It’s another week and so many movies are coming. This week’s big highlights are all coming from the 90s and getting the beautiful UHD treatment along with a bunch of other beauties so let’s right in shall we…
Ambitious horror anthology film featuring 26 directors from 15 countries each creating small stories involving death. Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Xavier Gens, 2012.
A sick and twisted follow-up to the film heralded as a much-needed adrenaline shot to the heart of horror – while at the same time decried as reprehensible and vile. Béatrice Dalle, Julian Barratt, Larry Fessenden, Bill Plympton, Soska Sisters, 2014.
The only collaboration between action master Ringo Lam (City on Fire) and Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs), The Adventurers is an explosive story of heroic bloodshed featuring Rosamund Kwan (Once Upon a Time in China), David Chiang (Election) and Victor Wong (Big Trouble in Little China).
The First 6 Alien films together!
A New York stripper thinks she hit the jackpot with a Russian oligarch’s son, but fairy tales collapse fast when his powerful family get involved in this dark comedy. Mikey Madison, Glenn Fleshler, Sean Baker, 2024.
The further adventures of Ash and those damn Deadites!
Both AVP films together
In the early 1960s, two very different New Jersey high schoolers share their first love in this bittersweet romantic drama. Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, John Sayles, 1983.
From cult director Frank Henenlotter, the classic low-budget horror about a small-town geek who arrives in the big city with his murderous, telepathic mutant twin brother in a big basket with a taste for flesh. Kevin Van Hentenryck, 1982.
Duane Bradley and his surgically-separated twin brother Belial return in this frightfully gory follow-up to Frank Henenlotter’s original monster movie classic, BASKET CASE. Duane’s aunt, Granny Ruth (played by world-famous Jazz singer Annie Ross), whisks the duo away to a secluded mansion, where other freaks-in-hiding live out their days away from public scrutiny.
Biopic on the street artist who soars from subway walls to gallery fame, but genius and self-destruction prove an inseparable mix in 1980s New York. Jeffrey Wright, Benicio del Toro, Julian Schnabel, 1996.
Get ready for a crash course in Corman! Beast from Haunted Cave (1959), directed by cult favorite Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter), is a suspenseful tale of criminals being terrorized by a bloodsucking spider-like thing. Special Bonus Film, Ski Troop Attack (1960), is also included for your viewing pleasure.
A reserved man who makes regular visits to a therapist to manage his anxiety finds himself challenged when he embarks on a tumultuous and emotional odyssey to get home to his mother.
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve hides a cracked interior in the actress’s most iconic role: Séverine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
A family’s boating holiday turns into supernatural chaos when ghostly voices, shipwreck secrets, and inexplicable disappearances take hold. John Huston, Andrés García, René Cardona Jr., 1978,
The sleepy little town of Mill Basin is about to get more than it bargained for. The satanic heavy metal rock band “Black Roses” is coming through to raise hell… literally! After making a deal with the Devil himself, the band’s music demonically possesses the kids in the audience, turning them into blood-thirsty demons.
Cult monster movie about mysterious turtle creatures who emerge from an abandoned mine. John Crawford, Rebecca Balding, James L. Conway, 1981
A violently disturbed woman (Samantha Eggar) submits to the radical treatment theories of a controversial psychotherapist (Oliver Reed) at his remote institute. Her 5-year-old daughter (Cindy Hinds), in the care of her estranged husband (Art Hindle), is the focus of brutal attacks by malevolent, dwarfish clones. The uncanny connection is at the stunning heart of this early, representative chiller from David Cronenberg
Amiable British comedy about 19th-century corpse stealers / retailers Burke and Hare. Simon Pegg, Simon Pegg, Tim Curry, John Landis, 2011.
A small-town legend of a butcher-turned-killer returns to haunt residents in a gruesome, blood-soaked 80’s style slasher. William Instone, Matt Rifley, 2023.
Authoritative edition of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 4K restoration scanned from the (mostly) preserved camera negative at the German Federal Film Archive.
