My Hero Academia Season 2 Part 2

My Hero Academia Season 2 Part 2 (Episodes 26-38)(Cert 15) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Sony Pictures) Running time: 308 minutes approx. We waste little time resuming the action in the second half of the second season of My Hero Academia despite the toll the Sports Festival took on the students of the U.A. High School …

Cure

Cure Japan (1997) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa Over the past 20 years, Asian cinema has proven a dab hand at psychological horror, while Hollywood was already making their own in the guise of serial killer flicks, with the likes of Silence Of The Lambs getting things off to a notorious start. A year before Ringu blew …

WWE – Wrestlemania 34

WWE – Wrestlemania 34 (Cert 15) 3 Discs DVD/2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 304 minutes approx. It’s that time of year again - when the WWE wrestlers get to compete on the Grandest Stage of Them All, when an arena just won’t do and the show is moved into a huge stadium …

The Merciless (Boolhandang: Nabbeun Nomdeului Sesang)

The Merciless (Boolhandang: Nabbeun Nomdeului Sesang) Korea (2017) Dir. Byun Sung-Hyun There is no honour among thieves. A phrase everyone has heard except for those in the criminal fraternity apparently, if Asian gangster films are to be believed. In his third film, Byun Sung-Hyun makes the huge leap from saucy rom-coms to violent thriller to …

Joy

Joy Mongolia (2016) Dir. Chinguun Balkhjav Hopefully the country of origin of this 2016 release will deter you from thinking I have broken my boycott of J*nn*f*r L*wr*nc* films, so save the accusations of hypocrisy for another day - if indeed hell does freeze over. Instead, we’ll bask in the knowledge that this Joy marks …

The House At The End of Time (La casa del fin de los tiempos)

The House At The End of Time (La casa del fin de los tiempos) Venezuela (2013) Dir. Alejandro Hidalgo It’s déjà vu time as the Korean remake of this film entitled House Of The Disappeared has already been reviewed on this site and now we get to appraise the original. This means there will be …

WWE – Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches Of The Macho Man

WWE – Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches Of The Macho Man (Cert 15) 3 Discs DVD (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 527 minutes approx. Ooh yeah! The WWE have delved into the vaults of their massive video library once again to bring us this collection of rarely seen, long forgotten and never before released …

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story (Cert 12A) US (2018) Dir. Ron Howard The Star Wars franchise is following in the footsteps of Marvel and DC by expanding its cinematic presence with more adjuncts to the main saga that explore the events prior to the story we all know and love. After the prequel-following-the-prequels Rogue One …

The Square

The Square Sweden (2017) Dir. Ruben Östlund The world of modern art has always been ripe for satire and lampooning whilst the way people treat their fellow human beings is also a fecund subject, but there is little obvious overlap. That hasn’t stopped Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund from having a go but is The Square …

Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga – Part 2

Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga - Part 2 (Episodes 7-12) (Cert 15) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 145 minutes approx. It’s been a frustrating wait due to the split-release imposed on Manga Entertainment by Sentai in the US, but the concluding half of Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga is finally here. Since this is …