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1963 UK comedy by Jeremy Summers, once cut for a BBFC U rating, just released on UK Blu-ray and DVD
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The Punch And Judy Man is a 1963 UK comedy by Jeremy Summers
Starring Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms and Ronald Fraser
 Cut by the BBFC for a U rated cinema release in 1962. a shortened version was released
on VHS and DVD. Uncut and 12 rated for 2025 Blu-ray but the BBFC notes that it required the removal of an old BBFC U rating card. Summary Notes Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and
Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government. He is persuaded to go to the Mayor's gala evening but it's all too much for him.
UK: Passed Universal, suitable for
all uncut for:
Promotional Material Appearing in his second feature film-starring role, comedy legend Tony Hancock gives a memorable performance in this bittersweet comedy of small-town snobbery and one-upmanship.
Content to scratch out a living in the faded seaside town of Piltdown, puppeteer Wally Pinner (Hancock) is unhappily married to Delia (Sylvia Syms), a gift-shop owner with social pretensions. When Wally is invited to perform at the town's anniversary
gala reception, however, Delia scents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise the couples social standing... EXTRAS:
- NEW Hard Knocks: Paul Merton on The Punch and Judy Man
- Excerpt from ABC Series HANCOCK'S
- BEHP Audio interview extract with Jeremy Summers
- Blackpool Show: Season 1 Episode 7 (1966)
- Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
- Theatrical trailer
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2025 UK crime drama by Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg just released on Criterion US 4K Blu-ray
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Performance is a 1970 UK crime drama by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg.
With James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg.
The film has a history of censorship at the hands of the BBFC and Its own
distributor, Warner. BBFC cuts wre later waived but the extensive footage removed by Warners is still missing. Summary Notes A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation
of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2025 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on
25th February 2025
- 2025 The Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th February 2025
Promotional Material The grimy criminal underworld and hedonistic rock-and-roll counterculture of late-1960s London collide in this mind-scrambling, kaleidoscopic freak-out. On the run from his vengeful
boss, a ruthless gangster (James Fox) hides out in the Notting Hill home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and his companions (Anita Pallenberg and Michele Breton), who open the doors of his perception as the lines between reality and fantasy, male
and female, persona and self, dissolve in a hallucinogenic haze. Built around Jaggers most magnetic narrative-film performance, this visionary collaboration between enigmatic artist Donald Cammell and first-time director Nicolas Roeg is a daringly
transgressive, endlessly influential journey to the dark side of bohemia.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by producer Sandy Lieberson, with uncompressed monaural original-UK-version soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR
and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998), a documentary by Kevin Macdonald and Chris Rodley
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Influence and Controversy: Making 'Performance' (2007), a documentary about the making of the film
- The True Story of David
Litvinoff, a new visual essay by Keiron Pim, biographer of dialogue coach and technical adviser David Litvinoff
- Performers on 'Performance,' a documentary featuring
actors James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and others
- The Two Cockneys of Harry Flowers, a program on the dialogue overdubbing done for the U.S. version of the film
- Memo from Turner, a program featuring behind-the-scenes footage
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the
deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Ryan Gilbey and a 1995 article by filmmaker and scholar Peter Wollen
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film set just released on UK Blu-ray and DVD
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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy is a film set
Starring Amy Yip, Hitomi Kudo and So Man There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that there are shorter Mandarin versions UK: BBFC aggregate 18
rated:
Promotional Material This triple-bill of paranormal perversion delivers everything you'd want from a Category III movie, plus a bit more besides. In the first tale from Story of Ricki director Ngai Choi
Lam, a trio of sexy spirits fall for the same hunk. The second movie, the directorial debut of Peter Ngor has the God of Carnal Desire, God Wu Tung on a quest for revenge after his favourite conquest is zapped by other god like beings and in the third
piece from Kai-Ming Lai, a man journeys into the afterlife only to be greeted by a very powerful woman. A trilogy like no other, this one hits the spirited saucy spot.
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2015 USA action crime mystery by Michael Mann just released on UK 4K Blu-ray with 2 versions
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Blackhat is a 2015 USA action crime mystery by Michael Mann.
Starring Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis and Manny Montana.
Exists as a US Version, a cut International/European Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary's "blackhat" follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level
cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence:
Promotional Material WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL. Michael Mann ( Thief , Collateral ), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his
action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat , a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller. Chris Hemsworth (
The Avengers , Extraction ) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is
penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution ) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a
frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties. Praised for its unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive
international cast, including Tang Wei ( Decision to Leave ), Viola Davis ( The Woman King ) and Yorick van Wageningen ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
), and showcases one of cinemas finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both the US and international versions of the film
- Original lossless 5.1 audio
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Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
- Firewall
-- video interview with cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh
- Zero Day Threat -- video interview with production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
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The Cyber Threat , On Location Around the World and Creating Reality -- three archival behind-the-scenes featurettes on the
making of the film
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
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1960 Italy horror by Mario Bava just released on US Blu-ray
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The Mask Of Satan is a 1960 Italy horror by Mario Bava.
Starring Barbara Steele and John Richardson and Andrea Checchi.
Banned by the BBFC in 1961. The European Version (Mask of Satan) was uncut but the US
Version (Black Sunday) was cut. Summary Notes In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population,
accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family's tomb with
a cross over it for protection. Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and his assistant, Dr. Andre Gorobec, are going to a congress in Russia and they accidentally find the tomb. Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. When
they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again.