Cult 90s high school comedy about the various factions of a graduating class converge on a party at a rich kid’s house. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lauren Ambrose, Seth Green, 1998.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s breakthrough comedy musical retells the story of Colorado Cannibal Alferd Packer in this new two-DVD set with never-before-seen bonus features. 1996.
In this erotic remake of the 1942 classic, a young woman’s sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.
Korean tale about a disgraced police detective-turned-pimp who becomes involved in a breathless race against time to catch a psychopathic serial killer after one of his girls goes missing. He has just twelve hours to find evidence against the killer, before the bureaucratic Seoul police department are forced to release him to continue his reign of terror.
A cult sci-fi adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world where a man hires a sexy renegade to track down a rare duplicate sex android model. Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Harry Carey Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Steve De Jarnatt, 1987.
Contemporary horror film in the spirit of classic anthology films like Creepshow and containing films that not only celebrate the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also span over four decades of cinema. Richard Riehle, Adam Rifkin, 2011.
In this blaxploitation classic, a black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim. Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Jack Hill, 1973.
A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories–about a killer witch, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and a story about “Goldi Lox” and the three bears. Jeffrey Delman. Melissa Leo (1986)
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria — the sadistic secret police chief. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
An out-of work merchant seaman single-handedly tames a powerful street gang (The Souls) that has been terrorizing his neighborhood on New York Citys Lower East Side.
Susan Harris is alone in the house when, suddenly, doors lock, windows slam shut and the phone stops working. Susan is trapped by an intruder – but this is no ordinary thug. Instead, the intruder is a computer named Proteus, an artificial brain that has learned to reason. And to terrorize. In one of her finest, most vulnerable performances (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic), Julie Christie plays Susan in this taut techno-thriller based on the Dean Koontz novel. Packed with suspense, surprise and special effects, Demon Seed follows Susans desperate attempts to outmaneuver and outthink her captor. Then Susan learns what Proteus wants: its own child, conceived in her womb and destined for domination.
After a psychedelic experience in the California desert, Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer), lead singer of The Doors, and his bandmates begin performing in Los Angeles and quickly become a sensation. However, when Jim begins ditching his musical responsibilities and his girlfriend, Pamela (Meg Ryan), in favor of his dangerous addictions and the affections of the seductive, occult-obsessed Patricia (Kathleen Quinlan), the band starts to worry about their leader.
From a land where honour and tradition reign, comes the legend of a martial-arts hero unlike any other — the “Drunken Master” — who can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies. His technique is fast, furious… and powerfully funny.
A satirical twist on the gory and sexually charged 1980’s slasher genre presented as the only surviving VHS copy of the reviled horror franchise’s third, and final, installment. Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, Jon Salmon, 2015.
Beloved cult film about a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned… from a DIMENSION OF PURE EVIL! Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Paul W.S. Anderson, 1997
In 1980 Texas, a college freshman meets his new baseball teammates, an unruly group of disco-dancing, skirt-chasing partyers, and they navigate their way through the freedom and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
In 1983, acclaimed photographer Avery Crounse made his directorial debut with what is considered to be the seminal American folk horror film. Mishandled by distributors, it has remained virtually unseen until now: On the 18th-century frontier, an adulterous preacher and his followers flee to ‘the promised land’ only to enter a valley of lust, madness, pagan vengeance and hallucinatory terror.
A bumbling detective and a librarian with the worst luck stumble into murder plots, albino assassins, and a mystery hidden in a movie reel. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Colin Higgins, 1978.
When Jeffrey Franken’s fiancée is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City’s finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm.
Wild, horror-comedy adventure about a bored yuppie who gets caught in supernatural chaos, battling bizarre creatures when he calls a late night party hotline. Steven Kostanski, 2024.
Maverick writer/director Ralph Bakshi made his feature-length film debut with this audacious foray into adult-content animation, creating one of the most successful animated features of its time! 1972.
