Action
YAKUZA WOLF 1 and 2 [1972]
YAKUZA WOLF 1 AND 1 [1972] JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera YAKUZA WOLF: I PERFORM MURDER [1972] AKA OKAMI YAKUZA: KOROSHI WA ORE GA YARU RUNNING TIME: […]
World Cinema
HCF Reviews
SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANCISCO [1974]
AKA YELLOW FACED TIGER, HUANG MIAJN LAO HU, KARATE COP HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 19TH FEBRUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 106 mins / 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera San Francisco police officers […]
Fantasy
KUNG FU CULT MASTER [1993]
AKA Yi TIN TO LUNG GEI: MOH GAAU GAAU JUE HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 29TH JANUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera During the Yuen Dynasty, many sects compete […]
HCF Reviews
WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES [1973]
AKA TAI QUAN ZHEN JIU ZHOU, STING OF THE DRAGON MASTERS HONG KONG AVAILABLR ON BLU-RAY: 22ND of JANUARY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Korea during World War 2, […]
Comedy
MR. NICE GUY [1996]
AKA YAT GOH YO HON HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 101 mins/88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In Melbourne, a cocaine deal between the Italian mob and a street gang […]
Comedy
TWIN DRAGONS [1992]
AKA SEONG LUNG WAI HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON: BLU-RAY [88 Films release], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 104 mins, 89 mins [US theatrical release] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In 1965, Mrs Ma gives birth to […]
Comedy
GORGEOUS [1999]
AKA BOH LEI CHUN HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNIMG TIME: 120 mins / 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the small Taiwanese village of Jibei, the “island of love”, lives […]
HCF Reviews
GODZILLA MINUS ONE [2023]
JAPAN IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 124 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima decides not to kill himself in the service of his country and instead lands on Odo Island where the […]
HCF Reviews
THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (1983)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection Time travel stories involving high school students are not a new concept; whether it’s something […]
Drama
THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE [1978]
AKA AKO-JO DANZETSU, SWORDS OF VENGEANCE JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 158 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the time of the Tokugawa shogunate, and Lord Tsunayoshi has stripped lots […]
Crime
CASINO RAIDERS (1989)
Coming to Blu-ray December 4th 2023 from Eureka A Wong Jing movie about gambling with Andy Lau that was released in 1989… that’s not God of Gamblers? Yes that’s right, the prolific film-maker loves this […]
Drama
THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN (1984)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection With its sweeping romantic music and seaside storybook atmosphere, Obayashi’s adaptation of a ‘warm-hearted tale’ […]
Action
HEROES AND VILLAINS: THREE FILMS STARRING JET LI [1995/96/98]
HEROES AND VILLAINS: THREE FILMS STARRING JET LI – THE ENFORCER [1995], DR WAI IN THE SCRIPTURE WITH NO WORDS [1996], HITMAN [1998] ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC […]
Comedy
THE ROYAL TRAMP COLLECTION [1992]
THE ROYAL TRAMP COLLECTION: ROYAL TRAMP [1992] – 110 mins ROYAL TRAMP 2 [1992] – 93 mins ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Wai Siu-bo works in a brothel, his job […]
HCF Reviews
THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972)
THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972) Directed by Giorgio Ferroni Available on Blu-Ray from Raro Video A bloodied and delirious stranger is found and brought to the hospital where the doctors attempt to treat him. […]
Ghost
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY [1981]
ITALY AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION 4K AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 86 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera A young couple who go to an abandoned house to have sex are murdered by […]
Drama
HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (1986)
Now Available from Third Window Films on Blu-ray and to Stream Part of the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80s Kadokawa Years Collection While Obayashi may be known for his eccentric, and often rather psychedelic, flights of fancy, […]
Comedy
DELICATESSEN (1991)
DELICATESSEN (1991) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro French Language with English Subtitles Available on 4K UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD Circus performer Louison responds to an ad in ‘The Hard Times’ paper looking for […]