Stars: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, David Duchovny, Patricia Heaton | Written by John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones | Directed by Brian Levant Director Brian Levant has long been associated with family-friendly entertainment, helming crowd-pleasing hits such as Problem Child 2, Beethoven, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, The Flintstones in Viva […]
Stars: Dani Filth, Emily Booth, Stuart Laing, Edmund Dehn, Eileen Daly, Rebecca Eden, Louie Brownsell, David McEwan | Written and Directed by Alex Chandon When it comes to killer thrillers, films like Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and Se7en immediately spring to mind. These are the kinds of films that take us on a […]
Stars: Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Patrick McGoohan | Written by Lee Falk, Jeffrey Boam | Directed by Simon Wincer The 1990s gave us no shortage of memorable comic-book movies, from Dick Tracy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Batman Returns, The Crow and Blade. Yet one hugely […]
Writer/director Les Sekely made a name for himself with cult curios like Night of the Living Date, The Not-So-Grim Reaper and The Alien Conspiracy: Grey Skies. But in 1998, he delivered what would become a genuine favourite among genre fans: Vampire Time Travelers. Now, the film gets the deluxe treatment it deserves courtesy of Visual […]
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi-Lewis Parry | Written by Alex Garland | Directed by Nia DaCosta Danny Boyle hands over directing duties to Nia DaCosta (Candyman) for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the second half of the 28 Years Later two-parter, effectively forming the third and fourth instalments of […]
In 1993, the sci-fi action genre was reshaped by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Its success sparked a wave of dinosaur movies, with filmmakers eager to capture a piece of that magic. Among them were low-budget auteurs The Polonia Brothers, who quickly jumped on the trend with Saurians, released just a year later in 1994. Many […]
One thing streaming still can’t compete with when it comes to physical media is the wealth of bonus features. Few labels do this better than Visual Vengeance. Over the past several years, they’ve delivered a string of deluxe Blu-ray releases – Furious, Scream Queen, The Wrong Door, Repligator, Dinosaur Valley Girls, Heartland of Darkness and […]
Stars: Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Roy Ward, Paul Glover, Chris Graham, Darien Takle | Written and Directed by Scott Reynolds There’s been a recent surge in horror films reimagining classic children’s stories and characters. We’ve seen twisted takes on Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Popeye, The Grinch and plenty more besides. But long before this […]
Stars: Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic, Théodore Pelleri, Cam Hicks, Zack Fox | Written and Directed by Alex Russell Psychological thrillers have been part of cinema since its earliest days. From the Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958), to the tense cat-and-mouse game of The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and the deeply emotional Oldboy (2003), one thing […]
For a little over a decade, the major networks NBC, CBS and ABC would compete in what was called The Battle of the Network Stars. Stars of popular TV series would compete against one another in Olympic-style events, all to see who was the best. In September 1977, Hanna-Barbera would bring some of their greatest […]
Stars: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kylie Rogers | Written by Marco van Belle | Directed by Timur Bekmanbetov Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) returns with this high-concept, very timely sci-fi thriller, starring Chris Pratt as a detective facing an A.I. murder trial. It gets a little wobbly in the final […]
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, LaKeith Stanfield, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, Gabrielle Rose, Clare Coulter | Written by Enda Walsh, Lynne Ramsay, Alice Birch | Directed by Lynne Ramsay Let’s be honest, Jennifer Lawrence isn’t just “Academy Award-nominated” – she’s one of the most recognisable faces of modern Hollywood. Whether she’s blue and shapeshifting as […]
Stars: Johnny Sequoyah, Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter, Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Torres Umba, Amina Abdi | Written by Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera | Directed by Johannes Roberts I’d like you to pay close attention to the statement above, because you must understand the creative liberties Primate takes. The […]
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith, Matt Whelan, Chloe Hurst, Kym Jackson, Dan Paris | Written and Directed by Zak Hilditch Ever since George A. Romero basically wrote the rulebook for modern zombies, filmmakers have been trying to put their own spin on the undead. The genre has had its ups and downs […]
If you grew up mainlining The Karate Kid on whatever channel happened to be showing it that weekend, then yeah… this one hits straight in the nostalgia gland. Back in the day, being Daniel LaRusso and learning from Mr. Miyagi felt like the ultimate dream. So when Cobra Kai was first announced, the reaction was […]
Features the voices of: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Mark Hamill, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, George Lopez, Regina Hall, Tom Wilson | Written by Pam Brady, Matt Lieberman | Directed by Derek Drymon SpongeBob wakes up finally tall enough to go on the big, scary rollercoaster in Bikini Bottom, only to find he is […]
Comic book artist Bryan Lee O’Malley first introduced the world to Scott Pilgrim in 2004 with his hit graphic novel series. Six years later, the story made the leap to live-action with the cult-favourite film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, followed by the short animated spin-off Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation. After that, the franchise […]
Stars: Benton Jennings, Richard Harrison, Blue Thompson | Written by Gary Kennamer | Directed by Bret McCormick When you hear the phrase “Highway to Hell”, most people immediately think of the iconic AC/DC song, not a low-budget cult thriller from B-movie director Bret McCormick. But back in 1990, McCormick delivered exactly that, with the weird, […]
88 Films have been putting out some truly super-deluxe Blu-ray releases of classic Asian cinema, and their OBI Strip editions continue to be among the most eye-catching. For those unfamiliar, an OBI strip is a narrow band of paper that wraps around the spine or edge of Japanese vinyl records, CDs, or Blu-rays, typically displaying […]
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Akira Emoto | Written by Hikari, Stephen Blahut | Directed by Hikari Following her work on acclaimed TV shows such as Tokyo Vice and Beef, Hikari makes her English-language feature debut with Rental Family, a gentle tale about finding where you belong despite the unfamiliar […]