When Big Ronnie and his son Brayden meet female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie’s Disco Walking Tour – the best and only disco walking tour in the city – a fight for Janet’s heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous “Greasy Strangler” is unleashed.
U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist (Kurt Thomas) to secure a missile-base site by the Caspian Sea.
Todd Solondz’s controversial “Happiness” unveils the dark underbelly of suburban life, following a cast of damaged souls—from pedophiles to phone-sex addicts—as they desperately seek love amidst their existential despair. Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1998.
Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino) attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife (Diane Venora) and the mental health of his stepdaughter (Natalie Portman). McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other’s plans.
Nice Double feature!
Hellraiser 3 through to part 8!
Michael Rooker gives a bone-chilling performance as Henry, a solitary drifter who leads his dim ex-jail mate Otis (Tim Towles), on a senseless killing spree through the streets of Chicago. Choosing their victims at random, they vary their methods of execution to avoid detection. Meanwhile, Otis’ unsuspecting sister, Becky (Tracy Arnold), comes to visit and finds herself falling in love with Henry.
Tyrone Tackett’s brother wasn’t the kind of man to throw his life away. Somebody killed him, plain and simple. And by the time Tyrone crisscrosses L.A. and pieces together the crime, lots of folks are going to pay. With equal amounts of tough and sexy, Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads. And throughout, star Casey “keeps enough cool for a half a dozen movie heroes” (Roger Greenspun, The New York Times).
Indescribable psychedelic Japanse ghost tale that’s equal parts absurd and nightmarish, Scooby Doo and Mario Bava. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977.
A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something – is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
The House on Straw Hill is a shockingly violent and erotic tale of seduction, brutality and revenge. Cult movie icon Udo Kier stars as a successful novelist suffering from writer’s block, who rents a country cottage in the hope of finding inspiration. But the arrival of a sensual secretary sets in motion of chain of events that culminate in an unrestrained explosion of sex and savagery.
Released after being imprisoned for assault, a Frenchman finds himself impoverished, alienated and angry.
After an enchanted skunk sprays him in the face, a teenager turns into a murderous wereskunk every time he gets horny.
A sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer comes across a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain the enforcer can only dream about.
One of the greatest and most influential Sci-Fi films of all time! A doctor in a small town discovers there just might be something to the hysterical patients who believe that their loved ones have been replaced by aliens. Kevin McCarthy, Don Siegal.
In this horror comedy, an amusement park paleontologist and a hapless security guard team up to stop an invisible raptor from wreaking havoc on their small town. Sean Astin, Mike Capes, Sandy Martin, 2023.
Includes J-Horror classics: Shikoku / Isola: Multiple Personality Girl / Inugami / St. John’s Wort / Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman / Noroi: The Curse
When a demon takes possession of her, high-school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While evil Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school’s male population, her nerdy friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), learns what’s happening and vows to put an end to the carnage.
Two-bit crook Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) stumbles into an audition for a mystery film while on the run from the cops. Winning the part, he lands in Hollywood, where he’s flung into a tangled, murderous conspiracy with his childhood sweetheart, Harmony Lane (Michelle Monaghan), and hard-boiled private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer). This deadpan, affectionate parody of film noir tropes is named for film critic Pauline Kael’s influential 1968 collection of film reviews and essays.
Hugh Grant stars in Ken Russell’s delirious horror comedy where a Scottish archaeologist uncovers an ancient worm cult, but has he just released the monster himself? Ken Russell (1988)
Atmospheric horror mockumentary from Australia about the ghost of a woman who mysteriously died. Joel Anderson, 2008.
FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.
They say the third time’s the charm, to which we’ll add THREE times the fun and 300 times the laughs! Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 3 provides 25 classic Warner Bros. cartoons, here for the first time on Blu-ray and spannning 30 years (1934-1964), the Golden Age of animation! And with rarities featuring Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, and Tweety & Sylvester -directed by Warner Bros. cartoon genuises Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, and Robert McKimson-this collection is one for the ages. Highlights include some of the first and last original Bugs Bunny shorts; landmark early appearances by Egghead and Elmer, hilarious rarities with Bobo the Elephant and Quentin Quail; and the first color Merrie Melodies short Honeymoon Hotel.
