Drama
VITAL (2004)
VITAL (2004) Coming soon to Blu-ray from Third Window Films Welcome to the autopsy slab, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. In what seems like a stylistic companion piece to Gemini, this is another tale of […]
World Cinema
HCF Reviews
THE VALIANT ONES [1975]
AKA ZHONG LIE TU HONG KONG / TAIWAN AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 102 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Pirates are have causing havoc in China for […]
HCF Reviews
A QUEEN’S RANSOM [1976]
AKA E TAN AUN YING HUI, INTERNATIONAL ASSASSN HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 93 mins [Hong Kong version], 86 mins [export version] REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Queen Elizabeth II […]
HCF Reviews
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (2023)
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (2023) Coming Soon to UK Streaming Abusive parents, bullies, con artists, and creepy drunks might not seem like the most appropriate subjects for a slasher-comedy hybrid, but writer and director […]
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 […]
Comedy
FISH STORY (2009)
FISH STORY (2009) Now available on Blu-ray from Third Window Films and on Demand Pop culture references can often be a jarring inclusion within a film, particularly when it comes to humour-laden superhero stories, but […]
HCF Reviews
THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN [1968] and THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING [1979]
HONG KONG THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN [1968] AND THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING [1979] AVAILBLE ON LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC ONE THE SWORDMAN OF ALL […]
Action
BODYGUARD KIBA 1 and 2 [1973]
BODYGUARD KIBA 1 and 2 [1973] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18th March, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera DISC ONE BODYGUARD KIBA AKA BODIGADI KIBA, KARATE KIBA RUNNING TIME: 92 mins / 87 mins […]
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: […]
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)
THE GIRL WHO LEPT 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 […]
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 […]