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The Primevals: 3 Blu-ray Collection by Eric Cotenas (22nd January 2025)

Having been kicked out the university doctorate program for submitting a "speculative" thesis about the existence and nature of the yeti as factual, anthropology dropout Matt Connor (Vampirella's Richard Joseph Paul) gets a special invite back to campus by Dr. Claire Collier (Beyond the Door's Juliet Mills) who reveals at a conference the killing of a "Nepalese anthropoid" of immense stature that had killed a number of sherpas in the mountains, unveiling its frozen carcass to the press and colleagues. Claire introduces the miffed Matt to biologist Dr. Lloyd Trent (The Thing from Another World's Robert Cornthwaite) who discovered upon dissection of the creature's brain that its violent behavior might have been caused by a surgical operation as barbaric as it is advanced beyond ...


The Speedway Murders by James-Masaki Ryan (21st January 2025)

"The Speedway Murders" (2023) On November 17th, 1978, four employees of a Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana were brutally murdered in a robbery. More than forty years later, the case is still unsolved. The corpses of the young employees, Jayne Friedt, 20; Daniel Davis, 16; Mark Flemmonds, 16; and Ruth Ellen Shelton, 17 were found twenty miles away in a rural forest, with Davis and Shelton being shot, Friedt being stabbed, and Flemmonds being bludgeoned. Initially the police and the restaurant management thought that the four youngsters stole some money, abandoned their shifts and went out to party, so the place was tidied up and reopened for business as usual the following day. As there were no crime scene photos taken, and potential evidence being scrubbed clean, it seriously hindered the eventual investigation after the bodies were discovered. “The Speedway Murders” looks at the story of this infamous unsolved case, with interviews from the victims families, investigators, witnesses, and others that were connected to the case, as well as reenactment segments to show what is known and what is still unknown about the tragedy. The debut feature b...


Love & Crime by Eric Cotenas (21st January 2025)

Coroner Dr. Murase (Goke, The Body Snatcher from Hell's Teruo Yoshida) has seen a lot of corpses come across his slab, but he is particularly disturbed when his wife Yukiko appears on his slab as a suicide with another man's semen still inside her. This leads him to visit the forensic archives to consult cases of crimes committed by women (for some reason) starting with the Toyokaku Inn affair of 1957 in which ambitious hotel maid Kinue has the ear of proprietress Chiyo and the bed of her husband Kosuke. When Chiyo decides to sell up from under her husband and open up a geisha house, Kinue convinces Kosuke that his wife would be better off dead and enlists hunky, younger lover Shibuya to help. With Chiyo having apparently run off, only one other person stands in between Kinue and her dream of owning an inn… or is it actually two people? Murase delves deeper into Japan's past to 1936 when Sada Abe was found wandering the streets with the severed penis of her lover. Murase questions whether she was really crazy or...


Rampo Noir by Eric Cotenas (20th January 2025)

Edogawa Rampo was a writer of strange tales during the Taishō period (1912-1926), a period between the wars marked by a clash between the traditional and the Western influences in politics and culture. Although Rampo's name is a Japanese transliteration of Edgar Allan Poe, Rampo's weird tales also demonstrated the influence of (or at least the same influences on) the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Gaston Leroux – with more than one locked door mystery for his own recurring detective Kogoro Akechi – as a sort of contemporary to H.P. Lovecraft, contributing to the definition of the era's artistic movement as ero guro nansensu (or "erotic grotesque nonsense"). Rampo continues to be much-adapted in Japanese cinema and is perhaps most familiar indirectly through some of exported adaptations from the pinku eiga/Roman Porno cycles of the late sixties to the eighties like Daiei's Blind Beast, Nikkatsu's Watcher in the Attic (a locked room detective story loosely-adapted a number...


