Another week of cinema is coming to the shop. Some odds and ends of movie goodness with a few new titles mixed in so let’s us take a look shall we…
A fine four pack of goodness…
A defining masterpiece of the French New Wave, this crime drama follows the life of a young boy’s difficult childhood and into a life of crime. François Truffaut (1959)
Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque cult classic, a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr.
AKIRA, the crown jewel of anime and science fiction, is here with remastered 4K visuals and remixed audio. In the future, Shotaro Kaneda and his motorcycle gang tear through Neo Tokyo, a city divided by growing tensions. But when caught in an accident, Kaneda’s friend Tetsuo Shima discovers a secret government project and receives psychic abilities beyond his control.
A research scientist experiments with sensory deprivation and psychoactive drugs in an isolation tank resulting in an unsettling transformation and fracturing of his reality. William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Ken Russell, 1980
Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X — a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscapes and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.
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.
All three flicks together!
He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler. A thief. A junkie. A killer. A cop. Now he’s investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in. NYC auteur/provocateur Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, King of New York) and co-writer Zoë Lund (Ms. 45) gaze unflinchingly into the life of a Bad Lieutenant. Starring screen legend Harvey Keitel (Mean Streets, Reservoir Dogs) at his most brilliant and brutal in what is perhaps the most incendiary and notorious film of the 1990s. The stellar supporting cast includes Victor Argo (Taxi Driver) and Paul Calderon (The Last Castle).
Kim Sun-woo is sent by his crime boss employer to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, to find out whether she is seeing another man. His instructions are to kill them both if it is true.
It’s time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don’t express much concern. Meanwhile Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem?
In this erotic-thriller throwback, a romantic lakeside retreat turns sinister when two couples sharing an Airbnb slip into twisted games of trust, lust, and ultimately… survival. Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Marco Pigossi, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, 2024
Two misfit queer teens start a fight club to impress cheerleaders but accidentally spark a chaotic feminist revolution filled with absurd brawls. Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Emma Seligman, 2023
Legendary Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis star as elderly Elvis and geriatric JFK, who end up in the same old age home, but the two must join forces to battle an ancient Egyptian Mummy and save the souls of their fellow residents. Don Coscarelli (2002)
Jim Carrey is Chip Douglas, cable installer. Raised on television sitcoms, he wants life to look just like My Three Sons. And when he meets single guy Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick), he sees his chance for some serious male bonding. But Chip’s idea of friendship – which includes physical assault, a game of ‘Porno Password’ and a medieval joust – may be hazardous to Steven’s health. In Chip’s own immortal words, “I can be your best friend…or your worst enemy.” Directed by Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder, Zoolander), and co-starring Leslie Mann, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, CASUALTIES OF WAR is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over theedge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope, action and raw power,master filmmaker Brian DePalma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man’s quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.
Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) stars in this comedic and action-packed two-part adaptation of Journey to the West, a classic 16th century Chinese novel. Directed by Jeffrey Lau (Out of the Dark), this two-disc set includes both feature films together in the North America for the first time:
A Chinese Odyssey Part 1: Pandora’s Box
A Monkey King is reincarnated in the unhuman form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, the Longevity Monk, were punished and made to stay human.
A Chinese Odyssey Part 2: Cinderella
The convoluted continuation of the adventures of the time-traveling, now-human Monkey King, who attempts to fulfill his divine destiny.
All 7 Chucky Flicks together!
Members of a family find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when a pack of coyotes swarms their Hollywood Hills home.
Beloved cult film based on an equally beloved cult comic about a man who is brutally murdered and then comes back to life as a ghost of vengeance to avenge his murder. Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Alex Proyas, 1994.
Shot on videotape and originally aired on ABC’s late-night series Wide World Mystery, these two features exquisitely demonstrate Dan Curtis’ gift for blending 19th-century literature with psychological horror. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, a petulant young Adonis (Shane Briant) indulges in the most decadent pursuits that 19th-century society can provide. While Dorian seems impervious to age and free of guilt for his transgressions, his moral disintegration is foretold in the portrait hidden in his study. In a haunting and sexually-charged adaption of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, Lynn Redgrave stars as Miss Cubberly, a governess hired to tend two orphans (Jasper Jacob, Eva Griffith) in a country manor. She believes the estate is haunted by the spirits of a former governess and her lover, and her pursuit of the truth leads Miss Cubberly to the brink of insanity.
