James Whale's The Old Dark House on Eureka 4K UHD in July news | 29 April 2025 Eureka Entertainment has announced the release James Whale's gothic comedy-horror gem The Old Dark House for the first time in the UK on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray from a 4K digital restoration in July. Brother blu-ray review | 27 April 2025 Writer-director Kitano Takeshi casts himself as a yakuza enforcer who flees to America, where he shapes a trio of drug dealers into a force to be reckoned with in the 2000 crime drama Brother. Long-time Kitano fan Slarek joins the gang and revisits a flawed but fascinating film on the BFI’s slightly problematic new Blu-ray.

28 Apr 2025 Kurosawa Akira's Throne of Blood on BFI UHD and Blu-ray in May A new restoration of Kurosawa Akira’s astonishing film, Throne of Blood, widely considered to be one of the greatest adaptations of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, will be released on 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray formats by the BFI in May. 25 Apr 2025 Lucio Fulci, Larry Cohen, Nodic chills and more from Arrow in July The July Blu-ray and UHD releases from Arrow are confirmed as Lucio Fulci's video nasty classic Zombie Flesh Eaters, Larry Cohen's satirical horror The Stuff, Sylvester Stallone actioner Cobra, gritty cop drama Narc home invasion thriller Crumb Catcher and Nordic Noir duo The Nightwatch Collection. 25 Apr 2025 The Quatermass Xperiment on Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray in June The 1955 feature film adaptation of classic BBC science fiction serial The Quatermass Xperiment will be released as a limited edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray package in a new restoration and with a host of special features in June by the movie's original creature, Hammer Films. 24 Apr 2025 An eclectic quartet of films on UK Blu-ray in July and an Ealing UHD for US & Canada Indicator has announced the July UK Blu-ray release rip-roaring nautical tale H.M.S. Defiant, ravishing Shakespeare adaptation The Taming of the Shrew, Palme d’Or winner The Hireling, and poignant tale of theatrical life The Dresser, plus Ealing Studios classic Saraband for Dead Lovers on UHD in the US and Canada only. 24 Apr 2025 A Hard Day's Night, Midnight & Sorcerer from Criterion UK in July Spirit Entertainment has announced the UK releases from The Criterion Collection for July, which consist of The Beatles' debut feature A Hard Day's Night and William Friedkin's Sorcerer on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, and screwball comedy Midnight on Blu-ray only. 24 Apr 2025 Slade in Flame on Blu-ray/DVD and digital platforms from the BFI in May Described as ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’ by Mark Kermode, the 1975 Slade in Flame has been remastered by the BFI for release on Blu-ray (for the first time) and DVD in a Dual Format Edition pack in May. 20 Apr 2025 La Cocina La cocina is a sizzling love story seasoned with a healthy dash of anti-capitalist anger. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ stylish adaptation of Arnold Wesker’s play The Kitchen lifts the lid on invisible working lives, pops racist attitudes to immigration in the pig bin, and invites us to dream. Jerry Whyte toasts a timely tour de force offering nourishing food for thought. 18 Apr 2024 Conclave How can a film headlining the voting in of a new Pope – consisting of only a series of conversations – be so compelling? It’s all in the script, the performances, the editing and the direction. Edward Berger’s Conclave has Camus saluting the inimitable power of the cinematic arts... 16 Apr 2025 Luc Besson's Subway on 3-disc UHD & Blu-ray Steelbook in June Studiocanal and Gaumont have announced the strictly limited edition release of Luc Besson's stylish 1985 crime thriller set on the Paris Métro, Subway, on 3-disc 4K UHD and Blu-ray in June. 15 Apr 2024 Eclipse Almost entirely unseen since its 1977 release and now released on Blu-ray as part of the BFI’s Flipside line, Eclipse is an atmospheric story with plenty of undercurrents, directed by Simon Perry with Tom Conti (in a dual role) and Gay Hamilton. Reviewed by Gary Couzens. 14 Apr 2025 The Thinking Game A modest early 2025 cinema release, The Thinking Game, was never going to be a box office behemoth, but it is the story of something monumental and one that needs to be more widely known. Camus is struck by the heights of human achievement and the unleashing of the benign power of artificial ‘general’ intelligence… 9 Apr 2025 Shaw Brothers revenge duo on Eureka Classics Blu-ray in June Eureka Entertainment has announced the release Exact Revenge, featuring two of Shaw Brothers Studio’s most compelling and underrated revenge tales – The Eunuch and The Deadly Knives – on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world in June. 11 Apr 2024 Rulers of the City Things quickly complicate for a young man at the bottom of the Italian criminal ladder when he swindles the head of a powerful crime family in genre maestro Fernando Di Leo’s 1976 crime drama-thriller Rulers of the City [I padroni della città]. Slarek rubs shoulders with Roman gangsters on Radiance’s recently released Blu-ray. 9 Apr 2025 Murakawa Toru, Paul Vecchiali, Wayne Wang & Polish Animation from Radiance in July The July Blu-ray releases from Radiance have been announced as Murakawa Toru's The Beast to Die, Paul Vecchiali's Rosa la rose, fille publique, the 27-film Essential Polish Animation, and Wayne Wang's Life is Cheap... But Toilet Paper is Expensive. 