Love & Crime by Eric Cotenas (20th January 2025)

Coroner Dr. Murase (Goke, The Body Snatcher from Hell's Teruo Yoshida) has seen a lot of corpses come across his slab, but he is particularly disturbed when his wife Yukiko appears on his slab as a suicide with another man's semen still inside her. This leads him to visit the forensic archives to consult cases of crimes committed by women (for some reason) starting with the Toyokaku Inn affair of 1957 in which ambitious hotel maid Kinue has the ear of proprietress Chiyo and the bed of her husband Kosuke. When Chiyo decides to sell up from under her husband and open up a geisha house, Kinue convinces Kosuke that his wife would be better off dead and enlists hunky, younger lover Shibuya to help. With Chiyo having apparently run off, only one other person stands in between Kinue and her dream of owning an inn… or is it actually two people? Murase delves deeper into Japan's past to 1936 when Sada Abe was found wandering the streets with the severed penis of her lover. Murase questions whether she was really crazy or...


Oddity by Eric Cotenas (18th January 2025)

While her psychiatrist husband Ted (Midsomer Murders' Gwilym Lee) works nights in a mental institution, Dani Timmis (You Are Not My Mother's Carolyn Bracken) spends her days renovating the medieval farmhouse they have purchased in the remote countryside. One night, one of Ted's patients Olin Boole (Boy Eats Girl's Tadhg Murphy) turns up on the doorstep urging Dani to let him inside, claiming that he saw someone else run inside while she went out to the car. Although unnerved by noises inside the large building, she is also too afraid to unlock the door to this stranger. A year later, we learn that Dani was murdered by Boole who himself was subsequently brutally murdered ostensibly by another patient while in custody. Although Ted has started a relationship with pharmaceutical representative...


Ellis: Series 1 by Eric Cotenas (18th January 2025)

Returning from an extended period of leave, Detective Chief Inspector Ellis (Holby City's Sharon D. Clarke) is saved from desk work by her Assistant Chief Constable Leighton (Allison Harding) who sends her to take over a murder and a disappearance in "Hanmore" (91:54) . Essentially put in charge of the investigation due to the former Minister mother (A Dark Song's Catherine Walker) of the murder victim calling in a favor, the local force give her a frosty reception over the perception that they are lacking, particularly territorial DCI Jim Belmont (Wrath of Man's Chris Reilly) who has already alienated the community by arresting the girl's stepfather (MI-5<...


Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel (Viridiana/The Exterminating Angel/Simon of the Desert) by Eric Cotenas (14th January 2025)

"From 1946 to 1965, Luis Buñuel directed 21 films in Mexico, the country that became his naturalised home. Towards the end of this period, the great master of surrealism would meet two of his most important collaborators - the husband-and-wife duo of producer Gustavo Alatriste and actress Silvia Pinal - and together they would create three of his most provocative and enduring works: Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Simon of the Desert (1965). Presented here in new restorations, all three films are frequently hailed as some of the greatest of all time. All of what makes Buñuel one of the greatest of directors can be found within them: the startling imagery, the uncompromising surrealism, the wicked humour, the unapologetic eroticism, and the overwhelming disdain for contemporary boundaries of good taste." Palme d'Or: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Cannes Film Festival, 1961 Grand Prix de l'UCC: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Grand Prix de l'UCC, 1962 Top Ten Film Award (Best Film): Luis Buñuel (Fourth Place) - Cahiers du Cinéma ...


Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel (Viridiana/The Exterminating Angel/Simon of the Desert) by Eric Cotenas (14th January 2025)

"From 1946 to 1965, Luis Buñuel directed 21 films in Mexico, the country that became his naturalised home. Towards the end of this period, the great master of surrealism would meet two of his most important collaborators - the husband-and-wife duo of producer Gustavo Alatriste and actress Silvia Pinal - and together they would create three of his most provocative and enduring works: Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Simon of the Desert (1965). Presented here in new restorations, all three films are frequently hailed as some of the greatest of all time. All of what makes Buñuel one of the greatest of directors can be found within them: the startling imagery, the uncompromising surrealism, the wicked humour, the unapologetic eroticism, and the overwhelming disdain for contemporary boundaries of good taste." Palme d'Or: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Cannes Film Festival, 1961 Grand Prix de l'UCC: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Grand Prix de l'UCC, 1962 Top Ten Film Award (Best Film): Luis Buñuel (Fourth Place) - Cahiers du Cinéma ...


Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel (Viridiana/The Exterminating Angel/Simon of the Desert) by Eric Cotenas (14th January 2025)

"From 1946 to 1965, Luis Buñuel directed 21 films in Mexico, the country that became his naturalised home. Towards the end of this period, the great master of surrealism would meet two of his most important collaborators - the husband-and-wife duo of producer Gustavo Alatriste and actress Silvia Pinal - and together they would create three of his most provocative and enduring works: Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Simon of the Desert (1965). Presented here in new restorations, all three films are frequently hailed as some of the greatest of all time. All of what makes Buñuel one of the greatest of directors can be found within them: the startling imagery, the uncompromising surrealism, the wicked humour, the unapologetic eroticism, and the overwhelming disdain for contemporary boundaries of good taste." Palme d'Or: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Cannes Film Festival, 1961 Grand Prix de l'UCC: Luis Buñuel (winner) - Grand Prix de l'UCC, 1962 Top Ten Film Award (Best Film): Luis Buñuel (Fourth Place) - Cahiers du Cinéma ...


Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling: The Criterion Collection by Noor Razzak (12th January 2025)

"Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" (1986) marks the directorial debut of comedian and actor Richard Pryor, a film that presents a deeply personal and introspective journey into the complexities of identity, addiction, and the pursuit of redemption. While the film certainly benefits from Pryor’s unflinching exploration of his own life experiences, it ultimately raises questions about the balance between artistic ambition and cinematic coherence, offering a work that is both provocative and uneven in its execution. The film follows Jo Jo Dancer (Richard Pryor), a successful comedian who is at the peak of his career when a traumatic accident occurs, sending him into a near-death experience and forcing him to confront the choices and behaviours that have defined his life. As Jo Jo recovers physically, he must also face the emotional and psychological wreckage of a life marred by drug addiction, strained relationships, and self-destructive tendencies. The central theme of Jo Jo Dancer is the tension between fame and personal fulfillment. The film explores how the external validation of success can mask deeper internal struggles, ...


Evil Does Not Exist by James-Masaki Ryan (8th January 2025)

"Evil Does Not Exist" 「悪は存在しない」 (2023) Takumi (played by Omika Hitoshi) was born and raised in the rural village of Mizubiki, living as a handyman for the community for their everyday needs. He is a single father to eight year old Hana (played by Nishikawa Ryo) and teaches her about the nature surrounding them, through the plants and the animals that they come across. A town meeting is held when representatives of an entertainment company show their presentation of how they will open a glamping site in the town, which would bring tourism and boost the area's economy. The representatives Takahashi (played by Kosaka Ryuji) and Mayuzumi (played by Shibutani Ayaka) are bombarded with comments and concerns from the locals who are afraid that such a place would pollute the water supply, disrupt the deer trail, and bring other problems from outside, with the showcased plans being inadequate. Following the international breakthrough that was ...


Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend by Eric Cotenas (3rd January 2025)

The annual California high school cheerleading contest is being held in Sacramento and bus seventeen is transporting cheerleading teams from three rival Los Angeles-area schools: the good girls of Pierce High lead by level-headed Debbie (Meatballs' Kristine DeBell), the bad girls of Polk High lead by soul sister Sally (Mean Mother's Marilyn Joi), and the rich girls of Darwell lead by snobby Lisa (Up in Smoke's Ann Wharton), and chaperoned by icy coach Frankie McDougall (Courtney Sands). As night falls, they come across a roadblock and the Highway Patrol steers them to a detour leading to a remote cabin where it is revealed that the cops are their abductors: professional football players Wayne Mathews (...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Pulse by James-Masaki Ryan (1st January 2025)