This animated film by Ralph Bakshi presents the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s renowned fantasy tale. The wise old wizard, Gandalf (William Squire), entrusts the young hobbit, Frodo (Christopher Guard), with a magical ring. Soon dark forces are after Frodo, so he must leave his peaceful home and travel to the ominous Mount Doom, where the ring must be destroyed. Accompanied by a trio of hobbit friends, Frodo is also aided by the mysterious Aragorn (John Hurt) and other heroic allies.
“We’ve met before, haven’t we?” A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, Lost Highway, David Lynch’s seventh feature film, is one of the filmmaker’s most potent cinematic dreamscapes. Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, the film expands the horizons of the medium, taking its audience on a journey through the unknown and the unknowable. As this postmodern noir detours into the realm of science fiction, it becomes apparent that the only certainty is uncertainty.
Underrated (though not terribly original) horror from the early 80’s about a psychopath who slaughters the inhabitants of a youth camp. Joe Giannone, 1982.
A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies. Tobe Hooper (1995)
French torture horror about a woman, a victim of abuse, who’s desire for revenge takes her on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. Pascal Laugier, 2008.
This film update of the Maverick TV series finds the title cardsharp (Mel Gibson) hoping to join a poker contest with an impressive payoff. In order to enter, Maverick must first put up a large cash sum. He scams hopeful contestants Annabelle (Jodie Foster) and Angel (Alfred Molina) in a preliminary card game to win the money he needs, making enemies of both players. While trying to evade Annabelle and Angel, the crafty Maverick realizes a cunning marshal (James Garner) is also on his tail.
A planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth. Two sisters, one of them trying to recover from a heavy bout of depression and a failed marriage, cope with their destiny in very different ways.
Science fiction anthology series based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant (Heavy Metal). Michael Jai White, Michelle Ryan, James Marsters, Dominique Pinon, Joe Flanigan, Rutger Hauer.
A man (Graham Skipper) and his girlfriend (Lauren Ashley Carter) become the prisoners of a deranged doctor (John Speredakos) who wants to harvest their telekinetic powers.
After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.
Just prior to FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, producer/director/co-writer and cinematographer Russ Meyer first unleashed his singular vision of full-throttle violence and vengeance with this 1965 shocker: When a trio of psycho bikers launches a sexual assault and murder spree in a desert town, the local veterinarian (Alex Rocco) teams with a rage-ravaged vixen (Haji) to settle the score.
Acclaimed British director Roy Ward Baker depicts with sensitivity, awe, and a fine sense of tragedy the Titanic’s final hours. Honor Blackman, David McCallum, 1958.
For far too long, this 1974 shocker directed by Aldo Lado has been dismissed as a LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT knockoff. Now it can be experienced as a classic “more intense and disturbing than the film that inspired it” (DVD Talk): When two young girls taking a train home for the holidays encounter a pair of sadistic thugs, it will trigger a nightmare of sexual brutality and parental revenge.
Baltimore auteur Don Dohler directs this cult classic about a alien convict who lands near a small East Coast town, armed with his vaporising ray gun and a goal of killing everyone who crosses his path. Don Dohler, 1982.
In the 1830s, estate agent Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania for a fateful meeting with Count Orlok, a prospective client. In his absence, Hutter’s new bride, Ellen, is left under the care of their friends, Friedrich and Anna Harding. Plagued by horrific visions and an increasing sense of dread, Ellen soon encounters an evil force that’s far beyond her control.
A Wall Street corporate raider attempts to acquire an 81-year-old New England wire and cable company but finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life against the company CEO, his assistant and an attractive N.Y. attorney, Penelope Ann Miller (Carlitos Way), who takes the battle personally. Brilliantly directed by Academy Award-winner Norman Jewison (Moonstruck). Danny De Vito (Get Shorty, Batman Returns) and screen legend Gregory Peck (Cape Fear) lead an all-star cast!
