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Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks is a 1976 Canada/US women in prison film by Don Edmonds.
With Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer and Jerry Delony.  

Banned by the BBFC from 1973 cinema release. Unbanned and uncut in 2013. The US R rated version is heavily cut for violence

Summary Review: Resplendent in khaki shorts

Dyanne Thorn returns in the storming sequel to She Wolf , and it seems to have been given a budget boost, as the setting moves to an Arabian oils sheik's kingdom in the middle of the desert, where Ilsa presides over his palace as right hand security guard and keeper of his harem of kidnapped beauties.

The film doesn't quite match the excesses of the first film in bad taste, and the camp comedy elements have all been increased, but there are still many gruesome scenes as the harem women are abused and tortured for various reasons, including a pretty revolting sub-plot to assassinate the sheik by deploying a bomb placed inside a woman's body that will detonate during sex!

Uniform fans will be pleased to see Ilsa resplendent in her khaki shorts and boots, but she does not have the same presence as in the previous film because she is herself punished at one point by despotic sheik, and its a shame to see that the film recycles her weakness of falling in love with a hunky American, which once again leads to her downfall.

Versions

uncut run: 93:03s pal: 89:20s		UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, nudity and scenes of sexualised violence for: 2013 Lions Gate video The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2013: Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks was refused a certificate when it was originally submitted to the BBFC in 1977. In 2013 it was submitted on video for DVD release and passed 18 without cuts. While there are scenes in which women are abused and experimented upon with a love machine , these now appear dated and unrealistic and do not raise credible harm concerns. Netherlands: uncut for: NL 2006 Prime Time R2 DVD at UK Amazon US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: 2025 Kino Cult R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th November 2025 2000 Anchor Bay R0 DVD via US Amazon
extensive cuts cut:   run: 91m pal: 87m		US: The R Rated version is significantly cut for violence for: 2012 Cheezy Flicks R0 DVD From sexgoremutants.co.uk : When Satin and Velvet deliver a death blow to their victim, the camera lingering over the victims' bloodied face and screams has been removed. A few minutes later a few frames have been removed when a bag of body parts are emptied out the harem floor. In the teeth removal scene , shots of blood dripping onto feet as the little white tootsies hit the floor have been purged. A full sequence of 1:11s is completely cut, ie the sadistic torture sequence in which a hapless whore's breasts are clamped in a medieval style vice. Missing shots of ants eating into flesh Omitted shots of a gouged eye socket The most infamous scene of the movie (and arguably the whole ILSA series) the exploding dildo sequence suffered numerous snips. Most notably Ilsa inciting the inevitable carnage with her demands of faster and deeper have been removed along with various shots of the victim's moans of pleasure. Obviously the brief but potent shot of penetrated detonation itself simply skips to blood hitting for El Sharif's face.
banned		UK: Banned by the BBFC for: 1973 cinema release Presumably there is a date error in the BBFC database as the ban is 3 years before the worldwide release

The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 UK horror drama by Terence Fisher.
With Anton Diffring, Hazel Court and Christopher Lee.    

Cut by the BBFC for its original cinema release and the cuts have persisted into all subsequent releases.

Summary review: Melodrama

A remake of The Man in Half Moon Street.

A mad doctor plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims.

Jimmy Sangster's screenplay based on the Barre Lyndon play tends to be heavy on the melodrama and short on the thrills.

Some stylish direction from Fisher and Christopher Lee in a supporting role and good acting on hand from Hazel Court and others.

