The Unforgiving, 2010. Written and Directed by Alastair Orr. Starring Ryan Macquet, Craig Hawks, Claire Opperman and Michael Thompson. SYNOPSIS: Two survivors are the only link to a spate of killings that has plagued a desolate highway on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Taking its cue from various torture porn fare like Saw and Hostel, The […]

Fists of Rage a.k.a. Honor, 2006. Directed by David Worth. Starring Jason Barry, Russell Wong, Roddy Piper and Linda Park. SYNOPSIS: Two street warriors come to understand that not every battle is fought for money or power. Familiarity can be a good thing. An old pair of trainers that fit smoothly and snugly to your […]

We Are What We Are, 2010. Written and Directed by Jorge Michel Grau. Starring Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato and Alan Chávez. SYNOPSIS: After the head of a family of cannibals dies, his wife and three children must confront the question of how to survive. We Are What We Are is a […]

The Adjustment Bureau, 2011. Directed by George Nolfi. Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp. SYNOPSIS: An ambitious politician falls in love with an enchanting ballerina but mysterious forces are determined to keep them apart and the agents of fate – the Adjustment Bureau – forbid him to […]

Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Monsters (2010) at The Royal College of Surgeons, London, 3rd March, 2011. Written and Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. SYNOPSIS: A NASA space probe containing alien spores crashes in Mexico, turning the northern part of the country into a quarantined area known as ‘The […]

13 Assassins (Jûsan-nin no shikaku), 2010. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada and Yuseke Iseya. SYNOPSIS: The sadistic Lord Naritsugu, brother of the Shogun and therefore above the law, commits a string of atrocities across feudal Japan. The samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is hired to assassinate him, hiring a team of samurai assassins […]

Tangled, 2010. Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. Featuring the voice talents of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy and Ron Perlman. SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned for years in a tower by an evil witch, Princess Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) escapes with help from a charming thief and sets off on an adventure home. Fairytales: they’re all […]

Luis Buñuel. You know. Spanish director. He did Un Chien Andalou, with the eyeball slicing and the meat dragging. Belle du Jour, with all the kinky French sex. Not so keen on God and churches. Dalí’s number one homeboy. That Luis Buñuel. Mr Bongo Films are releasing two of his lesser-known films, remastered for DVD, […]

Ironclad, 2011. Directed by Jonathan English. Starring James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mackenzie Crook, Charles Dance, Jamie Foreman, Aneurin Barnard and Derek Jacobi. SYNOPSIS: In 13th century England a Knights Templar and his rag-tag band of warriors struggle to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. The King’s Speech […]

Barbarossa: Siege Lord a.k.a. Sword of War, 2009. Directed by Renzo Martinelli. Starring Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan and F. Murray Abraham. SYNOPSIS: In Northern Italy, the Germanic Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (Rutger Hauer) plans to capture the regions of the South and Centre to recreate the empire, leading to deadly clashes between the people of the […]