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Saiyan

Saiyan is a 2023 Pakistan Comedy, Romance Film by Essa Khan

There are no censorship issues with this film.

BBFC Notes

A heartbroken man strives to win back his ex-girlfriend in this Urdu language romantic comedy. Crude and mature references, and moments of conflict, occur throughout the various schemes the man and his friends enact.

Versions

uncut run: 133:42s pal: 128:21s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence: 2024 Big Screen cinema release (rated 27/03/2024) titled BABYLICIOUS

Back to Black

Back to Black is a 2024 France/UK/US music biography by Sam Taylor-Johnson
Starring Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan and Jack O'Connell

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.

Versions

uncut run: 122:13s pal: 117:20s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for very strong language, drug misuse: 2024 Studio Canal cinema release (rated 27/03/2024) titled BACK TO BLACK
uncut		US: Uncut and MPA R rated for for drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity.: 2024 release (rated 03/04/2024) titled Back To Black
uncut run: 122m pal: 117m		Australia: Uncut and ACB MA 15+ rated for strong coarse language: 2024 Studiocanal cinema release (rated 28/03/2024) titled Back To Black
uncut run: 122:13s pal: 117:20s		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 15A rated with a trigger warning for consumer advice: mature themes including addiction, self-harm, alcoholism and destructive behaviour, depictions of strong drug misuse and frequent strong language, scenes of a sexual nature with some nudity: 2024 Studio Canal cinema release (rated 14/03/2024)

Blink

Blink is a 2024 India Sci-Fi film by Bengaluru Srinidhi
Starring Chaithra J. Achar, Suresh Anagalli and Ravi aneka

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Apoorva hides his failed MA from his mother in Bengaluru. Working odd jobs and relying on Swapna, his ability to control blinking becomes a curse when an old man says his father lives.

Versions

uncut run: 136:26s pal: 130:59s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, suicide, sex references, language, real medical gore: 2024 BTS Entertainments cinema release (rated 28/03/2024)
uncut run: 136:26s pal: 130:59s		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 12A rated with a trigger warning for consumer advice: moderate violence, threat and brief grisly surgical imagery, suicide scenes and references: 2024 Sacred Chank cinema release (rated 20/03/2024)

Celluloid Underground

Celluloid Underground is a 2023 UK/Iran biography by Ehsan Khoshbakht
Starring Ahmad Jorghanian, Ehsan Khoshbakht and Nariman Massoumi

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

This poetic, dexterous film manifests Ehsan Khoshbakht's intense and multifaceted relationship to cinema, inspiring to reflect on your own trajectories.

Versions

uncut run: 80:25s pal: 77:12s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated for brief moderate injury detail: 2024 Bofa Productions cinema release (rated 27/03/2024)

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: JOHN SINGER SARGENT - FASHION & SWAGGER

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: JOHN SINGER SARGENT - FASHION & SWAGGER is a 2024 UK documentary by David Bickerstaff
Starring

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his 'swagger' portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style ...

Versions

uncut run: 93m pal: 89m

UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for infrequent mild nudity: 2024 Seventh Art Productions cinema release (rated 26/03/2024)

IRaH

IRaH is a 2024 UK thriller by Sam Bhattacharjee
Starring Rohit Roy, Ameet Chana and Fagun Thakrar

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2024.

Summary Notes

Everybody wants a piece of Hari Singh and his revolutionary new app: the IRAH 5.10. Sadly, this extends to kidnappers, Police, Cyber Security Agencies and international hackers.

Versions

cut: run: 131:28s pal: 126:12s

UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, sexual threat, strong language for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, sexual threat, strong language after BBFC cuts: 2024 Do It Creative cinema release (rated 26/03/2024) The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to remove scenes of violence in order to achieve their desired 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 US Sci-Fi adventure by George Lucas.
With Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman.      

Never cut by censors but it has been upgraded for special effects. The film has also been uprated by the BBFC from U to PG in 2024 due to redefinitions of what BBFC certificates man.

Summary Notes

Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.

Versions

uncut run: 136:03s pal: 130:36s

UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for moderate violence, mild threat: 2024 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK cinema release (rated 28/03/2024)

Super Wings: Maximum Speed

Super Wings: Maximum Speed is a 2023 Adventure, Animation, Children Film by Xiaoqing Cai and Cai Dongqing
Starring Zhang JiaQi, Youxuan Wu and Yi-Pei He

There are no censorship issues with this film.

