Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (AKA Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka AKA Violent Fire) (2002) Distributor (UK): Arrow Video Release Date: 22nd November 2010 Directed by: Takashi Miike Starring: Riki Takeuchi, Kenichi Endo, Sonny Chiba Review by: Ben Bussey It’s modern day Tokyo gangland, and as ever things are a little fraught in the day to day goings-on […]
Dream Home (Wai dor lei ah yut ho) (2010) Distributor: Network Releasing (UK) IFC Films (US) Release date: 19th November 2010 (UK) 2011 TBC (US) Directed by: Ho-Cheung Pang Starring: Josie Ho, Eason Chan Review by: Stephanie Scaife Cheng Li-sheung (Josie Ho) is a young professional planning to take her first step on to the […]
The Fallow Field (2009) Production company: Figment Directed by: Leigh Dovey Starring: Steve Garry, Michael Dacre, Natalie Overs, Johnny Vivash Review by: Ben Bussey Matt Sadler (Garry) has a few problems in his life. First off, his missus no longer wants anything to do with him. Secondly, the mistress he’s been keeping, who has in […]
We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay) (2010) Directed by: Jorge Michel Grau Distributors: IFC Films (US) Artificial Eye (UK) Release date: 12th November 2010 (UK) TBC 2011 (US) Starring: Paulina Gaitan, Alan Chávez, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato Review by: Stephanie Scaife Jorge Michel Grau’s debut feature We Are What We Are is […]
Dead Set (2008) Production Company: Endemol/E4 Directed by: Yann Demange Starring: Jaime Winstone, Andy Nyman, Davina McCall Review by: Keri O’Shea The idea for Dead Set – one of the only TV series ever dedicated to zombies, in amongst a plethora of recent vampire shows – was developed by acerbic journalist and critic Charlie Brooker, […]
DVD Review: Altitude (2010) Directed by: Kaare Andrews Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary Review by: Kayley Viteo As far as supernatural horror thrillers set in an airplane go, Altitude doesn’t exactly crash and burn, although there is some serious turbulence. Still, there’s something about this film that is engaging […]
Siege of the Dead (AKA Rammbock) (2010) DVD Release Date: 25th October 2010 Distributor: Revolver Directed by: Marvin Kren Starring: Michael Fuith, Theo Trebs, Anna Graczyk, Emily Cox Review by: Ben Bussey When Michael (Fuith) arrives unannounced at the Berlin apartment which until recently he shared with his now ex-girlfriend, his primary concern is whether she will want to reconcile […]
XII (Twelve) (2009) R2 DVD Release Date: 27 September 2010 Distributor (UK): Chelsea Films Directed by: Michael A Nickles Starring: Mercedes McNab, Steven Brand, Emily Hardy, Jeremy Fitzgerald Review by: Ben Bussey Five years have passed since Leonard Karlsson (Fitzgerald) was sent to the big house for child abuse. As we all know, kiddie fiddlers […]
DVD Review: Lake Placid 3 Directed by: G.E. Furst Starring: Colin Ferguson, Yancy Butler, Michael Ironside, Kirsty Mitchell, Kacey Barnfield, Mark Evans DVD Release Date: October 26, 2010 Review by: Dustin Hall I tried. I really, really did. I wanted so bad to give Lake Placid 3 a pass. Its not because I harbor any affection toward the rest of […]
Not Like Others (AKA Vampyrer) (2008) Distributor (UK): Chelsea Films R2 DVD Release Date: 25th October 2010 Directed by: Peter Pontikis Starring: Jenny Lampa, Ruth Vega Fernandez Review by: Ben Bussey At a glance, twentysomething sisters Vera (Lampa) and Vanja (Fernandez) look like any other young women hanging out in a club on a relatively […]