Ip Man: The Final Fight (Yip Man: Jung gik yat jin)

Ip Man: The Final Fight (Yip Man: Jung gik yat jin) Hong Kong (2013) Dir. Herman Yau In post war Hong Kong, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man (Anthony Wong) arrives from Foshan to start a peaceful life, believing his fighting days are over. He meets a keen martial artist Leung Sheung (Timmy Hung) and begins …

I Wish (Kiseki)

  I Wish (Kiseki) Japan (2011) Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda After the breakdown of their parents’ marriage brothers Koichi (Koki Maeda) and Ryunosuke (Ohshirô Maeda) now live apart from each other. Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi (Nene Ohtsuka) and his grandparents (Isao Hashizume and Kirin Kiki) in Kagoshima, where a nearby volcano regularly erupts leaving …

WWE: Triple H – Thy Kingdom Come

WWE: Triple H - Thy Kingdom Come (Cert 15) 2 Disc Blu-ray / 3 Disc DVD (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 127 minutes approx. Triple H is not just the greatest wrestler that has ever lived but he is also the greatest human being that ever walked this fine Earth of ours. That is the …

The Arrival of Wang (L’arrivo di Wang)

The Arrival of Wang (L'arrivo di Wang) Italy (2011) Dir. Antonio Manetti & Marco Manetti Young translator Gaia (Francesca Cuttica), who specialises in Mandarin Chinese, receives a call for a special job at short notice for which she will be nicely rewarded. She is met by a man named Curti (Ennio Fantastichini) who promptly blindfolds …

Certified Copy (Copie conforme)

Certified Copy (Copie conforme) France (2010) Dir. Abbas Kiarostami English author James Miller (William Shimell) is in Tuscany to promote his latest book about copies versus originals in the art world. A French antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche) arrives at the book reading with her son (Adrian Moore) but is forced to leave shortly after, so …

Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman

Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman (Cert 15) Distributor: Clear Vision -  Running time: 73 minutes approx. A young club DJ Santiago Fernández (Matías Oviedo) works for an Argentinean gangster Che Longana (Jorge Alis), who has put a bounty on his ex-girlfriend and bounty hunter known only as The Machine Gun Woman …

Populaire

Populaire (Cert 12) 1 Disc (Distributor: Entertainment One) Running Time: 111 minutes approx. France, 1958 and 21 year-old Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François) is tired of life working in her father’s tiny village shop and has greater aspirations. She attends an interview for a secretary in Normandy for enigmatic insurance agency owner Louis Échard (Romain Duris). …

Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works

Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (Cert 15) 1 Disc (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 107 minutes approx. A war over the Holy Grail between formidable fighters known as “Servants”, controlled by humans possessing magical powers called Magi. These fighters are figures from history given a new lease of life for the sake of the war. …

Steins;Gate Part 2

Steins;Gate Part 2 (Episodes 13-25) (Cert 12) 2 Discs (Distributor: Manga Entertainment/Kaze UK) Running time: 312 minutes approx. It is with slight irony that a show which has reached a point where every action of the main protagonist brings with it nothing but dilemma after dilemma, should leave this reviewer with a dilemma – the …

WWE: Goldberg – The Ultimate Collection

WWE: Goldberg - The Ultimate Collection (Cert 15) 2 Disc Blu-ray / 3 Disc DVD (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 422 minutes approx. “Goldberg! Goldberg!” While the WWF in 1997-98 was all about bottom lines, smelling cooking and sucking it over in WCW the one sound that reverberated through arenas was the above name being …