Versions

best available cut:   run: 83m pal: 80m sub: 82:59s

UK: The cut cinema version was passed 12 for moderate injury detail for: 2015 Eureka Entertainment Ltd (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for: 2015 Eureka Entertainment Ltd (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon 1959 cinema release Italy: The cut UK cinema version was released for: It cecchi gori R2 DVD at UK Amazon US: The cut UK cinema version was MPAA Unrated for: 2025 Vinegar Syndrome R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th November 2025 2025 Vinegar Syndrome R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad released on 25th November 2025 2025 Vinegar Syndrome Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad 2017 Kl Studio Classics (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon 2017 Kl Studio Classics (R1) DVD at US Amazon 2011 Legend Double Bill (+The Skull) R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon 2008 Legend R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon The cuts were: a famous shot of Hazel Court's breast as she briefly unfurls a wrap during a modelling session. Apparently shot for a continental version which may have been located in France but it hasn't made it to any DVD releases yet. It is also reported that Hammer Films retains a copy with the nude scene. cuts to the climatic disintegration of Anton Diffring

Mixed Blood is a 1984 France/US comedy drama by Paul Morrissey
Starring Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia and Linda Kerridge  

BBFC cuts were required for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases in 1985 and 1986. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Brazilian dealers battle Latino rivals in Manhattan using teen soldiers. Conflict grows to involve German supplier, his English girlfriend, Puerto Rican ex-cop, and Japanese captain amid corruption and violence.

Versions

uncut		US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: 2025 Cinématographe R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad
cut:   run: 97:50s pal: 93:55s		UK: BBFC 18 rated after BBFC cuts: 1986 Embassy Home Entertainment VHS (rated 28/04/1986)  Presumably the cuts are the same as the cinema release but I am not sure.
cut:   run: 98:30s pal: 94:34s		UK: BBFC 18 rated after BBFC cuts: 1985 Mainline Pictures cinema release (rated 15/11/1985)

Promotional Material

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

Rita la Punta (Marília Pêra, Central Station), a Brazilian single mother living in New Yorks Alphabet City, resides with her drug-dealing son Thiago (Richard Ulacia) and his gang of teenage delinquents. In an attempt to control the drug trade below 14th Street, Rita goes against the leader of a rival neighborhood gang, Juan the Bullet (Angel David, The Crow), spurring a turf war. When Carol (Linda Kerridge, Fade to Black), a friend of a drug lord known as The German (Ulrich Berr, Beethovens Nephew), expresses an interest in Thiago, things become even more complicated.

Written and directed by NYC art scene, and exploitation cinema luminary Paul Morrissey, MIXED BLOOD is a characteristically grimy descent into urban malaise that is often punctuated by moments of gallows humor. Featuring an eclectic ensemble cast that includes the screen debut of John Leguizamo (Summer of Sam) and Warhol superstar Geraldine Smith (Flesh, Bad), MIXED BLOOD is an essential, but often overlooked, entry into the canon of independent films made on the streets of New York in the 1980s. Cinématographe is proud to present the world blu-ray and UHD debut of Paul Morrisseys renegade crime comedy from a new 4K restoration of its original camera negative.

Bonus Features:
1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
2. New audio commentary with film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell
3. Tremendous Drama - a new video interview with casting director Leonard Finger
4. Nothing As Wild - a new video interview with editor Scott Vickrey
5. The Real Places - a new video interview with producer Steven Fierberg
6. The Brazilian on Avenue B - a new video essay by film historian Chris O'Neill
7. Archival video interview with director Paul Morrissey from The Joan Quinn Profiles, recorded in 1994
8. Stills gallery of archival materials from The Paul Morrissey Film Trust
9. English SDH subtitles

The Tree of Life is a 2011 US fantasy drama by Terrence Malick
Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain  

The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US, and BBFC 12 rated in the UK. There also exists an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for scenes of potentially dangerous behaviour:

• 2025 Criterion Special Edition [Theatrical + Extended Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 17th November 2025
• 2025 Criterion Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

Terrence Malick's magnum opus, a visionary hymn to nature and grace, in an edition featuring a new extended cut.