Insane asylum escapees, jiggling cheerleaders, a strip spelling bee and general chaos collide in grindhouse glory in this 4K Restoration. Michael Pataki, Bob Minor, Colleen Brennan, Greg Corarito, 1975.
Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.
Academy Award Nominee & Winner of Un Certain Regard, Cannes! A darkly surreal Greek film about three teenagers confined to an isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen by their parents. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009.
Abel Ferrara’s notorious slasher where an artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, leading him to randomly kill derelicts with a power drill. Abel Ferrara (1979)
David Mann (Dennis Weaver), a mild mannered electronics salesman, is driving cross-country on a two-lane highway when he encounters an old oil tanker driven by an unseen driver who seems to enjoy annoying him with dangerous antics on the road. Unable to escape the demonic big rig, David finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the monstrous truck. When the pursuit escalates to deadly levels, David must summon his inner warrior and turn the tables on his tormentor.
It’s all about the Spice!
A Whole Lotta Eddie!
It launched the iconic careers of director Just Jaeckin and star Sylvia Kristel, redefined cultural perceptions of ‘adult entertainment’ and transformed female sexuality on screen forever. Based on the bestselling memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan, a diplomat’s wife (Kristel) unlocks her deepest carnal desires in the bedrooms and back rooms of Bangkok.
During a war between humans and the reptilian Drac race, spaceship pilot Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid) ends up stranded on an alien world, along with enemy fighter Jeriba Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.). While both Willis and his Drac counterpart can breathe on the planet, the environment and its creatures are relatively hostile, forcing the two to work together to survive. As time goes by, Willis and Jeriba become unlikely friends, though their unique relationship faces considerable challenges.
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
A Northern California fishing community, built over an old leper colony, is the target of revenge by a killer fog containing zombies rising from the sea to take revenge for their deaths. Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Carpenter.
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.
Once an architect, Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his “special” gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife (Trini Alvarado) of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent (Jeffrey Combs).
Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) has 1949 Los Angeles in an iron fist, as he accumulates a fortune from drugs, prostitution and gambling. Cohen has an army of paid goons at his disposal, but he also has certain policemen and politicians in his pocket. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest cop, until Los Angeles Police Department mavericks, Sgts. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), form a secret crew to bring Cohen to justice.
In the wasteland of postwar Tokyo during the Allied Occupation, a group of prostitutes band to together to build a dancehall called Paradise. As their independence becomes threatened by the parade of gangsters and would-be pimps all looking for a cut from their flesh-peddling, the discovery of an unexploded bomb in the building where they ply their trade throws their dreams into jeopardy.
Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer star in this tense, terrific and true adventure set in1896 East Africa. There, two lions on a man-eating rampage have shut down the construction of a railway. The beasts hunt together, showing no fear of man or fire. What’s more, they’re killing for sport rather than for food – and they have an almost supernatural knack for knowing what traps await them. Big-game hunter Remington (Douglas) and construction engineer Patterson (Kilmer) set out to stop these unstoppable monsters. But, in this astonishing tale of man against beast, the hunters become the hunted.
All Three Ginger Snaps together on Blu Ray!
Import version of the beloved cult film about a skateboarder who uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother’s mysterious death. Christian Slater, 1989.
Japan has barely recovered from the Second World War when a gigantic peril emerges off the coast of Tokyo. Koichi, a deserter traumatised by his first confrontation with Godzilla, sees this as an opportunity to redeem his conduct during the war.
In this A24 Horror, two young Mormon missionaries find themselves in a game of cat-and-mouse forcing them to match wits with a creepy middle-aged man who traps them in his house. Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, 2024.
Oscar worthy Triple Pack!
Released after being imprisoned for assault, a Frenchman finds himself impoverished, alienated and angry.
Another sweet triple pack from TOHO!
When slacker teen Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) has his right hand possessed by a demonic force, he finds that his life gets a lot more interesting. While Anton himself is an amiable guy, his hand proves to be an appendage of death, killing his two best buddies, Pnub (Elden Henson) and Mick (Seth Green), who return to life as wisecracking zombies. In addition to murdering those closest to him, Anton’s evil hand significantly hinders his chances with lovely neighbor Molly (Jessica Alba).
