Directed, written and produced by the legendary, ‘father of African cinema’ Ousmane Sembène, the film was originally made in 1968 where it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival. The second feature by Sembène was the first movie ever made in the Wolof language—a major step toward the realisation of the trailblazing Senegalese…
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the groundbreaking Keanu Reeves sci-fi JOHNNY MNEMONIC is getting a brand new HD release on May 10th, from Vertigo Releasing. Hollywood action superstar Keanu Reeves stars in this ahead-of-its time sci-fi thriller set in 2021(!); it predicted the use of the internet, and paved the way for mind-bending blockbusters such as The Matrix and Inception. Reeves plays a futuristic data carrier with a…
Writer/Director Guy Ritchie, (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sherlock Holmes) delivered an awe-inspiring directorial masterpiece with, SNATCH – an edgy and hilarious film about a diamond heist gone wrong, a colourful prizefighter…and a very temperamental dog. SNATCH is available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD on July 12th courtesy of Sony Pictures…
The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director AMY HECKERLING (Clueless) and screenwriter CAMERON CROWE (Almost Famous)— for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successful film career. Based on Crowe’s experiences going undercover as a student at…
chiller THE NIGHT. “A terrifying twist on The Shining” – CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND “Sneaks up on viewers and delivers a knockout final act”– VARIETY You’ll be praying for check out time on 2nd April, as Vertigo Releasing announces the arrival of the fright-packed chiller THE NIGHT. After a night out with friends, an exhausted married couple, Babak (Shahab Hosseini), Neda (Niousha…
British horror The Darkness, from director Tharun Mohan (Baby, Purgatory State of Mind) is set to chill you to the bone. This darkly gripping thriller follows a young couple whose escape to Ireland becomes a deadly dance with demons, death and deception and makes its UK premiere on digital this May from Reel2Reel Films. Spanning one hundred…
BLACK BEAR is an intriguing and satirical comedic thriller directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and starring Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West, Happiest Season) Christopher Abbott (Possessor, Catch 22) and Sarah Gadon (True Detective, Alias Grace). The film launched at the Sundance Film Festival, where the film enthralled audiences and received widespread critical acclaim. BLACK BEAR…
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city. The film stars Luke Goss (Hellboy II), Jay Mohr (SNL), JuJu Chan (Jiu Jitsu), Michael Paré (Gone), and Bill Duke (X-Men, Mandy). Im always…
Im Not In Love, which will be available to rent and buy on all major digital platforms from 12th April. The film follows Rob (Al Weaver), in his late thirties, who needs to decide if he wants to have a baby with his girlfriend Marta (Cristina Catalina), but he’s worried that he’s fallen out of love with…
Writer-director MIKE LEIGH (Naked) reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love. When Hortense (RoboCop’s MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother,…
In May 101 Films are releasing the uproariously bloody UNCLE PECKERHEAD! Part insane road-trip comedy, part rock concert, part unimaginable gore-fest, Uncle Peckerhead has midnight movie written all over its bloody mangled corpse. Available on Blu-ray and across digital platforms from 3rd May, the Blu-ray includes a cast commentary and the short film Larry Gone…
This April, 2018’s THE HEAD HUNTER comes to Blu-ray. A handsomely shot, atmospheric and gory medieval horror, our Blu-ray contains two commentaries from the filmmakers and a ‘making of’ featurette.On the outskirts of a kingdom, in the shadows of a looming castle, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters. The gruesome…
On 26th April 101 Films are releasing cult 80s horror SPOOKIES (1986) on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, title 019 on the 101 Films Black Label. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of legendary video distributor VIPCO, the film’s tumultuous production history saw original co-writers/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and co-writer/producer Frank M. Farel fired, and…
There’s a brand new badass action hero about to hit our screens, and its Gillian White making her feature film lead debut in Take Back directed by Christian Sesma (Pay Dirt) With her tough-talking demeaner and adrenaline-fuelled, martial arts Zara (playe by Gllian) is a force to be reckoned with and you can check out…
