Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)

Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) France (1993) Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski Julie (Juliette Binoche) is the lone survivor of a car accident which took her husband, the famous composer Patrice de Courcy and their five year-old daughter. After a failed suicide attempt whilst recovering in hospital, Julie decides to shut herself away from the world, …

Princess Resurrection Complete Series Collection

Princess Resurrection Complete Series Collection (Cert 15) 4 Discs (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 633 minutes approx. Hiro Hiyorimi is an ordinary schoolboy, recently moved to Sasanaki City where his elder sister Sawawa has taken a job as a live in maid to a soon-to-be arriving lady of nobility. En route to meeting his sister, …

The Monk

  The Monk (Cert 15) 1 Disc (Distributor Metrodome) Running Time: 96 minutes approx. In 17th century Madrid, a monk named Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), who was abandoned as a baby at a monastery and raised by capuchin Monks, is one of the most revered and respected holy men due to his resolute devotion to his …

Return To Murder (Bunohan)

Return To Murder (Bunohan) Malaysia (2011) Dir. Dain Said Three brothers return to the small Malaysian village of Bunohan, each under different circumstances which inexplicably become intertwined. Kick boxer Adil (Zahiril Adzim) is brought back from Thailand when he is abducted in the middle of rigged fight; half brother Ilham (Faizal Hussein) is a contract …

Howling (aka Killer Wolf)

  Howling (aka Killer Wolf) Korea (2012) Dir. Ha Yoo Grizzled Detective Jo Sang-Gil (Song Kang-Ho) is not only given what he considers a fairly cut and dry suicide case when a man found burned to death in his car but he gets a new partner in rookie female detective Cha Eun-Young (Lee Na-Young), who …

About Elly (Darbareye Elly)

About Elly (Darbareye Elly) Iran (2009) Dir. Asghar Farhadi A group of middle class Iranians – made up of three families and two single friends - take a three-day break to a villa near the Caspian Sea. One of the wives Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani) insisted on inviting her daughter’s schoolteacher Elly (Taraneh Alidoosti) along with …

The Kid With A Bike (Le gamin au vélo)

  The Kid With A Bike (Le gamin au vélo) Belgium/France (2011) Dirs. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne 12 year-old Cyril Catoul (Thomas Doret) has been abandoned by his father Guy (Jérémie Renier) and left to live in a state run youth house. Absolutely determined to find his father and prove everyone wrong, Cyril tries to …

Rosario & Vampire Complete Season 1

Rosario & Vampire Complete Season 1 (Cert 15) 2 Discs (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 306 minutes approx. Tsukune Aono is an unsuccessful student who fails to make it to a decent high school, but following a drunken incident involving his father and a priest, Tsukune is enrolled at the little known Yokai Academy, which is …

Le Havre

  Le Havre Finland/France (2011) Dir. Aki Kaurismäki In the port city of Le Havre lives former playwright Marcel Marx (André Wilms) and his wife Arletty (Kati Outine) and their Golden Retriever Laika, getting by with a humble but meagre lifestyle and Marcel’s less than profitable shoeshine business. Just as Arletty is taken ill and …

Princess Jellyfish Complete Collection

Princess Jellyfish Complete Collection (Cert 12) 3 Discs (Distributor: Manga Entertainment/Kaze UK) Running time: 241 minutes approx. Tsukimi Kurashita is an 18 year-old girl living in Tokyo with dreams of becoming an illustrator and is obsessed with jellyfish, ever since she saw some during a visit to an aquarium as a child with her late …