IT’S A HEADACHE FROM HELL! Brain Damage From Director Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker) Brain Damage is one of Frank Henenlotter’s zaniest, most bad taste films – and that’s saying something! Sitting between Basket Case and Frankenhooker in Henenlotter’s ouvre, Brain Damage really is the ultimate head trip, with talking, brain-hungry parasites, mind-bending special effects and…

As spring hits, Arrow Academy will be releasing a delightful slate of classic cinema, cult film and arthouse favourites to savour as the evenings get lighter and we enjoy a couple of Bank Holiday weekends. As ever, the releases are full of new and archival extras to keep cinephiles quite content. Revisiting the film that…

Illumination and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment are excited to announce that the global animated musical hit, SING arrives on Special Edition on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on 22nd May, 2017. The music- filled comedy on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray™ will include over 60-minutes of bonus content…

Not only does May see two whole Bank Holidays to enjoy, it also sees the release of a fantastic slate of cult cinema from Arrow Video, with a healthy mix of giallo, cult crime and gore to keep fans happy. First up sees the Limited Edition Blu-ray release of Dario Argento’s 1985 classic, Phenomena. Starring…

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who to life. The two-disc special edition features six hour-long documentaries featuring the best in-depth Doctors interviews ever undertaken. Presented by voice of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs with a special introduction by Nicholas Briggs &…

This Valentine’s Day, Leomark Studios invites you to seek Comfort. Available on streaming platforms February 14, writer-director William Lu’s film centers on a late night courier who agrees to pick up the feisty daughter of an important client. The two youngsters subsequently form a close connection and spend two nights exploring LA’s local food scene…

From Sevé Schelenz, director of Skew, comes the gooey, gory instant classic Peelers premiering on VOD this March. Wren Walker, Caz Odin Darko and Madison J. Loos star in “a pretty damn fun trip” (Dread Central) that ‘’any horror fan is going to love from start to finish” (HEAVY Magazine). Former baseball player Blue Jean…

A brand new restoration of Ealing Studios classic THE PROUD VALLEY comes to Blu-Ray, DVD and EST on 27 March as part of the Vintage Classics collection courtesy of STUDIOCANAL. Lovingly remastered, THE PROUD VALLEY stars the highly revered black screen actor Paul Robeson (Song of Freedom, Show Boat), whose work was recently honoured in…

Fresh, funny and fearless… Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2) delivers a powerhouse performance in the sharp and witty teen comedy THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, available to own on Digital Download and DVD this March. Reminiscent of teen classics Clueless, Juno and Sixteen Candles, this hilarious and endearing coming-of-age story follows 17 year old Nadine (Steinfeld)…

THE FILM SO SHOCKING FACEBOOK  HAS BLOCKED IT’S TRAILER – “VOODOO” IN THEATERS AND ON VOD FEBRUARY 24 VOODOO, in theaters and available on VOD February 24, has seen it’s trailer blocked from Facebook, who have labelled the preview for the black magic-centric spooker “offensive”. Said writer/director Tom Costabile, “No matter how many times it…

1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They send two young agents on a mission to go undercover, posing as documentary filmmakers, there to capture NASA’s race to the moon. The real mission – use their access and technology to…

The first time all five films have been brought together on Blu-ray! Including a brand new 4K restoration of Phantasm overseen by J.J. Abrams Phantasm 1-5: Limited Edition Collection Limited Edition DVD/Blu-ray Dual Format Collection out 24th April 2017 Presented here in a stunning Limited Edition Dual Format release by Arrow Video, it’s the first time…

ANTHROPOID ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS FROM JANUARY 2nd, 2017 ON BLU-RAY & DVD FROM JANUARY 16th, 2017   One of the most gripping films of 2016 makes its way onto digital platforms, Blu-ray and DVD as ANTHROPOID arrives on January 16th, 2017 courtesy of Icon Film Distribution. Based on an extraordinary true story, ANTHROPOID follows the…