A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.
Brian De Palma’s (Scarface, The Untouchables) classic musical cult comedy Phantom of the Paradise blends elements of The Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and Faust, paving the way for his later hits. In it, a disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace.
A Black sheriff seeks justice in the Wild West, rallying a crew to take down a corrupt lawman in a fight for honour and revenge. Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, James Stacy, 1975
Before bringing the world his Neo-Noir masterpiece DRIVE, director Nicolas Winding Refn chronicled the seedy underbelly of crime with his seminal PUSHER TRILOGY.Starting in 1996 with his debut film, and the first film in the series, PUSHER is the story of a small-time drug dealer named Frank (Kim Bodnia) who after having a heroin deal go wrong, find himself in massive debt to drug baron Milo (Zlatko Buric). The pressure mounts on Frank as he attempts to repay Milo.After working with the legendary author Hubert Selby Jr. (Requiem for a Dream) on the screenplay for his 2003 film Fear X, which starred John Turturro (Barton Fink) in the leading role, Nicolas returned to the PUSHER story with 2004’s PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS, which sees Mads Mikkelsen (Doctor Strange) return to his role as Tonny. Just released from prison, Tonny tries to gain the respect of his father, the Duke, a notorious gangster who has nothing but contempt for his son. As he tries to repay an old prison debt, his mistakes run him further afoul of his father.2005 heralds the release of the final film in the trilogy, PUSHER III: I’m THE ANGEL OF DEATH. Milo, now middle-aged, is forced to contend with a new order of young hoods to move a shipment of ecstasy that arrives in place of the heroin he was expecting. In order to maintain his dominance over the Copenhagen underworld, Milo must survive one of the most harrowing days of his life.
Grim period horror comedy about a cowardly soldier sent out to an isolated Californian military outpost, with only a ragbag of misfits to keep him company who encounter a rescued man with a disturbing tale of cannibalism. Guy Pearce, Jeffrey Jones, 1999.
A particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer, and an American historian on a working vacation with his family must stop the vicious monster. George Pavlou (1986)
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapours cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Dan O’Bannon, 1985.
The brain munchers with attitude are back as a young man uses a secret government chemical program to reanimate his dead girlfriend, helping her as she consumes the only thing that will nourish her, human brains. Brian Yuzna (1993)
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends’ reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Tim Hunter, 1986.
Unsurpassably thrilling, unexpectedly moving and unforgettably hilarious in equal measure, the future of law enforcement is back in a definitive 4K UHD Blu-ray presentation packed with hours of bonus features and exclusive collectable packaging.
A hot new rock group…their sexy young girlfriends… it should’ve been the best time of their lives, but it ended up being a Rock ‘N’ Roll Nightmare! Recording some new music in an isolated farmhouse, the band gets more than they bargained for when something horrifying stirs in the darkness. Eternal evil haunts this place and the band members start turning into demons from Hell itself!
A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend. Don Michael Paul, Lawrence Dane, Ned Beatty, Lisa Howard, Steven Hilliard Stern, 1987.
Welcome to a sex-blasted burg in Northern California where sodomized Führers, ravenous piranha, sapphic ecstasy, murder mystery, Shakespearean appropriation and the remarkable Raven De La Croix collide, with Kitten Natividad – in her RM Productions debut – as The Greek Chorus of it all.
Gonzo arthouse exploitation film from about an aging porn star who is roped into making an “art” film which proceeds to have him commit increasingly demented and depraved acts. Srdjan Spasojevic, 2010.
A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
Set in 1930s New York, a reformed criminal becomes a superhero. With the aid of a beautiful female friend, a playboy millionaire with a dark past sets out to bring the evil Shiwan Khan to justice. His quarry, who is determined to attain world domination, is a deadly descendant of Genghis Khan and will not surrender without a fight.
