HCF Reviews
HANAGATAMI (2017)
Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi Anti-War Trilogy Available now from Third Window Films The final part of this trilogy comes in the form of a period drama several decades in the making. Facing a terminal […]
World Cinema
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THE DAREDEVILS [1979] and ODE TO GALLANTRY [1982]
THE DAREDEVILS [1979] and ODE TO GALLANTRY [1982] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera THE DAREDEVILS AKA ZA JI WANG MING DUI, SHAOLIN DAREDEVILS, DAREDEVILS OF KUNG FU […]
HCF Reviews
SHAOLIN BOXERS [1974]
AKA FU JIAN LON QUAN, THE SHAOLIN BOXER HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 24th March, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 78 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the town of Fuquan, the people are terrified […]
HCF Reviews
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK [1980]
ITALY AKA LA CASA SPERDUTA NEL PARCO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Alex is a mechanic in New York who rapes and kills a woman. Some […]
Comedy
DOCTOR VAMPIRE [1990]
AKA JIANG SHI YI SHENG HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Dr. Chiang Ta-Tsung, on business in England, unintentionally visits a brothel in the […]
Drama
CASTING BLOSSOMS TO THE SKY (2012)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) Available now from Third Window Films Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi Anti-War Trilogy Much like Seven Weeks this is a story about the effects of war, spanning various time […]
Fantasy
LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI [1983]
AKA SATOMI HAKKEN-DEN JAPAN AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION [2000 copies]: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 136 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The Satomi Clan have been all-but wiped out by their mortal enemies: the […]
Drama
SEVEN WEEKS (2014)
Seven Weeks (2014) Available now from Third Window Films Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi Anti-War Trilogy Given the projects Obayashi directed in the Kadokawa Years trilogy you might be surprised to find that some of […]
HCF Reviews
HORRIBLE HISTORY: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh [1972, 1973, 1975, 1976]
HORRIBLE HISTORY: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh [1972, 1973, 1975, 1976] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT DISC ONE MARCO POLO [1975] AKA MA GE BO LUO, THE FOUR ASSASSINS […]
Crime
THE UNTOLD STORY [1993]
AKA BUN MAN: THE UNTOLD STORY, THE EIGHT IMMORTALS RESTUARANT: THE UNTOLD STORY, BAT SIN FAN DIM: YAN YUK CHA SUI BAU HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED […]
Action
SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers [1966, 1967, 1969]
SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers [1966, 1967, 1969] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC ONE THE GOLDEN BUDDHA [1966] AKA JIN […]
Action
THE SWORD (1980)
Available on Eureka Blu-ray the 18th of November The late 1970s and early ’80s saw a period of films released in Hong Kong known as the New Wave, or the First Wave, during which directors […]
Action
LOUIS FEUILLADE: THE COMPLETE CRIME SERIALS [1913-1918] [Limited Edition set]
LOUIS FEUILLADE: THE COMPLETE CRIME SERIALS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT FANTOMAS [1913 – 1914] RUNNING TIME: 337 mins There’s a crime wave going on in Paris, and the person responsible is […]
HCF Reviews
BROKEN OATH [1977]
AKA PO JE HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 2ist October, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 98 mins / 102 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A woman lies dying in a women’s prison after giving birth […]
HCF Reviews
SHADOW OF FIRE (2023)
Available now on Third Window Blu-ray and to Stream While his earlier films are full of anxiety about urban landscapes, technology, and a whole lot of repressed urges, Shinya Tsukamoto’s recent projects have expressed other […]
Drama
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Beeltejuice is back and up to no good. And this time, he’s no longer a lone operator; he now has staff, an office, and an overhead projector! His workforce all have shrunken heads and anyone […]
Action
THE CHAMPIONS [1983]
AKA BOH NGAU HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 23rd September, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Lee Tong is a farmer who lives in a remote rural village. When he […]
HCF Reviews
THE VOURDALAK [2023]
FRANCE AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: 16th September, from BLUE FINCH FILMS RUNNING TIME: 91 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the 18th Century and a particularly dark and stormy night. Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d’Urfé, […]