"Pulse" 「回路」 (2001) Kudo Michi (played by Aso Kumiko) goes to the apartment of her coworker Taguchi (played by Mizuhashi Kenji) who has been absent from work for some time. Entering his unlocked dark apartment, she sees him there seemingly tired and unwell, but a few moments later she finds Taguchi hanging by the neck in the next room. Her coworkers Junko (played by Arisaka Kumiko) and Yabe (played by Matsuo Masatoshi) are able to recover a disk from Taguchi's home computer, which are filled with unusual repeating images of what seems to be of his room and a dark unrecognizable face appearing within the computer monitor reflections. With the three trying to find an answer to Taguchi's suicide, unexplained situations start to plague them as well. Meanwhile there is the case of Kawashima Ryosuke (played by Kato Haruhiko), a university student who decides to try the Internet for the first time. But things do not see...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


Shawscope: Volume Three (Limited Edition) by Eric Cotenas (1st January 2025)

"Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion." The One Armed Swordsman: Bandit Long-Armed Devil (The Enchanting Shadow's Yang Chi-Ching), his cousin Smiling Tiger (Golden Swallow's ...


The Keep: Limited Edition by Noor Razzak (1st January 2025)

Michael Mann’s "The Keep" (1983) is a fascinating and enigmatic film that blends horror, supernatural elements, and war drama into an almost dreamlike narrative. Despite being visually striking and conceptually ambitious, the film struggles to find coherence within its own sprawling ideas. Adapted from F. Paul Wilson’s 1981 novel, "The Keep" represents Mann's first foray into genre filmmaking, and while it showcases his signature style and visual sensibilities, it also presents significant narrative and tonal challenges. At the core of film is a story set during World War II in an isolated Romanian fortress that harbors an ancient evil. When a group of Nazi soldiers occupies the keep, they unknowingly unleash a powerful, malevolent entity. As the creature begins to terrorize the soldiers, a Jewish historian named Glaeken (Scott Glenn) is brought in to try to stop it, leading to a confrontation that blends existential horror with mystical elements. While this premise has the potential for a gripping narrative, the film quickly becomes mired in its own complexity, struggling to tie...


Three Wishes for Cinderella by Eric Cotenas (25th December 2024)

Cinderella (Kolya's Libuse Safránková) lives under the thumb of her wicked stepmother (Bread and Roses' Carola Braunbock) and spoiled stepsister Dora (I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen's Dana Hlavácová). The servants love her and the animals help her in the backbreaking daily chores meted out by her stepmother, but she's really a tomboy at heart. While her stepmother and stepsister prepare for a visit from the King (Mephisto's Rolf Hoppe) and Queen (The Dead Stay Young's Karin Lesch), Cinderella comes across the Prince (singer...


TECHNICAL REVIEWS
Shepherd of the Hills (The) (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (20th December 2024)

Henry Hathaway (Go West Young Man) directs John Wayne (Jet Pilot), Betty Field (7 Women), Harry Carey (You and Me), and Beulah Bondi (Remember the Night) in the classic 1941 melodrama The Shepherd of the Hills. When Daniel Howitt (Carey), a kindly stranger, arrives in a remote Ozark community riven by hatred, he befriends young Sammy (Field) and raises the ire of her fiancé, Matt (Wayne), a bitter moonshiner who has sworn to kill his own father. Based on the best-selling novel by Harold Bell Wright, and boasting ravishing cinematography by Charles Lang (The Long Gray Line) and W Howard Greene (The Magnificent Seven), Hathaway’s version of The Shepherd of the Hills was the third of no fewer than four big-screen adaptations, and was Wayne’s first film in Technicolor....


Edge of Eternity (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (20th December 2024)

Cornel Wilde (Shockproof), Victoria Shaw (The Crimson Kimono), and Mickey Shaughnessy (Jailhouse Rock) star in Edge of Eternity, a riveting murder mystery from director Don Siegel (Madigan, Charley Varrick). When a series of killings plagues an Arizona ghost town on the edge of the Grand Canyon, Deputy Sherrif Martin (Wilde) forms an unlikely partnership with playgirl Janice (Shaw) to investigate. Made on location, and shot in CinemaScope by the great Burnett Guffey (The Sniper, The Reckless Moment), Edge of Eternity is one of Don Siegel's most arresting and thrilling crime films....


