DVDs & Rentals

A bold, bloody, genre bending, cyberpunk/body horror mash-up where Siri turns psycho, perhaps the most shocking thing about Leigh Whannell’s gobsmackingly violent, balls-to-the-wall Upgrade is it’s only received a 15 certificate from the BBFC! It’s the...

I am sure all of us, probably on more than one occasion, have sat through a film that is not really that much to shout about, but the whole thing is made watchable by a standout performance from one of the leads. Shuffling its way on to that list is The...

Wow, what a year for Andrea Riseborough. No sooner had I devoured the Nicolas Cage-infused madness that is ‘Mandy’, than up popped this screener, billed as a ‘psychological thriller’ and pushing Riseborough very much front and centre. I’ll be...

A young woman named Allison (Dana Christina), emotionally disturbed by a traumatic past, sets out to face her problems at the extreme haunt known as Perdition. Once she arrives, she signs away her rights via waiver and therefore is allowed to be subjected to...

Like many young English men visiting Thailand, Billy Moore (Joe Cole) spends much of his time taking drugs, getting into fights and shagging ladyboys. Unlike most of them, Billy Moore does it inside one of Thailand’s most notorious jails. A violent petty...

A cabin in a deserted area of forest. Snowfall cutting off the visitors from much of the outside world. Then an unexpected – and unwanted as it turns out – ‘guest’ appears outside… So far, so ho-hum home invasion chiller right? The type of...

Arriving at her wealthy, married boyfriend Richard’s (Kevin Janssens) remote, secluded desert hideaway, a hideaway so remote it can only be reached by helicopter, Jen (a wonderful Matilda Lutz) soon finds their sweaty, romantic, weekend getaway rudely...

I don’t have kids, a fact for which humanity should forever count their blessings. But amongst the many careers I’ve tried on for size over the years was a stint as a ‘manny’, childminding in London’s Notting Hell, so I do know just how awkward,...

Middle-aged and approaching the end of his career, middleweight boxing champ Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) is a journeyman fighter; a reliable, but not outstanding or particularly talented, professional boxer. A devoted husband and father, his main focus...

Friendless and alone, spiky weirdo Barbara (Madison Wolfe) knows she’s an awkward freak. She knows no one likes her. And she knows that everything she does looks crazy. But that’s not going to stop from protecting her small coastal New Jersey town from...

By Laura Dee Milnes Was Jayne Mansfield's grisly end the result of a curse, courtesy of Anton LaVey? Let's cut straight to the chase here, unlike this entertaining but meandering documentary from the people who brought us Room 237. When I say...

The Ninth Cloud, directed by Jane Spencer, is beautifully strange. Well, that was my first most coherent thought that I could pull from the dreamy dregs of what I had just watched. A truly existential drama, this is as much a moving account of a young...

Given the shadow they’ve cast over Anglo-Irish relations for the last 50 years, it’s strange how few decent films have come out of the Troubles and of those that have, how few have grappled directly with the reality of the situation.  Yann Demange’s...

Still mourning the death of his wife, tough LA cop Mark Corley (Frank Grillo) struggles to connect with his wayward adult son Trent (Jonny Weston). But when an alien invasion decimates the City of Angels, kidnapping its population and sucking their brains out...

Literally shoveling shit for a living emptying septic tanks, Chip (Matthew Gray Guber) isn’t exactly one of life’s winners. But he’s happy, content almost, and puppyishly in love with his dominating former stripper/hooker girlfriend Liza (AnnaLynne...

Riding in at the end of Hammer’s dabbling with psycho-thrillers, Fear In The Night is an enjoyable, albeit slight romp that is likely to please fans of old-school British horror. Showcasing a standout turn from lead Judy Geeson, backed up by Ralph Bates,...

I’ll be honest, I always have a slightly weird sensation when it comes to re-watching and reviewing the first film in any horror franchise. It’s trying to operate without the benefit of hindsight, or casting aside the dirge that may well have followed...

I'm depressed. The shards of hope I nursed for the future are gone, shattered by the heavy feet of prurience and pretension.  You see, last week I saw Kuso, Steve Ellison's (aka music producer Flying Lotus) tsunami of shit, pus and spunk jokes. Yesterday...

Before it became a global franchise to rival McDonalds, it’s worth remembering that when George Lucas first set out to make Star Wars, it was only because he’d been thwarted in his attempt to get the rights to Alex Raymond’s comic strip hero Flash...

“Who can be a friend in this age?” That’s the question that beats at the heart of Kim Jee-woon’s elegantly vicious 1920s-set spy thriller transposing the twists and turns of vintage Le Carre or classic war movies (even it’s title a nod to...

  ***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS CANINE SPOILERS***   As soon as it was announced there was going to be a sequel to Keanu’s killer surprise 2014 hitman hit John Wick, there was only one question that mattered: given that a callous act of puppy murder...