8 Apr 2025 Ishii Gakuryū's The Box Man on Third Window Blu-ray in June The Box Man, the latest film from Electric Dragon 80000v and The Crazy Family director Ishii Gakuryū, is coming to UK Blu-ray from Third Window Films in June with a damned cool slipcase on the first 2000 copies. 8 Apr 2025 Acclaimed war drama Hong Kong 1941 on Eureka Blu-ray in June Eureka Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Hong Kong 1941, the critically acclaimed masterpiece starring Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip and Alex Man, from a brand new 4K restoration in June as part of the Masters of Cinema series. 4 Apr 2025 The Nice Guys & Talk to Me on Second Sight UHD & Blu-ray in June Second Sight has announced that Shane Black's gloriously comedic crime drama The Nice Guys and Danny and Michael Philippou's inventive horror title Talk to Me are coming to Limited Edition UHD/Bluray in June. 3 Apr 2024 Shaolin Boxers One of a slew of attempts to find a new martial arts superstar in the wake of Bruce Lee’s death, the 1974 Shaolin Boxers [Fu Jian Shao Lin quan] saw former supporting player James Tien briefly promoted to the lead in this thinly plotted but action-packed old school basher. Slarek kicks and punches along with Eureka’s new Blu-ray. 31 Mar 2024 Je t'aime je t'taime A time travel experiment goes wrong in Je t’aime je t’aime, directed by Alain Resnais in 1968. Radiance’s Blu-ray is reviewed by Gary Couzens. 26 Jan 2025 Snow White Dogged by controversy for two and a half years over the fallout from misjudged interviews, a famous actor’s disgruntled comments on casting and a slew of questionable creative choices, Snow White is finally here. Camus examines the extent of the controversy and, heigh-ho, off to see it he goes… 25 Mar 2024 Harlequin The second of two Ozploitation films released on Blu-ray and UHD in March 2025 by Indicator, Harlequin from 1980 is an update of the Rasputin legend starring David Hemmings and Robert Powell and directed by Simon Wincer. Review by Gary Couzens. 23 Mar 2024 The Rebel & The Punch and Judy Man Tony Hancock was the most popular and gifted British comedian of the immediate post-war period. Studio Canal marks the centenary of his birth with a twinned release of The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man. Jerry Whyte titters away as he struggles to fathom what made Hancock tick. 18 Mar 2024 Thirst Next in Indicator’s series of Ozploitation releases is Thirst, the vampire film from 1979, released in UHD and Blu-ray and reviewed by Gary Couzens. 17 Mar 2024 The Eel After ten years in prison for a violent crime of passion, an insular man begins a new life in a small riverside hamlet whose residents know nothing of his past misdeeds in The Eel [Unagi], Imamura Shōhei’s masterful tale of guilt, redemption and community. Slarek hangs out in the barbershop with Radiance’s new Blu-ray. 16 Mar 2024 Peter Ibbetson Love never dies in Peter Ibbetson, the third film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper to be released by Indicator. Gary Couzens heads off to dreamland. 14 Mar 2024 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Starring Gary Cooper and directed by Henry Hathaway, 1935’s The Lives of a Bengal Lancer comes to Blu-ray from Indicator. Gary Couzens heads off to the outposts of the Empire. 9 Mar 2024 Doctor Vampire A surgeon visiting England from Hong Kong stumbles across a nest of vampires and falls victim to one of them in writer-director Jamie Luk’s 1990 horror-comedy, Doctor Vampire. Gort heads east to sink his teeth into a film that is equal parts silly and smart on Eureka’s new Blu-ray. 7 Mar 2024 Now and Forever Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple star in Now and Forever, in which a conman is redeemed by his daughter he had never met before. The first of three films released by Indicator on Blu-ray starring Cooper and directed by Henry Hathaway, it is reviewed by Gary Couzens. 3 Mar 2024 All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia’s Cannes prizewinner All We Imagine as Light is released dual-format by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens. 1 Mar 2024 60 Years of Superlative Performances Gene Hackman, RIP With the news that Gene Hackman has passed away in as-yet uncertain circumstances at the grand age of 95 along with his wife Betsy Arakawa, Camus pays trubute of one of the very finest and most beloved screen actors of his generation. 25 Feb 2024 The Cat Three men stage a bank heist in the centre of Düsseldorf but their plan includes more than cleaning out the vault in Dominik Graf’s superbly devised and brilliantly executed 1988 crime thriller, The Cat [Die Katze]. A riveted Slarek watches from behind the barriers as the twisty tale unfolds on Radiance’s splendid Blu-ray.