Stir Crazy (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (31st October 2024)

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....


See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (31st October 2024)

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....


Another You (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (31st October 2024)

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were two of American cinema’s best-loved comic actors, and this box set collects three of their classic collaborations. In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor). This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, and critical appreciations, as well as a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units....


Vampire (The) AKA El vampiro (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (15th October 2024)

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....


Vampire (The) AKA El vampiro (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (15th October 2024)

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....


Vampire's Coffin (The) AKA El ata�d del Vampiro (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (15th October 2024)

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....


Vampire's Coffin (The) AKA El ata�d del Vampiro (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (15th October 2024)

In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother. In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El atad del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride. Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book....


Behind the Mask (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Black Moon (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Air Hawks (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Island of Doomed Men (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Cry of the Werewolf (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Soul of a Monster (The) (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (14th October 2024)

Six bone-chilling tales from the vaults of Columbia Pictures, starring a host of the classic horror genres most celebrated names, including Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train), Nina Foch (Escape in the Fog), Rose Hobart (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jack Holt (Cat People), Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code), Peter Lorre (M), and Fay Wray (Thunderbolt). In Behind the Mask, the dastardly Dr X murders his patients and smuggles narcotics in their coffins. Black Moon sees a cursed daughter return to the island where her parents perished in a voodoo ceremony. In Air Hawks, pioneering aviators are tormented by rivals operating a horrifying death ray. Island of Doomed Men sees an undercover agent infiltrating a remote penal colony presided over by a madman. In Cry of the Werewolf, a beautiful female lycanthrope vows to murder those who discover her familys secret. And, for those whose nerves are still intact, The Soul of a Monster tells the tale of a woman who makes a diabolical deal to save her husbands life. This essential three-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, and rare archival sh...


Lady is Willing (The) (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (29th September 2024)

Hollywood legends Marlene Dietrich (Blonde Venus) and Fred MacMurray (Pushover) collide in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Is Willing. Eccentric Broadway star Liza Madden (Dietrich) longs to become a mother but has no need for a husband. When she stumbles across an abandoned baby, she resolves to adopt it, entering into a marriage of convenience with child-hating, rabbit-obsessed divorc Dr McBain (MacMurray). Directed by Mitchell Leisen (Remember the Night) and scripted by James Edward Grant (Bullfighter and the Lady), The Lady Is Willing also includes memorable supporting turns from Stanley Ridges (An Act of Murder), Aline MacMahon (One Way Passage), and Arline Judge (An American Tragedy). ...


You and Me (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (29th September 2024)

Sylvia Sidney (An American Tragedy), George Raft (Spawn of the North), and Harry Carey (The Long Gray Line) head up the cast of this powerful film from the great Fritz Lang (Ministry of Fear). When ex-convict Joe (Raft) gets a job in a department store, he falls in love with his co-worker Helen (Sidney) and, even though the rules of their employment strictly forbid it, the two secretly are married. However, when he discovers that Helen has been hiding the fact that she is also an ex-con, Joe becomes enraged and decides to rob the store, putting their relationship in jeopardy. With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp (Affair in Trinidad) and Norman Krasna (Fury), as well as music by the legendary Kurt Weill (The Threepenny Opera), You and Me is a unique mix of crime thriller and romantic comedy which confounded audience expectations at the time of its release, but which has become a critical favourite in the decades since....


When Tomorrow Comes (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (13th September 2024)

Following the runaway success of Love Affair, Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth) and Charles Boyer (A Womans Vengeance) were reunited for When Tomorrow Comes, a heartbreaking romantic melodrama. Despite differences of class and politics, concert pianist Philip (Boyer) falls in love with waitress Helen (Dunne), and they embark on a torrid romance. However, Helen soon finds that Philip is hiding something from her... Directed by John M Stahl (Leave Her to Heaven) and based on a story by James M Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), When Tomorrow Comes was later remade by Douglas Sirk as Interlude, and stands as a classic of the so-called Women's Picture genre....


