Fantasy
SNOW WHITE [2025]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 109 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The kingdom into which princess Snow White is born into is a happy one, ruled by a king and queen who value equality […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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THE RULE OF JENNY PEN (2024)
THE RULE OF JENNY PEN (2024) Directed by James Ashcroft In UK and Ireland Cinemas from 14th March 2025 After suffering a stroke whilst sentencing a criminal in court, Judge Stefan Mortensen unfortunately finds himself […]
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DEEP BLUE SEA [1999]
USA AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD AND STANDARD BLU-RAY: 17th Marcb, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 105 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In high hopes of attracting investors for her Alzheimer’s disease research, Dr Susan […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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THE MONKEY [2025]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Petey Shelburn is desperate to destroy an organ grinder monkey that plays a drum, but after a shopkeeper is mysteriously killed right in […]
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 […]
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HEART EYES [2025]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera There’s a killer on the loose, and he pops up in cities every Valentine’s Day to murder some couples. Now he’s in Seattle, […]
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 […]
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CARA (2024)
CARA (2024) Written and Directed by Hayden Hewitt Available on digital Paranoid and frightened of being sectioned and returned to Sunnyside hospital, a young woman named Cara will do whatever it takes to avoid revisiting […]
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COMPANION [2025]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 97 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Iris is deeply in love with her boyfriend Josh, who one day drives them to a secluded lakehouse to spend time with […]
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V/H/S BEYOND (2024)
V/H/S BEYOND (2024) Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital I’m beginning to lose count how many V/H/S anthologies there have been (I believe this is the seventh), but with no signs of the films slowing down, […]
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 […]
Games
The Exit Project: Backstreets
Developed and Published by Nostra Games – Out now on PC, PlayStation 4 (version tested), PlayStation 5 & Nintendo Switch – Single Player The Exit Project: Backstreets, is a first person puzzle game with a […]
Ghost
PRESENCE [2025]
USA IN SELECTED CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 85 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera The Paynes, a family of four – mother Rebecca, father Chris, elder brother Tyler, and younger sister Chloe – move into a […]