Eureka Classics Archives - Backseat Mafia

Blu-Ray Review: The Cat And The Canary/The Ghost Breakers

If you’re from a certain generation, Bob Hope was arguably the most quintessential American comedian. He made over fifty films in a career which spanned a number of mediums. Probably…

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Blu-ray Review: Full Alert

While he might not be as well known as the likes of Johnnie To, John Woo, Tsui Hark or Jackie Chan outside of his native Hong Kong, Ringo Lam made…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Sabata Trilogy

The ‘Wild West’ needs its heroes but they can come in some of the strangest guises. Especially in Spaghetti Westerns, where genre tropes and cliches are treated with disdain and…

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Ching Wan and Hashimoto looking out to sea

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Blu-ray Review: Duel to the Death

When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in 2000 it became a massive box office hit and captured the imagination of film fans across the world, spawning a number of…

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Blu-ray Review: Wild Search

For decades now, Chow Yun-fat has been one of the most familiar faces in Hong Kong cinema. He started out in low-budget movies during the 1970s but first made his…

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Courageous Cheung comes face to face with fear

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Blu-Ray Review: Encounter of the Spooky Kind

Chinese folklore is full of stories of ghosts, supernatural creatures and monsters. These spirits and apparitions are largely malevolent and play a prominent role in popular culture. Cinema is no…

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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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Blu-ray Review: The Dogs of War

For many, the enduring image they have of Christopher Walken is of his performance as Nick in Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. Whilst the distinctive actor has been working consistently…

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Blu-ray Review: The Dark Half

I, for one, believe that humans aren’t born intrinsically good or evil. Whilst nature obviously plays some part, nurture has a much bigger influence on defining the kind of person…

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Blu-ray Review: The Incident

Today, New York is a relatively clean and safe city. Indeed, it’s one of the safest major cities in the United States. This was the result of a number of…

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