Who Saw Her Die? AKA Chi L'Ha Vista Morire? AKA The Child (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (23rd August 2024)

George Lazenby, in a career-defining departure from his role as James Bond 007 (On Her Majestys Secret Service), delivers a powerful, gutsy performance in Aldo Lado's chillingly disturbing giallo masterpiece, WHO SAW HER DIE? Lazenby portrays Franco Serpieri, a sculptor recently separated from his wife (Anita Strindberg). He invites their young daughter, Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi), to spend time with him in an autumnal Venice. As father and daughter joyfully make up for lost time exploring the city, their idyllic bonding is shattered when Roberta becomes the target of a dangerous child-killer lurking in the city's foggy canals. Consumed by grief and driven by a thirst for justice, a tormented Franco embarks on his own investigation, uncovering vicious depravity in the highest echelons of Venetian society controlled by a Machiavellian art-dealer Adolfo Celi (Largo in 007s Thunderball). Bearing striking and uncanny similarities to Nicolas Roegs later film, Dont Look Now, Lados WHO SAW HER DIE? delves into a fathers haunting guilt within a spellbinding giallo mystery. Enhanced by Ennio Morricone's eerie score and Franco Di Giacomo's (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) evocative cinematography, now properly revealed in this defin...


Confessions of a Window Cleaner (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (10th August 2024)

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 19741977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone yet seemingly irresistible Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satans Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camps tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...


Timothy Lea's Confessions of a Pop Performer AKA Confessions of a Pop Performer (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (10th August 2024)

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 19741977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone yet seemingly irresistible Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satans Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camps tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...


Timothy Lea's Confessions of a Driving Instructor AKA Confessions of a Driving Instructor (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (10th August 2024)

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 19741977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone yet seemingly irresistible Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satans Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camps tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...


Timothy Lea's Confessions from a Holiday Camp AKA Confessions from a Holiday Camp AKA Confessions of by Rick Curzon (10th August 2024)

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 19741977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone yet seemingly irresistible Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satans Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camps tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...


Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (10th August 2024)

Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in THE COMPLETE CONFESSIONS, 19741977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone yet seemingly irresistible Timmy (Askwith) as he gets embroiled in the money-making schemes of his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett (Anthony Booth, Corruption). The fun starts in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, as Timmy must satisfy the demands of a clientele of lonely housewives whilst attempting to woo police officer Liz (Linda Hayden, The Blood on Satans Claw). In Confessions of a Pop Performer, Timmy endures the ups and downs (and ins and outs) of the music business when he joins a band managed by Sid. With Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Timmy finds his female students fumbling for his gearstick. Finally, in Confessions from a Holiday Camp, entertainment officer Timmy struggles to organise a beauty contest under the watchful eye of the camps tyrannical new manager. Directed by Val Guest (The Full Treatment) and Norman Cohen (Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers), this classic quartet features a support...


Boy Kills World (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (23rd July 2024)

Boy (Bill Skarsgard) is left orphaned, deaf, and voiceless when his family is brutally murdered in front of him. Driven by his inner voice, taken from his favourite childhood video game (the legendary H. Jon Benjamin), Boy escapes to the jungle where he encounters a mysterious shaman (The Raids Yayan Ruhian) who trains him to become an instrument of death. Seeking revenge Boy embarks on a mission against the corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty headed by the deranged matriarch Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), unleashing carnage, delirious violence and martial arts mayhem on his road to retribution....


Boy Kills World (Blu-ray 4K) by Rick Curzon (23rd July 2024)

Boy (Bill Skarsgard) is left orphaned, deaf, and voiceless when his family is brutally murdered in front of him. Driven by his inner voice, taken from his favourite childhood video game (the legendary H. Jon Benjamin), Boy escapes to the jungle where he encounters a mysterious shaman (The Raids Yayan Ruhian) who trains him to become an instrument of death. Seeking revenge Boy embarks on a mission against the corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty headed by the deranged matriarch Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), unleashing carnage, delirious violence and martial arts mayhem on his road to retribution....


