Ghost
Clinton Road: The Hughes Verdict!
What is it all about? In the film, scripted by Derek Ross Mackay, a widowed fire fighter seeks closure after his wife goes missing on an actual haunted road in rural New Jersey but must […]
HCF Reviews
Ghost
DEMONIA [1990]
Italy AVAILABLE ON DVD [REGION 1 ONLY] RUNNING TIME: 84 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Sicily 1486: a mob of villagers crucify and burn five nuns, suspected of witchcraft, in a […]
HCF Reviews
THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS [1967]: On Blu-ray Now
UK/USA/France AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 148 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The murder of a prostitute in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Major Grau to start […]
HCF Reviews
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: DEJA VU [2019]: On Region ‘A’ Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon Prime Now
USA AVAILABLE ON REGION ‘A’ BLU-RAY, DVD AND AMAZON PRIME RUNNING TIME: 148 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic WARNING! MAJOR SPOILER IN PARAGRAPH FIVE! It’s 40 years after Jennifer Hills killed […]
Documentary
GROWING UP WITH I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE [2019]: On Region 1 DVD and Amazon Prime Now
USA AVAILABLE ON REGION 1 DVD AND AMAZON PRIME ONLY [at the time of writing] RUNNING TIME: 102 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The story of the conception, filming, effect and legacy […]
Action
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM [2019]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 134 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic John Wick is now a marked man and on the run in Manhattan, declared “excommunicado” by The High Table […]
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THE BIG CLOCK [1948]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW ACADEMY RUNNING TIME: 96 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic George Stroud, editor-in-chief of Crimeways magazine, has his holiday postponed yet agin eager by his […]
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HIGH LIFE [2018]: In Selected Cinemas Now
USA IN SELECTED CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 113 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic A spaceship is heading towards a black hole. It contains ex-con Monte, a baby named Willow he’s struggling […]
HCF Reviews
THE GRAND DUEL [1972]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA IL GRANDE DUEL, THE BIG SHOWDOWN, STORM RIDER Italy/West Germany/France AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Philip Wermeer has been framed […]
Animation
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Directed by Rob Letterman Gotta catch ‘em all! Whoever came up with that tagline, in 1995, has a lot to answer for. For almost 25 years now, Pokémon have had so many […]
Action
THE ANNIHILATORS (1985)
THE ANNIHILATORS (1985) Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. A squad of soldiers who fought together in Vietnam are reunited when one of their comrades is brutally murdered whilst trying to protect his father’s business […]
Drama
NOVEMBER (2017)
NOVEMBER (2017) Directed by Rainer Sarnet Estonian with English Subtitles on Dual Format from Eureka Entertainment/Montage Pictures Lina, a teenage peasant girl in rural Estonia, is planning to marry her beau, Hans. However, their relationship […]
Crime
YAKUZA LAW (1969)
YAKUZA LAW (1969) Written and Directed by Teruo Ishii YAKUZA LAW is an anthology film showcasing three different stories of disobedience in the Yakuza clans set in three different time periods. The first is set […]
Drama
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE [1943]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 156 mins REVEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of “a beautiful […]
Comedy
ONE, TWO, THREE [1961]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic C.R. “Mac” MacNamara is a high-ranking executive in the Coca-Cola Company, assigned to West Berlin […]
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White Chamber (2018)
WHITE CHAMBER Directed by Paul Raschid Though horror can get frowned upon for being lowest common denominator, among the most interesting things about the genre is how well it provides a platform to comment on […]
Animation
IN THE AFTERMATH (1988)
IN THE AFTERMATH (1988) Directed by Carl Colpaert In a post-apocalyptic, radiation-devastated future, two survivors, Frank and Goose, are on the hunt for oxygen replenishment and filters with only 6 days worth of clean oxygen […]
Action
303 SQUADRON (2018)
303 SQUADRON (2018) Directed by Denis Delic English Language and German & Polish Language with Subtitles Based on Dywizjon 303 (Squadron 303), the account of by Arkady Fiedler, 303 SQUADRON tells the story of the […]