Ilsa returns as the ruthless harem keeper in this lurid, over-the-top sequel, running a Middle Eastern slave ring while a secret agent investigates. Dyanne Thorne, Victor Alexander, Michael Thayer, Richard Kennedy, Don Edmonds, 1974
Canadian horror shot in Northern Ontario that is a fresh and artistic take on the slasher genre filled with revolting kills and dark humour. Chris Nash, 2024.
A young woman stumbles upon a mysterious diary that reveals the secrets of “The Three Mothers” and unleashes a nightmare world of demonic evil. As the unstoppable horror spreads from Rome to New York City, this unholy trinity must be stopped before the world is submerged in the blood of the innocent.
This ghoul just wants to have fun! She also wants an occasional bad guy to sink her fangs into — because she never, ever takes Innocent Blood. Anne Parillaud is Marie, a vampire who imperils Pittsburgh when she fails to kill off one of her victims, mob boss Sal Macelli (Robert Loggia). Sal realizes what a lucky stiff he is: a vampire with deadly powers! If Marie and her undercover cop boyfriend (Anthony LaPaglia) can’t stop the mobster’s new “family” of goons, Pittsburgh will be the pits. As in his An American Werewolf in London, director John Landis saw in Michael Wolk’s script many “possibilities to be outrageous” — and transforms them into outrageous screen reality.
This antic romp begins when “The Video Arcade’s” newest employee, Eugene (Leif Green, Grease 2) arrives pantless for his first day on the job. Teenage heartthrob Jeff (Scott McGuinnis, Secret Admirer), who runs the arcade and Dorfus (Jim Greenleaf, Liar’s Moon), the slovenly video game addict, decide to take revenge on the vivacious Alva (Kym Malin, Weird Science) and Lola for tricking Eugene out of his pants with a wild game of “strip video.” But before they can act, King Vidiot (Jon Gries, Napoleon Dynamite) and his sexy troupe of high-tech video addicts invade the arcade and pandemonium breaks loose. In the midst of the chaos, Joseph Rutter (Joe Don Baker, Fletch), an influential businessman, comes into the arcade looking for his daughter Patsy (Corinne Bohrer, Surf II). When he witnesses the madness around him, he vows to see the “den of juvenile delinquency” shut down for good!
After the mayor of an idyllic Newfoundland village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour. Christian Sparkes, 2023.
Atmospheric horror mockumentary from Australia about the ghost of a woman who mysteriously died. Joel Anderson, 2008.
A beautifully animated fantasy tale based on a cult novel from Rankin & Bass about an unicorn’s quest to find her lost kin. Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, 1982.
A motorcycle gang roars into a small southern town en route to the Daytona races, unnerving the locals with their standoffish attitude and disrespect for social niceties. When one of their number, the charismatic Vance (Dafoe), hooks up with sportscar-driving Telena (Marin Kanter, Endangered Species), he incurs the wrath of the girl’s father, setting the gang on a collision with the town.
Argentinean horror, a young woman returns home to say goodbye to her dying father. However, when she meets up with her sister and her friends, she decides instead to travel the jungle in search of mystical plant. Gonzalo Calzada (2018)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant and heartfelt chronicle of the life of Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love of romance novels. At a young age, when she’s separated from her twin brother, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky. As she slowly learns to let go of the clutter in her home and her mind, Grace starts to find her confidence and the courage to love again.
MARY AND MAX spans 20 years and two continents, Mary and Max recounts the pen-pal relationship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely eight-year-old living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia; and Max Horovitz, a severely obese, 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger’s syndrome living in the chaos of New York City.
A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets. Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Marla Gibbs, Don Cheadle, Robert Guillaume.
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which presage such sci-fi landmarks as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and modern science fiction style, Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the German silent cinema.
In this psychological thriller, a charming Canadian drifter may or may not be a serial killer. Owen Wilson, Sheryl Crow, Dwight Yoakam, 1999.