Single White Female (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (4th July 2024)

Bridget Fonda (Jackie Brown, A Simple Plan) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hitcher, The Hateful Eight) star in Barbet Schroeders (Reversal of Fortune, Mad Men) erotic psychological thriller Single White Female. When Allie (Fonda) breaks off her engagement, she is delighted to find a supportive new roommate in Hedy (Leigh). But when Hedy's behaviour becomes increasingly obsessive, and a series of violent events begin to occur, Allie fears that Hedy is not all she claims to be. Beautifully photographed by Luciano Tovoli (The Passenger, Suspiria), and with a powerful score by Howard Shore (The Silence of the Lambs, Videodrome), Single White Female is one of the most stylish suspense thrillers of the nineties....


Bruiser AKA Devil's Mask (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (4th July 2024)

Horror legend George A Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead) directs Jason Flemyng (Snatch, Pennyworth), Peter Stormare (Fargo), and Leslie Hope (24) in the devastating and deranged Bruiser. Unhappy with both his homelife and his career, Henry (Flemyng) is plagued by violent fantasies. When he wakes up to find his face replaced by a featureless mask, he sets about exacting violent punishment on those who have wronged him. Featuring music by celebrated composer Donald Rubinstein (Martin, Knightriders), and including an appearance by legendary punk band the Misfits, Bruiser was hailed by critics and fans alike as a triumphant return to independent filmmaking for Romero....


Malcolm X (Blu-ray 4K) by Rick Curzon (28th June 2024)

Spike Lees double Oscar nominated biographical epic, Malcolm X, arrives in the UK for the first time in stunning 4K. The 4K Ultra HD special collectors edition, packaged with a premium O-ring, will contain an exclusive, limited-edition poster and four art cards, and includes more than 20 minutes of deleted scenes introduced by Spike Lee, and the films original trailer. Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars in a career-best performance as Malcolm X, one of the most charismatic and divisive political voices in American history. From poverty to prominence, from hustler to humanist, Malcolm X and his ideologies touched the lives of millions and continue to inspire and enlighten. The complex life of this endlessly fascinating civil rights leader is traced in magnificent detail, held together by the vision of director Spike Lee, who masterfully combines historical and contemporary perspectives to create one of the most ambitious, expansive, and acclaimed biographical dramas of all time. ★★★★★ A masterpiece Next Best Picture ★★★★ One of the great screen biographies this is an extraordinary life, and Spike Lee has told it in an extraordinary film Roger Ebert...


Point Break (Blu-ray 4K) by Rick Curzon (28th June 2024)

From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow, experience Point Break, the ultimate 90s cult classic, like never before as it returns to the UK for the first time in stunning 4K. The two-disc 4K UHD special collectors edition, packaged with a premium O-ring, contains the feature in 4K and Blu-Ray, plus an exclusive, limited-edition poster and four art cards. Also included are more than 45 minutes of bonus features. Assigned to investigate a string of bank robberies conducted by the notorious masked group known as The Ex-Presidents, FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is transferred from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where sun and smog coexist with New Age music and 20th Century spirituality. Going undercover among the maverick fringe who surf off the Southern California coast, Johnny meets his match in Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), who shows the young agent a whole new way of looking at the world, and himself. In an escalating series of explosive encounters, Johnny will learn the truth of Bodhi's most important lesson: If you want the ultimate thrill, you must be prepared to pay the ultimate price....


