Film: Going South
Country of Production: France
Prepare for a sun-drenched, sexually-charged road trip as the gorgeous and brooding Sam sets off on a revelatory journey in a bid to unravel his troubled past. Sam is soon joined by a pair of hitchhikers – sexually adventurous Lea and her hesitant younger brother Matthieu who both take an instant shine to the mysterious driver. Once Lea’s advances are firmly rebuffed, she picks up fellow hitchhiker Jeremie, which gives her sibling the perfect opportunity to make his burgeoning feelings clear for Sam. Inevitably, Matthieu makes his move and this becomes the catalyst for the revelation of secrets and a tentative but explosive bond between the young travellers. Exquisitely shot and seething with burning sexual desire, Going South is the hottest road trip you’ll ever take.
Film: Black Sheep
Country of Production: Switzerland/Germany
Deviant, multi-stranded black comedy set in the dark underbelly of modern Berlin. The story follows a group of deadbeats as they act out their bizarre and twisted plans to hit the big time. Satanists, prostitutes, artists and thieves are just some of the unsavoury characters looming large in this anarchically offbeat urban parody.
Film: Blades Of Blood
Country of Production: South Korea
Lee Joon-Ik directs this Korean action-infused period drama. Set amid the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1591, the film tells the story of Gyeon-ja (Baek Seong-hyeon), the illegitimate son of a noble family who sets out for revenge after his father is murdered by rebel forces led by Lee Mong-hak (Cha Seung-won). Aided by gifted blind swordsman Hwang (Hwang Jeong-min) and the mistress of the man he has vowed to kill, Gyeon-ja sets out to settle the score.
Film: Time Traveller - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Country of Production: Japan
A girl travels back in time in order to save her dying mother in this Japanese sci-fi adventure directed by Masaaki Taniguchi. With her scientist mother Kazuko (Narumi Yasuda) in a coma after being knocked down in a car accident, high school student Akira Yoshiyama (Riisa Naka) decides to use her mother's research into time travel to journey back to the 1970s. Once there, Akira searches to find her mother's first true love and bring him back to the present, where she hopes his presence will bring Kazuko out of her coma. Unfortunately for Akira, she soon discovers that her presence in the past has unforeseen consequences for her future.
Film: Dario Argento: Neo Giallo Collection
Country of Production: Italy
Collection of four late 'Giallo' features from director Dario Argento. In Terror At The Opera (1987) Betty (Christina Marsillach), a young understudy at the opera house, finds herself in demand when the female lead in Verdi's Macbeth falls ill. Whilst on stage, her fears about the curse of Macbeth begin to ring true as a stagehand is murdered and several ravens used in the production are killed. Betty is then taken captive by the murderer, tied up, forced to have her eyes pinned open and then witness the murder of two other people. The police inspector assigned to the job, Santini (Urbano Barberini), realises that ravens never forget and releases the remaining birds so that they can find the murderer. This leads to a chain of gory events, eventually revealing who the killer is and his connection to Betty.
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) sees Asia Argento star as detective Anna Manni, on the trail of a serial killer and rapist. Unfortunately, she suffers from the Stendhal syndrome, a mental disorder causing hallucinations whenever the sufferer comes into contact with works of art. The killer discovers Manni's condition, and uses it to make her insane. Even when she thinks she has finally tracked him down and dealt with him, his taunts continue, and so do the murders.
In Sleepless (2001) insomaniac ex-cop Ulisse Moretti (Max von Sydow) is called out of retirement to investigate a series of violent slayings, all of which bear a resemblance to a case he worked on 17 years ago. Meanwhile, Giacomo (Stefano Dionisi), the son of one of the victims in the earlier spate of killings, learns that the murderer is at work again and decides to finally exact his revenge.
In The Card Player (2004) police detective Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca) becomes caught up in an Internet poker game, only to realise to her horror that the stakes are higher than she could have imagined: if she loses, the maniacal 'Card Player' will slit his victims' throats live on webcam. Irish police detective John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) is sent to Rome to join the investigation after a British tourist becomes involved. But the stakes are raised even higher when the police chief's daughter (Fiore Argento) is abducted - and it becomes apparent The Card Player knows Anna better than she thought...
Film: Tekken
Country of Production: Japan/USA
Action film based on the Playstation/Xbox fighting game. In the year 2039, the all-powerful Tekken Corporation controls the whole of America. When rebel teen street fighter Jin Kazama (Jon Foo) witnesses the murder of his beloved mother by the Corporation, he takes on a Tekken ID and sets out to avenge her death.
Film: What War May Bring
Country of Production: France
Claude Lelouch directs this episodic romantic drama chronicling the five major loves in the life of one woman. Audrey Dana stars as Ilva Lemoine, a half-Italian cinema usherette whose passionate love affairs - depicted in flashback as she recounts her life from the dock at her murder trial - touch on some of the key moments of 20th-century European history.
*The release date is subject to change for any of these titles.
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