Nineteen Eight-Four meets The Hunger Games” – THE LIST  “Wrenching, compelling and all-too timely” – WOW247 ★★★★ Based on the critically acclaimed, award-winning novel by György Dragomán, The White King, set in a fictitious dictatorship, can be described as 1984 meets Empire of the Sun with its startling and “all-too-timely” exploration of what the world would, and could,…

April 2017 sees Arrow Academy bring even more Woody Allen to Blu-ray, with three of the auteur’s most bewitching masterpieces arriving as stand-alone editions. Crimes and Misdemeanours stars Allen as an idealistic filmmaker who’s offered a tempting fee to shoot a flattering portrayal of his completely loathsome brother-in-law (Alan Alda). Meanwhile, Martin Landau’s (nominated for…

As the 2015/16 football season drew to a close West Ham United bade farewell to its sacred Boleyn Ground after 112 years of occupation and moved, lock, stock and barrel, to the London Stadium up the road; a momentous relocation that has been recorded with the gravitas and passion it deserves in documentary film IRON…

Glenn Douglas Packard’s highly anticipated horror spectacle PITCHFORK premieres in theaters January 6 and On Demand January 13 from Uncork’d Entertainment. Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the…

One of my favourite action stars makes a return to my screens this January. Yep. Cynthia Rothrock who I watched in countless films when I worked in the video store. From No Retreat No Surrender 2, to the films of China OBrien,  Cynthia was a film favourite of not only myself but a large fan…

Lionsgate UK presents the fun smash-hit US comedy Tyler Perry’s BOO! A Madea Halloween on Digital 20th January and DVD 6th February. In BOO! A Madea Halloween, multi-talented writer, director and star Tyler Perry returns as Madea to set the neighbourhood straight on Halloween night in this US smash-hit comedy. While trying to keep an eye on…

Arrow Academy’s third Woody Allen collection spans 1986-91 and the bulk of his work with Mia Farrow, who is featured in all seven of these films. They start with the much-loved family saga Hannah and Her Sisters, a warm and witty return to Allen’s beloved Manhattan, and the nostalgic Radio Days, a collection of stories…

ARROW FILMS ANNOUNCES THE BUREAU SEASON 1 RELEASED ON DVD – MONDAY JANUARY 16th 2017 Arrow Films is pleased to announce the DVD Box Set release of the French political thriller The Bureau on Monday 16th January 2017. The series is also available to download from iTunes. Upon the return of one of the DGSE’s…

Horror Flick Hits North American VOD Platforms on February 24th  Freestyle Digital Media, the recently-acquired digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has acquired the North American rights to the highly-anticipated horror feature VOODOO.   VOODOO debuts on VOD through Freestyle Digital Media on February 24, 2017. Produced by HyperCube Films, VOODOO tells…

Get ready to experience this season’s freshest horror. Highly praised during its recent premiere at FrightFest, Beyond the Gates is a gore-filled tribute to 80’s horror and board games of the same era. Seven months after their father’s disappearance, estranged brothers Gordon and John Hardesty reunite to liquidate their Dad’s anaemic video store. Soon after,…

From the producers of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Generation Iron comes The Hurt Business. The new documentary showcases the lives of mixed martial arts athletes competing in the fastest growing sport in the world and the struggles and triumphs that accompany their careers. Charting the history of the sport from the coliseums of…

Uncork’d Entertainment has set award-winning creature feature HUNTING GROUNDS for a Feb 7 release. Winner Best Sci-Fi Horror Film at the Toronto Independent Film Festival 2015, writer-director John Portanova’s acclaimed film sees a fractured family forced to go up against an angry clan of Bigfoot. Festival audiences and horror critics have gone crazy for the…

“You don’t know the things I’ve done, or that I will do.” A dazzlingly original, darkly funny and disturbing gem with a genre-bending twist, about a small town teenager in the US, obsessed with serial killers, who unwittingly discovers the identity of the killer who has been slaughtering residents for body parts. Featuring a star-making…

