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A small team of Vatican-backed paranormal investigators rocks up at a graffiti-covered Devon church after being called in by the local priest.

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April 7, 2024April 8, 2024 Colin Dibben

The Borderlands (15) |Home Ents Review

Ten years on from its first release, this intriguing and tense Brit found footage horror gets the Blu-ray treatment.

For one day only on 27 February 2024 the filmed version of HAMLET starring 84 year-old Ian McKellen as Hamlet will be shown in cinemas.

DVD/Blu Ray

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Carlie Newman

Hamlet (12) |Close-Up Film Review

This is HAMLET starring 84 year-old Ian McKellen as Hamlet, not the filmed version of the stage play that McKellen was in in 2021, but a completely new film.

There is something totally endearing about the way Finnish film maker Aki Kaurismäki tells his film stories – their sly, quiet humour, simplicity and empathy with his fellow human beings.

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March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Carol Allen

Fallen Leaves (12) |Close-Up Film Review

There is something totally endearing about the way Finnish film maker Aki Kaurismäki tells his film stories – their sly, quiet humour, simplicity and empathy with his fellow human beings.

This very strange and rather wonderful film uses a simple playing backwards of the visual film material to build up a real WTF viewing experience.

DVD/Blu Ray

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 Colin Dibben

Happy End (15) |Home Ents Review

This very strange and rather wonderful film uses a simple playing backwards of the visual film material to build up a real WTF viewing experience.

This classic work in the Chinese/ Taiwanese wuxia or ‘heroic swordplay’ genre owes much to King Hu’s early films. Director Kuo keeps things both stately and lively and the heroic feeling is palpable.

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March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 Colin Dibben

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (18) |Home Ents Review

This classic work in the Chinese/ Taiwanese wuxia or ‘heroic swordplay’ genre owes much to King Hu’s early films. Director Kuo keeps things both stately and lively and the heroic feeling is palpable.

Blending cinematic and theatrical techniques to wonderful effect, this blue-collar musical wears its excesses with lightness and style.

DVD/Blu Ray

March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 Colin Dibben

One From The Heart: Reprise (15) |Home Ents Review

Blending cinematic and theatrical techniques to wonderful effect, this blue-collar musical wears its excesses with lightness and style.

The backstory is more interesting than the finished product in Bill Morrison’s new release. But, if you like his approach to film preservation and related practices, you get a lot of shorter films in the extras.

DVD/Blu Ray

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Colin Dibben

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (E) |Home Ents Review

The backstory is more interesting than the finished product in Bill Morrison’s new release. But, if you like his approach to film preservation and related practices, you get a lot of shorter films in the extras.