AKA BIJO TO EKITAININGEN, THE BEAUTY AND THE LIQUID PEOPLE JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 16TH NOVEMBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT in the ISHIRO HONDA DOUBLE FEATURE boxset RUNNING TIME: 87 min/ 79 min [US version] REVIEWED […]
AKA UCHUJIN TOKYO NI ARAWARU, SPACEMEN APPEAR OVER TOKYO, THE MYSTERIOUS SATELLITE JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 86 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Doctors Kamura, Matsuda and Itsobe are […]
Eureka Entertainment to release an Ishir? Honda Double Feature: THE H-MAN & BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, two classics of Japanese sci-fi cinema, on Blu-ray for the first time on home video in the UK. The […]
Arrow Video is set to release WARNING FROM SPACE on Blu-Ray in the UK on 12th October 2020. The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in colour, Koji Shima’s Warning From Space features […]
GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION ON BLU-RAY 17TH AUGUST from ARROW VIDEO PART ONE: DISCS ONE TO FOUR – THE SHOWA FILMS REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Long time readers of this website will know of […]
THROW DOWN (2004) aka Yau Doh Lung Fu Bong Directed by Johnnie To Cantonese with English Subtitles Respected, legendary Judo fighter Sze-To Bo has hit rock bottom, leaving the Judo world behind to run a […]
Eureka Entertainment is set to release the acclaimed masterpiece THROW DOWN; Johnnie To’s gloriously inventive and empathetic action drama; presented on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration in its UK debut as part of The Masters […]
JAPAN AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 27TH APRIL, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 183 mins/ 160 mins/ 125 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera FOUR TALES….. THE BLACK HAIR An impoverished swordsman divorces his wife, a weaver, […]
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga is a new documentary film about the origins of Godzilla, produced and directed by Spanish filmmaker Jonathan Bellés. The project started in 2012, as a Ph.D. research of Bellés about […]
So, as I promised when I posted the news about its release, here’s my rather belated review of this box set. The reason for its lateness is because, despite being a huge Godzilla fan as […]
AKA HAO XIA, MAGNIFICENT HEROES Hong Kong AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: June 24th, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT, in the ‘LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY/HAND OF DEATH: TWO FILMS BY JOHN WOO’ BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 106 mins REVIEWED BY: […]
The yakuza film is one of the stalwart genres in Japanese film, going back to the pioneering days of silent cinema. Over the decades it has been reborn in numerous different guises, often functioning as […]
REDCON-1 (2018) Directed by Chee Keong Cheung After a virus outbreak turns most of the British population into the walking dead, a group of highly skilled soldiers are tasked with retrieving the doctor who’s suspected […]
AKA The Strolling Invaders Coming to Blu-ray from Arrow Video 11-Feb-2019 While a lot of alien invasion stories tend to focus on the conflict between the human race and an unknown species, it’s interesting to […]
AKA JIAN HUA TAN YU JIANG NAN Hong Kong/Korea AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 106 mins/99 mins/ 89 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Fifteen years ago Lei Shao-feng’s father […]
THE BOY WHO CAME BACK (1958) aka Fumihazushita haru Directed by Seijun Suzuki Tour bus guide Keiko takes up a volunteer position with the BBS as a probation worker for troubled youth Nobuo Kasahara who’s penchant […]
AKA MUGEN NO JUNIN Japan IN SELECTED CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 140 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period. Manji is a highly skilled samurai who fails […]
Arrow Video are to release Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 – Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies on Blu-Ray in the UK on 27th November 2017. YOUTHS ON THE LOOSE AND REBELS WITHOUT CAUSES […]
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