Point Break (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (28th June 2024)

From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow, experience Point Break, the ultimate 90s cult classic, like never before as it returns to the UK for the first time in stunning 4K. The two-disc 4K UHD special collectors edition, packaged with a premium O-ring, contains the feature in 4K and Blu-Ray, plus an exclusive, limited-edition poster and four art cards. Also included are more than 45 minutes of bonus features. Assigned to investigate a string of bank robberies conducted by the notorious masked group known as The Ex-Presidents, FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is transferred from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where sun and smog coexist with New Age music and 20th Century spirituality. Going undercover among the maverick fringe who surf off the Southern California coast, Johnny meets his match in Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), who shows the young agent a whole new way of looking at the world, and himself. In an escalating series of explosive encounters, Johnny will learn the truth of Bodhi's most important lesson: If you want the ultimate thrill, you must be prepared to pay the ultimate price....


Obsession AKA The Hidden Room (blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (3rd June 2024)

Starring Robert Newton (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), Phil Brown (The Camp on Blood Island), Sally Gray (They Made Me a Fugitive) and Naunton Wayne (The Lady Vanishes), Obsession originally released in the US as The Hidden Room takes a dark and unsettling journey into the mind of a murderer. When psychiatrist Clive (Newton) learns that his wife, Storm (Gray), is having an affair, he resolves to take revenge by kidnapping and murdering her lover, Bill (Brown) and dissolving his corpse in acid. As Bill languishes in Clives cellar, Detective Finsbury (Naunton) doggedly pursues the case ... Written by Alec Coppel (Vertigo), scored by Nino Rota (8, The Godfather), and directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Sniper) during his blacklist-induced exile in Britain, Obsessions original release was delayed due to the ongoing court case of real-life Acid Bath Murderer John Haigh....


Obsession AKA The Hidden Room (blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (3rd June 2024)

Starring Robert Newton (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), Phil Brown (The Camp on Blood Island), Sally Gray (They Made Me a Fugitive) and Naunton Wayne (The Lady Vanishes), Obsession originally released in the US as The Hidden Room takes a dark and unsettling journey into the mind of a murderer. When psychiatrist Clive (Newton) learns that his wife, Storm (Gray), is having an affair, he resolves to take revenge by kidnapping and murdering her lover, Bill (Brown) and dissolving his corpse in acid. As Bill languishes in Clives cellar, Detective Finsbury (Naunton) doggedly pursues the case ... Written by Alec Coppel (Vertigo), scored by Nino Rota (8, The Godfather), and directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Sniper) during his blacklist-induced exile in Britain, Obsessions original release was delayed due to the ongoing court case of real-life Acid Bath Murderer John Haigh....


Patrick (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (30th May 2024)

From director Richard Franklin (Roadgames) comes Patrick, a terrifying fusion of science fiction and Hitchcockian thriller, starring Susan Penhaligon (House of Mortal Sin), Robert Helpmann (The Red Shoes), and Robert Thompson (Thirst). Murderer Patrick (Thompson) is kept in a comatose state between life and death, under the watchful eye of the eccentric Dr Roget (Helpmann). When he is assigned a caring new nurse, Kathy (Penhaligon), he becomes possessive, and uses telekinetic powers to torment anyone who comes between them. Produced by Antony I. Ginnane (Snapshot), written by Everett De Roche (Harlequin) and scored by Brian May (Mad Max), Patricks unprecedented international success made it a landmark of the Australian New Wave....


Patrick (Blu-ray) by Rick Curzon (30th May 2024)

From director Richard Franklin (Roadgames) comes Patrick, a terrifying fusion of science fiction and Hitchcockian thriller, starring Susan Penhaligon (House of Mortal Sin), Robert Helpmann (The Red Shoes), and Robert Thompson (Thirst). Murderer Patrick (Thompson) is kept in a comatose state between life and death, under the watchful eye of the eccentric Dr Roget (Helpmann). When he is assigned a caring new nurse, Kathy (Penhaligon), he becomes possessive, and uses telekinetic powers to torment anyone who comes between them. Produced by Antony I Ginnane (Snapshot), written by Everett De Roche (Harlequin) and scored by Brian May (Mad Max), Patricks unprecedented international success made it a landmark of the Australian New Wave....


 


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