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL 2ND  JANUARY, 2017 AND ON BLU-RAY AND DVD 16TH JANUARY FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT “THE BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR. A WILDLY INVENTIVE, MAGICAL ADVENTURE. EXTRAORDINARY, EXCITING, AND NOT TO BE MISSED.” – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood “AN ANIMATED MASTERPIECE.” – David Fear, Rolling Stone A young…

Go stag (verb): To attend something alone, without a date. Mike wanted to go stag to his sister’s wedding, but his family forced him to find a respectable date. Killing it (verb): To do something very well. Dave, mate, you were killing it on that ATV! Hammered (adjective): Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and becoming…

From Juan Piquer Simón, director of the equally unhinged Slugs, Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K! A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown…

Merry Cat-mas!! Join furry fiend Mr. Fuzzypants (a.k.a. Kevin Spacey) for this season’s most hilarious feline caper, NINE LIVES, which arrives on EST from 10th December and yours to own on Blu-ray & DVD from 12th December, 2016, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey), billionaire businessman and soon-to-be owner of the tallest…

The Swedish crime thriller Modus premiered on BBC Four on Saturday 26th  and became BBC Four’s no.1 show of the week. Modus will conclude on Saturday 17th December and is released on Blu-ray and DVD Box Set on Monday 19thDecember. Modus follows criminal psychologist and ex-FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik (Melinda Kinnaman) as she finds…

Director Dillon Vibbart’s riotous comedy Social Norm premieres on VOD this December from Osiris Entertainment. Dillon Vibbart, J’aime Spezzano, Matt Kohler (Hart of Dixie), and the legendary Betsy Baker (Evil Dead, Oz : The Great and Powerful) star in an independent comedy gem 20 years in the making. Norm and his three misfit brothers have…

Christmas has come early for fans of Full Moon Entertainment, as Charles Band’s 1996 horror romp HEAD OF THE FAMILY arrives on Blu-Ray on December 20. One of Full Moon’s more unique features, HEAD OF THE FAMILY stars Blake Adams, Jacqueline Lovell, J.W. Perra, Bob Schott and Alexandria Quinn in a horror comedy about the…

From AMC Studios FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON is the suspenseful and thrilling second season to one of the most highly anticipated and acclaimed TV series of recent years. Discover how the world fell apart in the companion series to the global phenomenon The Walking Dead. Don’t miss the next chapter of…

Boats on Film Only the grandest of adventures are fit for the seafaring. Join the Walker and Blackett children as they set sail on a daring journey through the British countryside that will test their mettle as they come face to face with dangers both real and imagined. Filled with heart and imagination, SWALLOWS AND…

Greatest Upsets in Sporting History. Just in time for Christmas, go behind the scenes of rugby like never before with the release of XV: BEYOND THE TRYLINE. Featuring exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names and supporters of rugby, including Prince Harry, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter and Eddie Jones, XV: BEYOND THE TRYLINE offers…

Wyatt Earp has long fascinated filmmakers. Actors from Burt Lancaster and James Stewart to Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner have played the legendary gunfighter, but no portrayal is more definitive that Henry Fonda’s in My Darling Clementine. John Ford’s first Western since his seminal Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine ranks among the director’s finest. Telling the…

One of the movie watching highlight eras of my teen years was the mid-80s. Films like Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the William Friedkin directed thriller ‘To Live and Die In LA’ which I have owned on VHS, DVD and now added to my collection is the beautiful 4k restoration BluRay from Arrow Films. Having just watched…

James Mason, Claire Bloom and Hildegarde Neff STUDIOCANAL is pleased to announce the new 2K restoration of post-war spy thriller THE MAN BETWEEN, another title from their ever-expanding Vintage Classics collection, available for the first time ever on Blu-Ray, DVD and EST on 2 January. Starring British screen icons James Mason and Claire Bloom CBE alongside German sweetheart Hildegarde Neff, THE MAN BETWEEN is acclaimed Oscar-winning director Carol…

Make your reservation with the Hotel of the Damned this December via Uncork’d Entertainment. No use hanging up a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign here.  After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures. Is it check-out time,…