BBFC Notes

Jett and the Super Wings team battle against an evil villain in this animated children's fantasy adventure film, which contains intense action sequences and moments of perilous threat that may disturb very young children.

Versions

uncut run: 85:03s pal: 81:39s

UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for mild threat, violence, rude humour: 2024 Spirit Entertainment cinema release (rated 27/03/2024)

Yolo

Yolo is a 2024 China comedy drama by Ling Jia
Starring Ling Jia, Jiayin Lei and Xiaofei Zhang

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

After argument with younger sister, Le Ying moves out on her own. She meets a boxing trainer and starts boxing.

Versions

uncut run: 129:58s pal: 124:46s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, language, sexual harassment, attempted suicide: 2024 Columbia Pictures Corporation cinema release (rated 26/03/2024)
uncut run: 129:57s pal: 124:45s		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 12A rated with a trigger warning for consumer advice: realistic portrayal of boxing contests and related bloody injury, occasional moderate language and scenes of a sexual nature, depiction of an attempted suicide and sexual harassment: 2024 Sony/Columbia cinema release (rated 27/03/2024) titled YOLO

Banditi A Orgosolo

Banditi A Orgosolo is a 1961 Italy drama by Vittorio De Seta
Starring Michele Cossu, Peppeddu Cuccu and Vittorina Pisano

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Sardinian shepherds Michele, Peppeddu encounter bandits. Michele evades police, sheep perish. Wrongly charged with murder, impoverished, Michele turns outlaw. He resorts to violence, banditry for survival, fueling a lawless spiral.

Versions

uncut run: 100:08s pal: 96:08s run: 96:08s pal: 92:17s

UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated with a trigger warning for mild violence, upsetting scenes: 2024 Radiance Films Blu-ray (rated 26/03/2024) titled Bandits of Orgosolo

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker is a 1981 US horror mystery thriller by William Asher
Starring Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell and Bo Svenson

Banned as Video Nasty in 1983. Banned again by the BBFC for video in 1987. Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 18 rated Blu-ray in 2024. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Versions

uncut run: 96:31s pal: 92:39s

UK: Butcher: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated with a trigger warning for strong bloody violence, domestic abuse, sexual violence references: 2024 Severin Films R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad released on 13th May 2024 2024 Severin Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 13th May 2024 2024 Severin Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

It remains the most joltingly violent, psychosexual grindhouse shocker of the '80s, directed by a veteran of I Love Lucy and starring a frequently shirtless former teen idol with an epically demented performance by an Oscar® nominee. And now it can be experienced for the first time ever in UHD : Jimmy McNichol stars as an orphaned high-school student raised by his strangely overprotective aunt ( Susan Tyrrell of FAT CITY fame) who becomes implicated in a grisly murder investigated by a psychotic police detective (an equally unhinged Bo Svenson of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). 7x Emmy® nominee Julia Duffy ( Newhart ) and Bill Paxton (in one of his first film roles) co-star in this "jaw-dropping hunk of genre insanity" ( Pop Culture Beast ) and former DPP 39 Video Nasty -- also known as NIGHT WARNING -- now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 6 hours of new and archival Special Features.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary With Star Jimmy McNichol
• Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Producer Steve Breimer And Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated By Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary With Co-Producer And Unit Production Manager Eugene Mazzola
• Extreme Prejudice - Interview With Actor Bo Svenson
• Point And Shoot - Interview With Director Of Photography Robbie Greenberg
• Family Dynamics - Interview With Editor Ted Nicolaou
• Cast And Crew Interviews With Actors Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell And Steve Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Apone And Producer Steve Breimer
• Trailer
• TV Spot

Chief of Station

Chief of Station is a 2024 US action thriller by Jesse V. Johnson
Starring Olga Kurylenko, Aaron Eckhart and Alex Pettyfer

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

Versions

uncut run: 97:31s pal: 93:37s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, language: 2024 Signature Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 3rd June 2024

The Moon

The Moon is a 2023 South Korea Sci-Fi adventure drama by Yong-hwa Kim
Starring Sol Kyung-gu, Kyung-soo Do and Kim Hee-ae

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

A man is left in space due to an unfortunate accident while another man on Earth struggles to bring him back safely.