New York, 1980. Raped at gunpoint on her way home from work, mute seamstress Thana returns to her apartment only to be assaulted again by a burglar; but this time she fights back. Bludgeoning her assailant, she takes his gun and disposes of the body piece by piece. Fuelled by her trauma, Thana sees that sexual threat is everywhere and decides to bring a .45 calibre solution to the problem.
Aliens unleash chaos in a delightfully absurd homage to 1950s sci-fi, with dancing gorillas, mad scientists, and outrageous mutant schemes. Michael East, Colleen Hayes, Jack White, Michael Kallio, 2020
All three of the original NAKED GUN movies together.
The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil.
Joe Young (Trey Parker) is a Mormon, serving his mission in Los Angeles and needing money to marry his girlfriend, Lisa (Robyn Lynne). This leads him to a porn film set, where filmmaker Maxxx Orbison (Michael Dean Jacobs) casts unwitting Joe as a masked superhero named Orgazmo. The film becomes a surprise megahit, even in the mainstream, but Joe soon discovers Maxxx is a criminal with sinister plans. So Joe and sidekick Ben (Dian Bachar) become real superheroes to combat the evil director.
For 50 years, “Outer Man” has been a cultural icon in Japan, a superhero TV series as ingrained in the national psyche as Ultraman. Generations have grown up watching the heroic Outer Man defend Earth from the monstrous Sylvie Seijin. But the line between fiction and reality blurs when a giant alien, identical to Outer Man, descends upon Tokyo.
Canadian Cinema Gold!
After Anna (Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (Sam Neill), that she is having an affair, she leaves him and their son. Mark is devastated, and seeks out Heinrich (Heinz Bennent), the man who cuckolded him, only to receive a beating. After a series of violent confrontations between Mark and Anna, Mark hires a private investigator to follow her. Anna descends into madness, and it’s soon clear that she is hiding a much bigger secret — one that is both inexplicable and shocking.
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity. As the liquid turns their co-workers into zombies, the remaining members realize they have released the most unspeakable of horrors, Satan himself
After music agent Bernie Stein loses his last act, he decides the only way to a better life is through the grave…the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame graveyard, that is. Together with a burned out roadie and a mad scientist, the motley crew set out to build the perfect Rock n Roll Superstar from the remains of dead rockers. Assembling parts from Elvis, Hendrix, Sid Vicious and others, soon enough the monster is ALIVE! But things go bad when Liberace’s love tool mistakenly ends up in the mix. Equipped with the head of Elvis and the junk of Lee, a schizoid relationship develops between the monster and his privates. Directed by Brian O’Hara. Bonus features: Audio Commentary w/ Director Brian O’Hara; Rock n Roll Frankenstein Trailer; Rock n Roll Frankenstein Music Video; Behind Rock n Roll Frankenstein Featurette; Trailer Vault.
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own.
Yuen Biao stars in this action-packed Hong Kong thriller, blending martial arts, comedy, and romance as an eccentric cop and hot-headed partner chase a missing informant, with the enigmatic Rosa caught in the middle. Lowell Lo, Lu Hsiao-Fen, 1986
Two ambitious graduates of the police academy bumble their way through their first big case.
A plumber and his germophobic son face a rampaging, bloodthirsty creature unleashed through a building’s pipes, testing their courage and ingenuity. Steven Ogg, Daniel Doheny, director: Steven Kostanski, 2024
The John Ford classic! A Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, 1956.
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.
Let’s shred our way to hell! The Greek myth is reimagined as a post-apocalyptic skateboard rock opera in SHREDDER ORPHEUS―a low budget hallucination that drops somewhere between the music video for Devo’s “Whip It,” a Bones Brigade skate tape, and a surrealist art project. The story follows Orpheus (director Robert McGinley), a rock star who descends to hell in order to save his kidnapped wife (and the universe) from Satan and his hypnotic TV signals. Filmed in Seattle and featuring a rare screen role from Steven Jesse Bernstein―the William S. Burroughs of the Pacific Northwest―SHREDDER ORPHEUS makes its disc debut with a new preservation from the original film elements.
Documentarian Marty DiBergi follows estranged Spinal Tap bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls as they search for a drummer and prepare for a reunion concert in New Orleans. Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a show that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.