US: Uncut and MPAA
Unrated for:
Promotional Material THE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE From writer/director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) comes a modern-day reimagining of his father's classic BLACK SUNDAY featuring FX by Sergio Stivaletti
(CEMETERY MAN), music by Simon Boswell (SANTA SANGRE) and hailed as an impressive evolution of '80s Italian horror that not enough fans have seen (At The Mansion Of Madness): When a group of skiers becomes trapped in a crevasse, their discovery of a
long-frozen female corpse will unmask an ancient evil, unlock a portal of the damned and unleash a nightmare of Satanic vengeance. Mary Sellers (STAGEFRIGHT), Debora Caprioglio (Klaus Kinski's PAGANINI) and Michele Soavi (director of THE CHURCH and THE
SECT) star in this visual roller coaster (Ninja Dixon) - also known as DEMONS 5: THE DEVIL'S VEIL - now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America. Special Features The Curse Of The Mask - Interview
With Director Lamberto Bava Una Americana A Roma - Interview With Actress Mary Sellers Sabina The Teenage Witch - Interview With Actress Debora Caprioglio
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1982 Hong Kong romance by Patrick Tam, Terry Kay-Ming Tong just released on UK Blu-ray in the Director's Cut
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Nomad is a 1982 Hong Kong romance by Patrick Tam, Terry Kay-Ming Tong
Starring Patricia Ha, Kent Tong and Cecilia Yip
The film was recut after original release version brought complaints over sex scenes
in mall and on tram.
Summary Notes Two young couples, from the wealthy and working class of Hong Kong, form and soon become inseparable. They start living an idle life, dreaming
of traveling far away, when an ex-revolutionary friend in hiding arrives from Japan.
Versions
Promotional Material An icon of the Hong Kong New Wave and mentor to Wong Kar-wai, Patrick Tam worked with icons including Tony Leung (In the Mood for Love), Leslie Cheung (Days of Being Wild), Kenny Bee
(Armour of God) and others in these two inimitable classics. In Nomad two couples, equal parts rich and working class, bond and experience the frolics of youth. The arrival of a Red Army deserter brings violence and disruption prompting incredible plot
twists and inspired set-pieces. My Heart is That Eternal Rose finds Tam in the more familiar Heroic Bloodshed genre. A young couple are torn apart by a botched Triad job that forces Rick to relocate to the Philippines and Lap to become a
gangster's moll. Six years later they meet again but their reunion only reignites the danger that drove them apart. Stunningly shot by David Chung (Once Upon a Time in China) and Christopher Doyle (Chungking Express) both films are newly restored
and made available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 4K restoration of the Nomad director's cut, 2K restoration of My Heart is That Eternal Rose, UK premieres on Blu-ray presented on two discs
- Interview with critic Tony Rayns on Nomad (2024)
- Interview with assistant director Stanley
Kwan on Nomad (2024)
- Interview with Nomad producer Dennis Yu (2024)
- A visual essay on Patrick Tam and the Hong Kong New Wave by author David Desser (2024)
- Audio commentary on My Heart is That Eternal Rose by Frank Djeng (2024)
- Interview with producer John Sham (2019)
- Two episodes of C.I.D. directed by Tam (1976, 49 mins each)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translations by Dylan Cheung
- Reversible sleeve featuring original
and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring an archival career-spanning interview with Patrick Tam by Arnaud Lanuque and a new essay by Kambole Campbell
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in
full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
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1992 horror by Dennis Dimster reappears with an uncut 15 rating after previously being banned by the BBFC during the Jamie Bulger moral panic
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Mikey is a 1992 USA horror thriller by Dennis Dimster (as Dennis Dimster-Denk).
Starring Brian Bonsall and Josie Bissett and Ashley Laurence.
The film was withdrawn from cinema release in 1993 when caught up in the Jamie Bulger controversy. It was then banned by the BBFC from 1996 VHS release. The film was rated BBFC 15 uncut when resubmitted for Blu-rayn in 2025. Uncut
and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes A strong thriller directed by Dennis Dimster-Denk. Brain Bonsall is extraordinary good as the young smart psycho.
The film received some controversy, because of Mikey's age in the film, when it's came out in the Spring of 1992. Versions
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Ireland | UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, threat:
- 2025 Treasured Films Blu-ray (rated 21/03/2025)
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)
The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman
demanded the certificate be returned.
The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.
UK: Available on Amazon Prime Note that BBFC bans do not apply to online video.
However BBFC bans do apply to TV broadcasts although TV companies can get the nod from the BBFC that if a film were to be submitted it would no longer be banned.
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
Germany: Uncut for:
Spain: The Spanish release is uncut for:
Ireland: Available on Irish video with the boast that it is banned in the UK | 
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- 1996 Video Programme VHS (rated 20/12/1996)
UK: Banned by the BBFC in 1996 (in the fallout from the James Bulger killing) for:
The BBFC explained their ban:
- A 9 year old boy kills his foster family one by one, including the realistic drowning of his 3 year old sister. It was argued that this was a fantasy horror film and not to be taken literally, but three distinguished child
psychiatrists advised us that the video was sufficiently realistic to have a dangerous impact on a significant proportion of vulnerable children.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)
The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman
demanded the certificate be returned.
The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.
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