MASK [1996]
HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT, LIMITED EDITION 2 DISC SET [2000 COPIES] RUNNING TIME: 87 mins [International Export Version], 99 mins [Hong Kong Version], 100 mins [Taiwanese Version], Extended Version [102 […]
HCF Reviews
GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 115 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Three years after defeating Mechagodzilla, Kong has established his territory in the Hollow Earth, while on the surface, Godzilla continues to maintain […]
HCF Reviews
POSSESSOR (2020)
Possessor (2020) Written and Directed by Brandon Cronenberg Reviewed by C. Keegan Now Available on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray from Second Sight Films I’ve always had an interest in movies that (in a semi-realistic way) […]
HCF Reviews
DUNE: PART TWO [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING: 165 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera On the planet Arrakis, House Atreides has fallen due to a plot between the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, and is […]
HCF Reviews
V/H/S/85 (2023)
V/H/S/85 (2023) Available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital Hot on the tail of V/H/S/94, we’re taken back to the 80’s with more tales of terror in V/H/S/85. Encapsulating the look and feel of the 80’s, horror anthology […]
HCF Reviews
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS [1954]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 15th January, from Studiocanal RUNNING TIME: 77 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Visiting the Bonnie Prince Inn in the Scottish Highlands are Professor Arnold Hennessey, an astrophysicist, accompanied by journalist Michael […]
Cult TV
Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road REVIEW
“You remind me of the babe (What babe?), The babe with the power (What power?), The power of voodoo (Who do?), You do (Do what?), Remind me of the babe….“ Its been six years since […]
HCF Reviews
GORGO [1961]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ‘ONLY], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 79 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Captain Joe Ryan is salvaging for treasure off the coast of Ireland when a volcano erupts, nearly […]
HCF Reviews
THE GIANT BEHEMOTH [1959]
AKA BEHEMOTH, THE SEA MONSTER UK/USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 80 mins, 78 mins [UK cinema release] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Scientist Steve Karnes is very concerned about […]
HCF Reviews
THE BEAST FROM 20 000 FATHOMS [1953]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 80 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Far north of the Arctic Circle, a nuclear bomb test is conducted which awakens a 200-foot long carnivorous dinosaur known […]