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 […]
Writers: David Koepp
Crime
CARLITO’S WAY [1992]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 24TH SEPTEMBER, FROM ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 144 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante has done five years in the slammer, a very short period considering his notoriety […]
HCF Reviews
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY Directed by James Mangold “It’s not the years, honey… It’s the mileage” said Indy in Raiders of the Lost Arc. It’s doubtful he’d say the same thing 40 […]
Action
DOC RANKS THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLES, FILMS 1 TO 5
Of course they’re neither horror nor cult [though the very fine TV series can probably be classed as the latter], but any frequent reader of this website will know that it’s roughly 50% horror and […]
Action
THE MUMMY [2017]: In Cinemas Now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 110 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 1951 London: a huge building housing lots of tombs is found below the London Underground. Ancient Egypt: Princess Ahmanet […]
Action
INFERNO [2016]: in cinemas now [short review]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 121 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Billionaire geneticist Bertrand Zobrist, who believes that the world is overpopulated and that rigorous measures are necessary, commits suicide […]
Action
TOY SOLDIERS (1991)
TOY SOLDIERS (1991) Directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. Available on Blu-Ray and DVD Regis High School, or Rejects High School as it is known as by the students who go there, is an all boys […]
Action
JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT [2014]: in cinemas now [short review]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Jack Ryan is studying at the London School of Economics when he witnesses 9/11 and decides to become a […]
Action
PREMIUM RUSH: in cinemas now
IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 87 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Among the bike couriers in New York City, no one is more determined and reckless than Wilee, an ex-law […]
Action
MEN IN BLACK 3: in cinemas now
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 103 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Boris the Beast escapes from his prison on the Moon with the help of a female helper and a […]