Spellbound (aka Eerie Romance / Ossakhan Yeonae)

Spellbound (aka Eerie Romance / Ossakhan Yeonae) Korea (2011) Dir. Hwang In-Ho Magician Ma Jo-Gu (Lee Min-Ki) performs a horror illusion show in which he summons a ghost in front of the live audience. Playing the role of the ghost is Kang Yu-Ri (Son Ye-Jin) an odd young woman who prefers to keep to herself, …

Black Heaven

  Black Heaven (Cert. 18) 1 Disc (Ditributor: Arrow Films) Running Time: 105 minutes Whilst on a summer trip to the beach young couple Gaspard (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet) and Marion (Pauline Etienne) discover a lost mobile phone with photos of a blonde woman named Sam (Louise Bourgoin) and intriguing messages about a meeting. They track the …

Time Traveller – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  Time Traveller – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Cert 12) 1 Disc (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 117 minutes High school student Akari Yoshiyama (Riisa Naka) is on top of the world after passing her mid term exams but tragedy strikes when her pharmaceutical researcher mother Kazuko (Narumi Yasuda) is knocked down by …

Pandemic

  Pandemic (Cert 15) 1 Disc (Distributor: MVM Entertainment) Running time: 138 minutes approx. In a Tokyo hospital, a young man diagnosed with a simple cold by ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) dies after suffering severe convulsions and coughing up blood. When similar cases begin to appear at the hospital it becomes apparent something …

252: Signal Of Life

252: Signal Of Life (Cert 12) 1 Disc (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 133 minutes Having been recently struck by a huge earthquake, Tokyo was settling back to normalcy when meteorologist Saki Umi (Yu Kashii) notices that the temperature is rising in the Pacific Ocean. However she doesn’t reckon it will be of much concern so …

Tokyo Gore School

Tokyo Gore School (Cert 18) 1 Disc (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 105 minutes High school student Fujiwara (Yusuke Yamada) has it all – good looks, good grades, sporty and is well respected by students and teachers alike. However his dark side and personal philosophy of only the strong survive sees him bullying weaker kids …

Kamui : The Lone Ninja

  Kamui : The Lone Ninja (Cert 15) 1 Discs (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 115 minutes In 17th Century Japan a young ninja named Kamui (Ken’ichi Matsuyama) decides he no longer wishes to use his exceptional skills for killing people and yearns for liberation from this barbaric lifestyle. Unfortunately the Ninja code dictates that …

The Viral Factor (Jik zin)

The Viral Factor (Jik zin) Hong Kong (2012) Dir. Dante Lam A security operation in Jordan by the International Defence Commission to escort a scientist who has stolen a sample of the smallpox virus is sabotaged when one of the team Sean (Andy On) betrays the others leaving team leader Jon Man (Jay Chou) with …

The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)

  The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) Spain (2011) Dir. Pedro Almodóvar Brilliant plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) is developing a synthetic skin which can withstand heat and other types of everyday damage following the death of his wife who was burned beyond recognition in a car accident six years earlier. …

Maria Full Of Grace (aka Maria llena eres de gracia)

  Maria Full Of Grace (aka Maria llena eres de gracia) Columbia (2004) Dir. Joshua Marston In a small town in Columbia, María Álvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is a 17 year-old working a dead end job, the pay from which supports herself and her single mother sister, her mother and grandmother, and is with a …