Cristi Puiu’s award winning, historical drama Malmkrog, heads to the UK on Virtual Cinemas and VOD 26th March. Guests arrive at the mansion of aristocratic landowner and man of the world Nikolai over the Christmas holidays. Among them are a politician, a young countess and a general with his wife. They converse and dine – what…
A group of five British teenagers are taking their usual school bus home when an unexpected detour turns their night into a nightmare. But this isn’t your average night, as a rare lunar eclipse is on the cards, as Nolan (Jack Kane) and his classmates; Bess (Sophie Jane Oliver), Karl (Zander Emlano), Queenie (Molly Dew)…
A moving and heartfelt tribute to a seemingly insurmountable artistic quest, He Dreams of Giants follows visionary icon Terry Gilliam’s final journey to finish his elusive passion-project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. In This touching documentary is a potent study of creative obsession. Combining immersive footage of Gilliam’s production with intimate interviews and archival footage from…
A critically acclaimed and compelling new BBC One crime drama, Bloodlands, created by new writer Chris Brandon and from executive producer Jed Mercurio, creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty, is coming to Blu-ray, DVD & Digital. When a car is pulled from the sea, veteran Northern Ireland police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt; The Missing, Cold Feet) instantly…
Aaron Jackson and Police Academy’s Michael Winslow star in director Aaron Warren ‘s terrifying “TODD”, coming to DVD and Digital March 16 from BayView Entertainment and Shoreline Entertainment. “TODD” is the story of a man who has always felt like the “odd man out”. From a young age, Todd is shunned and ridiculed by his peers.…
Sharp Teeth Films is thrilled to release their latest horror, Butchers. Directed by Adrian Langley, the Canadian independent horror is now available across all major digital platforms and DVD After their car breaks down, four youths find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere. Little do they know they are being watched. They soon fall…
Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite and Digital HD release of Witness Infection, from filmmaking team Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Melean and director Andy Palmer. The festival favorite living dead comedy will be available March 30th on a number of digital and cable platforms. Carlos Alazraqui (“Rocko’s Modern Life”, Spyro the Dragon, “The Fairly OddParents”) co-wrote the film and stars,…
On 29th March ’70s espionage thriller The Black Windmill (1974) arrives on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Directed by legendary filmmaker Don Siegel (Dirty Harry), the film stars Michael Caine as a British secret agent targeted for death by friend and foe alike. Underrated and under-seen, this riveting suspense thriller features a…
HOW TO STOP A RECURRING DREAM, the feature film debut of British writer-director Ed Morris, and starring Ruby Barker (Marina Thompson in Bridgerton), will be released across UK digital streaming platforms on 9 March, 2021. The film won both Best Feature and Best Actress awards at December’s British Urban Film Festival. Exploring themes of separation…
Blue Finch Film Releasing have shared the trailer for their latest release ‘The Winter Lake‘, which will be available on digital download from 15th March. The film boasts an incredible cast including leading performances from two of Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’, Netflix hit Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Death on the Nile), and Anson Boon (Pistol, 1917). Mackey and…
Julia Ormond (Legends Of The Fall, Sabrina, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) gives a powerhouse performance in haunting psychological thriller Reunion from award-winning director Jake Mahaffy (Free In Deed, Wellness). After wowing horror festival audiences and drawing comparisons to family-based horrors such as Hereditary, Relic and The Babadook, the film is set for its UK premiere on digital from 101 Films this March. When a heavily pregnant…
Following a series of international film festival rejections, audiences are finally invited to the digital release of Donny’s Bar Mitzvah. Writer/director Jonny Comebacks takes audiences on a timewarp back to 1998, where sex, drugs and a dysfunctional family surround a boy’s entrance to manhood, seen through the lens of a hired videographer. The raunchy comedy will be available March 23rd…
