Blu-Ray Review: Time and Tide
Tsui Hark has played a pivotal role in Hong Kong filmmaking since the 1980s as a producer, director and writer. He’s been heavily involved in some of the most iconic…
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Film Review: Two Lottery Tickets
If you urgently need to raise a large sum of money, what do you do? You might have friends who could lend you it but it’s unlikely that they’ll have…
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Film Review: Initiation
I’d guess I’m not the only British person who is kind of flummoxed by the concept of fraternity houses in America. They seem to mix the snobbery of Oxbridge and…
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Film Review: Seance
Loss is often hard to take. No longer having the presence of someone important in your life can leave a huge gap. A hole which cannot easily be filled. Since…
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Film Review: The Human Factor
The Arab-Israeli conflict can be traced back into distant history but in its current incarnation can probably be dated to 1948 and the establishment of the state of Israel. Wars,…
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Film Review: Drunk Bus
In countries like the United States or the UK, the top universities have become big business. Whether that’s attracting the brightest and the best (not to mention richest) students from…
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Film Review: The Swordsman
The legend of the lone swordsman has etched itself into both history and popular culture within Japan. Today, this motif still fills the pages of Manga, occupies myriad television series…
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Blu-Ray Review: Radio On
There’s something about America which makes it ripe for a roundtrip. This undoubtedly has a lot to do with its geography, prevalence of major highways and distances between large cities.…
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Film Review: Great White
I don’t think anyone who has seen Jaws will hear the first bars of the theme without a shiver running down their spine. Spielberg created a film which made a…
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Blu-Ray Review: Masculin Féminin
By the midway point of the 1960s Jean-Luc Godard was arguably at the peak of his powers. After the success of À bout de souffle, Bande à part, Alphaville and…
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