A Midwestern boy and an aging beach legend join forces to compete in a beach volleyball tournament. C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Peter Israelson, 1990.
In the ultimate dad movie, a team of tech-savvy misfits plays cat-and-mouse with spies, the government, and their own murky pasts in a geeky heist thriller. Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Phil Alden Robinson, 1992.
In the small South American town of Porvenir, four men on the run from the law are offered $10,000 and legal citizenship if they will transport a shipment of dangerously unstable nitroglycerin to an oil well 200 miles away. Led by Jackie Scanlon (Roy Scheider), the men set off on a hazardous journey, during which they must contend with dangerously rocky roads, unstable bridges, and attacks from local guerillas. The four fight for their lives as they struggle to complete their dangerous quest.
Hayao Miyazaki’s critically-acclaimed wondrous & dazzling fantasy animated masterpiece.
In a turbulent Kazakhstani town, a mother teams up with a former police investigator to find her missing son, leading them into a world of violence and moral ambiguity. Anna Starchenko, Berik Aitzhanov, Rabiya Abish, Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2024
Essential Italian horror classic, a newcomer to a prestigious ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amidst a series of grisly murders. Dario Argento (1977)
The editor of a sports magazine grooms fashion model Reiko to become a pro golfer, while retaining exclusive rights to her likeness. Reiko’s popularity soars after she wins her first tournament and she becomes a media sensation, but when she and her manager cause a hit-and-run accident, the victim begins to blackmail Reiko, intruding further and further into her personal life.
80’s TV horror anthology show gets the big screen treatment in this comes an all-star anthology of horror. Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, 1990.
Roman Polanski’s cult classic about a bureaucrat who rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia. Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, 1976.
‘TerrorVision’ – A family’s new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world. ‘The Video Dead’ – A family takes delivery of a new TV set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.
A botched job, a ruthless crime boss, and five doomed gangsters turn this into a grim, poetic send-off. Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Gary Fleder, 1995
A hotshot FBI agent is thrust into a strange new world when he is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Michael Apted, 1992.
It is the year 2004. Time travel is a reality and a new breed of criminal has emerged with it. Suddenly, it is possible to alter historical events so the ‘time enforcement commission’ is formed to enforce a simple rule: no one goes back. Now, someone has broken that rule and there is only one man who can stop him – Max Walker, “Timecop” (Jean-Claude Van Damme).
This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry. Told through the remarkable music of The Who, this is the story of Tommy, who, when just a boy of six, witnessed the murder of his father by his mother and her lover. They command him, “You didn’t hear it, you didn’t see it, and you won’t say anything to anyone…” As a result, the traumatized boy retreats into the shadows of his mind and becomes deaf, dumb and blind.
George portrays a single mother who goes on a boating trip with several friends. When they are forced to abandon their ship, they board a derelict ocean liner, where they become convinced that someone is stalking them.
One of the most beloved and widely-quoted films of the decade directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Taratino – newly remastered. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, 1993.
V/H/S/85: Sixth installment in the found-footage V/H/S franchise.
V/H/S/94: After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
V/H/S/99 harkens back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium. In V/H/S/99, a teenager’s home video leads to a series of horrifying revelation
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon “Videodrome,” a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend (Deborah Harry) auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Nicolas Cage’s triumphant cult performance as a yuppie who becomes a blood slave to a sexy vampire. Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Robert Bierman, 1988.
A dark comedy about a likeable guy pursuing his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets – but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, 2014.
In 2003, British glam rockers The Darkness took the world by storm with their hit single “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”. Then at the height of their fame, the band split up and fell into obscurity. 20 years on, they tell their story.
THE YOUNG SEDUCERS trilogy, a rollicking and ribald collection of charming, cheeky erotic comedies that will get your juices moving! Framed like a semi-serious minded social issues films, they follow a gaggle of tabloid reporters musing over the phenomenon of randy young women targeting dirty old men for sex, with each new scandalous story re-enacted for the audience in frank and explicit ways.
And There we go guys. Movies should be here Thursday/ Friday