The bewitching Blumhouse continuation of cult hit The Craft, THE CRAFT: LEGACY, is available to Download and Keep now from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. THE CRAFT: LEGACY, a progressive update of the 90s classic, stars Cailee Spaeny (TV’s “Devs”), Gideon Adlon (Blockers), Lovie Simone (TV’s “Greenleaf”), Zoey Luna (TV’s “Raising Zoey”), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) and…
With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, WONG KAR WAI has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators as cinematographer CHRISTOPHER DOYLE (The Limits of Control); editor and production and costume designer WILLIAM CHANG SUK PING (Shadowboxer); and actors TONY LEUNG CHIU WAI (Lust, Caution) and MAGGIE CHEUNG MAN YUK (Irma Vep),…
Claudio Lattanzi’s Italian horror hit Crucified, which premiered to rave reviews at Sitges, releases in North America March 9 on digital. In a dungeon, five people struggle for their survival: three women, a theologian, and a young doctor. Outside this hideout reigns the APOCALYPSE. The Evil has been generated by a patient zero, and a group…
After the huge success of its lavish Limited Edition box sets released in Autumn 2020, the dead are preparing to walk the earth once more as Second Sight announces the release of the definitive restored versions of George A Romero’s zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead in standard editions on 22 March 2021. The standard editions of this beautifully…
Inspired by larger-than-life events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of ‘Silk Road’ – the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson, Love, Simon) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a…
Get ready for a fight-filled re-imagining of the Jean-Claude Van Damme 90’s action classic! Jesse Freeman (Michael Jai White, Arrow, The Dark Knight, Black Dynamite) is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art sports arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre…
Stronger Than Pretty is a romantic tragedy, an unlove story, that spans three decades in the life of a gentle young woman, Donna, as she tries to live up to the traditions and expectations of her Italian roots and of the “American Dream”. That dream becomes a living nightmare and nearly breaks her until she…
From writer/director Chris Sanders, Nest of Vampires follows an MI5 agent who travels from London to rural England in search of the people who murdered his wife and kidnapped his only daughter. During his investigation, he uncovers a ruthless vampiric cult that is heavily embroiled in human trafficking and Satanic cult worship. Jon Paul Gates, Hans Hernke,…
The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the sacred Crystal, and the menacing empire of Niflheim is determined to steal it. King Regis of Lucis (Sean Bean) commands an elite force of soldiers called the Kingsglaive. Wielding their king’s magic, Nyx (Aaron Paul) and his fellow soldiers fight to protect Lucis. As the overwhelming…
Actor and producer Steven Morana makes his directorial debut with Beast Within, a lycanthropic whodunit centered around a gaming app launch party that takes a sudden turn when a murder is discovered. Morana stars in the lead role as August, the tech wonder turned action hero who must protect his guests when a mysterious predator…
The Society’s breakout star Olivia DeJonge is a sibling battling to escape her tyrannical father and forge her own place in the big city in Josie & Jack, the directorial debut from Hollywood actor Sarah Lancaster. This raw and powerful drama is based on Kelly Braffet’s acclaimed book of the same name. The tense plot follows brother and sister duo…
John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) stars as a serial killer who develops an unhealthy obsession with the only victim to survive his attack. Danielle Harris (Halloween) stars as the victim, a shy young secretary with an indomnitable will to survive. When the psychopath penetrates police lines to abduct his target, she must draw on all her…
This year, keyboard warriors need to be careful who they offend online, as THE COLUMNIST is unleashed in cinemas (if open) and on digital platforms, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing, on 12th March in the UK and Ireland. Starring Westworld’s Katja Herbers, THE COLUMNIST, a stand-out at last year’s FrightFest, is a savagely satirical, gory and wholly thrilling look at…
Alan Bennett’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning Talking Heads monologues first aired on BBC Television in 1988 and 1998, breaking new ground for television and widely celebrated as masterpieces. Ten of the original pieces have been remade, with the addition of two new monologues written by Bennett in 2019. These remakes feature some of Britain’s biggest TV…
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