Versions

uncut run: 129:09s pal: 123:59s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for moderate threat, bloody images: 2024 Altitude Film Blu-ray (rated 28/03/2024)

Seize Them!

Seize Them! is a 2024 UK comedy by Curtis Vowell
Starring Nicola Coughlan, Aimee Lou Wood and Paul Kaye

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Dark Ages Britain where Queen Dagan is toppled by a revolution led by Humble Joan. The Queen becomes a fugitive in her own land, and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne.

Versions

uncut run: 91:03s pal: 87:24s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, injury detail: 2024 Entertainment Film Blu-ray (rated 26/03/2024)
uncut		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 15A rated for consumer advice: some scenes of bloody violence with graphic injury detail, moderate sex references, frequent strong language: 2024 Ent Films cinema release (rated 12/03/2024)

Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog is a 1971 Japan crime drama by Kinji Fukasaku
Starring Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama and Tsunehiko Watase

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Versions

uncut run: 92:53s pal: 89:10s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, language, nudity: 2024 Radiance Films RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 24th June 2024

Promotional Material

Returning from a ten-year prison sentence, former gang leader Gunji (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss) finds that his turf has been taken over by his former enemy, now a large crime syndicate with a legal corporate front. Looking for new opportunities, he gathers his old crew and heads for the island of Okinawa, a legal grey zone ripe for the taking. Made just before Kinji (Yakuza Graveyard) Fukasaku's 1970s streak of yakuza movie masterpieces, Sympathy for the Underdog is a key film in the development of this director's unique style and themes.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

High-Definition digital transfer
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2024)
Interview with Fukasaku biographer Olivier Hadouchi (2024)
Visual essay on Okinawa on screen by film historian and author Aaron Gerow (2024)
Trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bastian Meiresonne and an archival review of the film

Alex Rider - Season 3

Alex Rider - Season 3 is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Drama TV Show by Andreas Prochaska and Brian O'Malley
Starring Otto Farrant, Vicky McClure and Brenock O'Connor

There are no censorship issues with this film.

BBFC Notes

ALEX RIDER is a British spy thriller series; in this episode, Alex struggles to come to terms with recent revelations about his family, while Scorpia puts its plan into action.

• Season 03 Episode 07: The Shot

American Rust: Broken Justice

American Rust: Broken Justice is a 2024 action film
Starring

There are no censorship issues with this release

Barber

Barber is a 2021 Ireland crime mystery drama by Fintan Connolly
Starring Aidan Gillen, Steve Wall and Nick Dunning

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter.

• 2024 Vertigo Releasing VoD (rated 28/03/2024)

On Fire

On Fire is a 2023 US thriller by Peter Facinelli, Nick Lyon
Starring Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif and Asher Angel

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Follows a family who lives in a trailer home in the woods and are suddenly confronted by a wildfire. Survival becomes their main objective.

• 2024 Signature Entertainment VoD (rated 27/03/2024)

Voices

Voices is a 1973 UK horror thriller by Kevin Billington
Starring David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt and Lynn Farleigh    

Cut by the BBFC for an AA rated cinema release in 1973. Presumably it was the cinema version that was released on pre-cert VHS in 1982. Uncut for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2022.

• 2024 Powerhouse Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

Promotional Material

Real-life husband and wife David Hemmings (Blowup, Deep Red) and Gayle Hunnicutt (Eye of the Cat, Fragment of Fear) star in this tense British shocker from director Kevin Billington (The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer).

After a tragic family accident, Claire (Hunnicutt) suffers a mental breakdown. In an effort to help her recovery, Robert (Hemmings), her husband, takes her to convalesce in a grand country house, but her already fragile sanity is soon threatened by ghostly apparitions and terrifying visions.

Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

New restoration from a 4K scan of the original separation masters by Powerhouse Films
Authentic presentation of this unique mixed-media production, which combines film-shot and video-captured material
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2022)
Wide Boys (2022, 18 mins): film historian Vic Pratt charts the ups and downs of John Daly and David Hemmings' production company, Hemdale
Mon Brave! (2022, 8 mins): filmmaker Peter Crane recalls his personal and professional relationship with Hemmings
Voices from the Past (2022, 4 mins): a look at the challenges of restoring Voices
Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"

Beast in the Cellar

The Beast In The Cellar is a 1971 UK horror thriller by James Kelley
Starring Beryl Reid, Flora Robson and John Hamill  

BBFC cuts were required for X rated cinema release in 1970. Later uncut and 15 rated on 2004 DVD.