Four decades into an already legendary career, Terrence Malick realized his most rapturous vision to date, tracing a story of childhood, wonder, and grief to the outer limits of time and space. Reaching back to the dawn of creation, Malick sets a story of boyhood memories on a universal scale, charting the coming of age of an awestruck child (newcomer Hunter McCracken) in Texas in the 1950s, as he learns to navigate the extremes of nature and grace represented by his bitter, often tyrannical father (Brad Pitt) and his ethereal, nurturing mother (Jessica Chastain, in her breakout role). Achieved with the aid of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and production designer Jack Fisk, the Palme d'Or-winning The Tree of Life marks the intimately personal, cosmically ambitious culmination of Malick's singular approach to filmmaking.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New extended version of the film featuring an additional fifty minutes of footage
• Exploring "The Tree of Life," a 2011 documentary featuring collaborators and admirers of Malick's, including filmmakers David Fincher and Christopher Nolan
• New interviews with actor Jessica Chastain and senior visual-effects supervisor Dan Glass
• New video essay by critic Benjamin B about the film's cinematography and style, featuring audio interviews with Lubezki, production designer Jack Fisk, and other crew members
• New interview with critic Alex Ross about Malick's use of classical music
• Video essay from 2011 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and editor Serena Bramble
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2011 piece on the film by critic Roger Ebert

A Better Tomorrow Trilogy is a film set by John Woo, Tsui Hark
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Dean Shek and Leslie Cheung  

There are no censorship issues with this release. The third film has alternative versions.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2025 SHOUT! FACTORY [I Theatrical + workprint, II Theatrical, III for Extended + Taiwan] R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 18th November 2025

A Better Tomorrow III is a 1988 Hong Kong action film by Hark Tsui.
With Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Anita Mui.  

Exists as a Theatrical Version, an Extended Version and a Taiwan Version.

Promotional Material

The beloved Hong Kong action trilogy helmed by legends John Woo and Tsui Hark!

A Better Tomorrow
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

A Better Tomorrow II
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

Bonus Content:

Disc 1 - A Better Tomorrow:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Presented In Dolby Vision
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks

Disc 2 - A Better Tomorrow:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks
• Better Than the Best: Interview With Director John Woo
• Between Friends: Interview with Producer Terence Chang
• When Tomorrow Comes: Interview with Screenwriter Chan Hing-ka
• Thoughts on the Future: Interview with Filmmaker Gordon Chan
• Better and Bombastic: Interview with Filmmaker Gareth Evans
• Trailers
• Image Gallery

Disc 3 - A Better Tomorrow II:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Presented In Dolby Vision
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks

Disc 4 - A Better Tomorrow II:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks
• A Tumultuous Tomorrow: Interview with Director John Woo
• Better Than Ever: Interview with Film Historian Frank Djeng
• Trailers
• Image Gallery

Disc 5 - A Better Tomorrow III:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Presented In Dolby Vision
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with Critic and Author David West

Disc 6 - A Better Tomorrow III:

• 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with Critic and Author David West
• Third Time Lucky: Interview with Screenwriters iu-Ming Leung and Foo Ho Tai
• All Our Tomorrows: Interview with Hong Kong Filmmaker and Academic Gilbert Po
• Nam Flashbacks: Interview with Vietnam War Researcher Dr. Aurélie Basha i Novosejt
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery

Disc 7:

• Long-Lost A Better Tomorrow II Workprint Featuring Over 30 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage!
• A Better Tomorrow III: Taiwanese Cut

The End of Oak Street is a 2026 US/Canada/Australia action mystery thriller by David Robert Mitchell
Starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and Maisy Stella

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2026. The subsequent UK Blu-ray is uncut and BBFC 15 rated.

Summary Notes

The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their suburban neighborhood to someplace unknown.

Versions

uncut run: 99:17s pal: 95:19s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong injury detail, threat: 2026 Elevation Sales Blu-ray (rated 21/08/2026)
cut:   run: 99:12s pal: 95:14s		UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, infrequent strong language for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, infrequent strong language after BBFC cuts: 2026 Warner Bros Entertainment UK cinema release (rated 04/08/2026) The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to make cuts to remove strong injury detail in order to achieve their requested 12A rating.. An uncut 15 classification was available. Darren comments: Cuts include details of an old lady having her throat ripped out and a man having his whole leg ripped off.