Get ready for the most outrageous coming-of-age love story abou tgrowing up… and blowing up! When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally…), seniors Mara(Katherine Langford) and Dylan (Charlie Plummer)struggle to survive in a world where each momentmay be their last. As an unexpected romance blossoms between them, Mara and Dylan discover that when tomorrow is no longer promised, they can finally start living for today.
Fading actress Elisabeth Sparkle becomes distressed when her chauvinistic boss fires her from her aerobics show. She soon injects herself with a mysterious serum that promises a younger, better version of herself, but things go horribly wrong.
Ilya and Alexander Salkind continue to bring the lore and legend behind the World’s Greatest Super Hero to the big screen in this follow-up to the beloved Christopher Reeve Superman films. Helen Slater (in her screen debut) stars as the sensational Supergirl! Though Superman grew up believing himself to be the Last Son of Krypton, part of his home planet survived: Argo City, home of his uncle, Zor-El (Simon Ward), and Zor-El’s wife, Alura (Mia Farrow). Saved by the wizardry of Zaltar (Peter O’Toole) and the Omegahedron, their daughter Kara comes of age as a Kryptonian when a disaster whisks the Omegahedron to her cousin’s adoptive planet, Earth. Dispatched to rescue it from the clutches of the evil sorceress Selena (Faye Dunaway), Kara must tackle a steep learning curve so that she can pass the test as both mild-mannered schoolgirl Linda Lee and Supergirl! This special edition of Supergirl presents the film’s International Cut, remastered in High Definition for Blu-ray, along with the rare Director’s Cut on a bonus DVD.
Jessica Harper (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN) stars in this horrific tale of a young student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a famous German dance academy. Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA comes to home video from Synapse Films in an exclusive new 4K restoration!
51 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974. Facing a storm of controversy, censorship, and outcry throughout its troubled release, this masterpiece of horror has stood the test of time to become a landmark motion picture and cultural milestone.
Andy Kaufman’s provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman’s brief but impactful life and career. As the lines between performance and reality blur in our present age, Kaufman’s genius resonates more than ever.
The closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser captures the pianist and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on- and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality. Made with the same freedom of spirit that defines Monk’s artistry, this essential slice of jazz history is a unique glimpse into the quixotic world of one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary artists.
John Carpenter’s fun satire of consumerism finds an unemployed Roddy Piper uncovering that the world’s ruling elite are aliens in disguise who’s aim is to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. Keith David, Meg Foster, 1988.
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).
Gonzo body-horror from the director of Raw, follows a young woman damaged by a childhood car crash caused by her negligent father now making her living as a dancer at car shows & willing to go violent when men go too far. Julia Ducournau, 2021.
In the Ultraman Universe, none other than Christmas’ most mythical figure Santa Claus is highly linked with Father of Ultra, the peace-keeping guardian of the galaxy and the executive leader of the Inter Galactic Defense Force.
John Candy is Harry Crumb, a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he’s not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping. Paul Flaherty (1989)
In early 1980s New York City, independent filmmaker Charlie Ahearn and downtown artist Fred Brathwaite ventured uptown with the aim of capturing an exciting new underground scene that was happening in the South Bronx, a scene that featured graffiti artists, breakdancing b-boys and two turntables and a microphone.
A gang of escaping jewellery thieves get trapped by a coven of witches. From cult director Álex de la Iglesia. 2013.
From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore: 100 MONSTERS / SPOOK WARFARE / ALONG WITH GHOSTS. Also includes Takashi Miike’s remake THE GREAT YOKAI WAR.
From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore, with ghosts and monsters from ancient myths and legends brought to life through stunning special effects, alongside an epic, big-budget reboot of the series from a modern-day master of the macabre.
When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ (Yusaku Matsuda, The Game Trilogy) gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city’s underground gay and biker scenes, and even his own past.
In 1970s Italy, three wealthy youths embark on a reckless crime spree in this Italian crime thriller, reflecting the chaos of the Years of Lead. Stefano Patrizi, Max Delys, Eleonora Giorgi, Romolo Guerrieri 1976
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight. Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Peter Markle, 1986
And there we go guys. New Movies should here Thursday/ Friday. Cheers!