Summary Notes

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two sisters living nearby realize they might understand what's happening.

• 2024 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024
• 2024 88 Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

When soldiers stationed in the local community are mauled to death in the local woods, a wild cat is thought to be the culprit. However, two sisters, begin to suspect that their brother who has been locked in their cellar for 30 years may be responsible. This creepy early 70s horror starring Beryl Reid (Psychomania) and Flora Robson (Eye of the Devil, Fragment of Fear) carries a brooding tension that is both claustrophobic and horrible. A bonafide cult classic.

2K Remaster from 4K Scans of the Original Negatives presented in High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio Original Uncompressed Mono Optional English SDH Audio commentary by associate producer Christopher Neame and executive producer Tony Tenser, moderated by author John Hamilton Audio Commentary By Film Critics David Flint and Allan Bryce Beats in the Cellar - An Interview with Composer Tony Macaulay Beast in the Cells - An Interview with Editor Nicholas Napier-Bell Sound From the Cellar - An Interview with Sound Camera Operator Graham V. Hartstone Getting in the Cellar - An Interview with Actor Christopher Chittell Original Trailer

Black Mask

Black Mask is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee.
With Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau and Karen Mok.      

Cut in Hong Kong for its theatrical release. This was then shortened for the export version which was passed 18 by the BBFC for UK home video. The uncut Hong Kong version was later released. The restored Hong Kong cuts were also restored to the Export Version resulting in the Extended Export Version. The longest version is the Taiwan Version which restores deleted scenes from a Workprint.

Summary Notes

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

• 2024 Eureka Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong + US Export + Taiwan Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

Promotional Material

Jet Li stars in an action-packed superhero spectacle produced by the legendary Tsui Hark !

Tsui Chik (Li) is a librarian who leads a quiet, unassuming life -- or, at least, that's what he wants people to believe. In truth, he was once a member of the 701 Squad, a group of elite combatants produced by a failed super-soldier project. In kind with his former comrades, his central nervous system has been altered to render him impervious to pain. When several of his fellow test subjects resurface and embark on a crimewave under the leadership of their former commander Hung Kuk ( Patrick Lung ), Tsui is forced to use his extraordinary abilities once more. Donning a costume, he sets out to face his past -- as the vigilante known as the Black Mask.

Adapted from the =manhua by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tak and heavily influenced by Bruce Lee's turn as Kato in =The Green Hornet , Black Mask is one of the most entertaining movies in Jet Li's filmography and boasts action orchestrated by Yuen Woo-ping, who would later win an Academy Award for his work on =Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its rarely seen uncut version on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration!

LIMITED EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET FEATURES:

Limited Edition of 2000 copies only | O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) | Limited Edition bonus disc featuring two alternate versions of the film | PLUS: A Limited- edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver

DISC ONE

Fully uncut Hong Kong version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original US version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original Cantonese Stereo and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Hong Kong Version) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentary on the US export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with stuntman Mike Lambert | Brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks.com) | Brand new interview with Leon Hunt, author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger | Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork | Archival Making of featurette | Trailers

DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC)

Alternate Taiwanese cut of the film | Extended version of Black Mask featuring all the unique footage from the various releases of the film re-inserted

Ship Of The Damned

Ship Of The Damned is a 2024 UK action horror by Steve Lawson
Starring Hannaj Bang Bendz, Jacob Anderton and Francesca Louise White

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

After an abandoned 500 year-old ship appears off the coast of a small town, Historian Elena and the local coastguard go to investigate. They discover it is not abandoned and the ship's cursed crew have horrific plans for the intruders.

• 2024 High Fliers R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

Promotional Material

After an abandoned 400 year-old pirate ship appears off the coast of a small town, Maritime Historian Elena and the local coastguard are sent to investigate its origins. They soon discover it is anything but abandoned and the ship's cursed pirate crew have horrific plans for the intruders.