Review: Battle Royale (Limited EditionUHD)
UHD Blu-ray: Battle Royale (2000)Battle Royale: the film that not only spawned a sequel, but is also responsible for a glut of video games which are either a “Battle Royale game”, or at the very least have it embedded as one of their playable modes.It wouldn’t surprise me if a large portion of the PUBG […]
Review: Sheep Without a Shepherd
Digital: Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019)Directed by Malaysian/Chinese director Sam Quah Sheep Without a Shepherd is a remake of the 2013 Indian/Malayalam film ‘Drishyam’ by Jeethu Joseph.This new Chinese remake starrring Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen tells the story of a Chinese family living in Thailand. Weijie, his wife Ayu and their two […]
Review: The Seventh Day
DVD & Digital: The Seventh Day (2021)I like Guy Pearce, when I see he’s in a movie I automatically think it’s going to be at least interesting, if not good. However, it seems that Guy’s armour has a chink in it and the last few films he’s been in have been clangers despite his talents. […]
Review: Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery (1997)The problem with writing a review of a hugely popular film like Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is… most film fans have seen it. So you’re just re-treading old water. The test is, after 24 years, is it still funny? Made by ex-Saturday […]
Review: Carla’s Song
Blu-ray: Carla’s Song (1996) Set in 1987, Carla’s Song tells the story of the love affair between Glaswegian bus driver George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a beautiful, homeless, Nicaraguan refugee living in Glasgow. This is a film of two halves. The first part takes place in Glasgow where George meets Carla, follows […]
Review: Enslaved
DVD & Digital: Enslaved (2020)What a strange programme Enslaved is. I was hoping for an in-depth exploration of the journey and let’s be honest, torture, of the human slave trade from Africa. But what transpires is a very uneven ‘sort of’ history programme that is mainly about diving for evidence of slave ships. Made by […]
Review: County Lines
Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD: County Lines (2019)14 year old Tyler (Conrad Khan) does his best to look after his younger sister while his single mother sleeps through the day after working night shifts, or while she recovers from an all night partying session on her nights off.With few creature comforts surrounding him, and things […]
Review: I Start Counting
Blu-ray: I Start Counting (1969)The basic premise of I Start Counting is that a psychotic killer is abducting and murdering young girls in a village, but this is akin to saying that The Shining is about a scary hotel, there are many more layers to it than that.Wynne (Jenny Agutter) is a 14 year old […]
Review: The Reckoning
Cinema & Digital: The Reckoning (2020)After watching the trailer for Neil Marshall’s new movie The Reckoning, I was expecting something along the lines of Hagazussa or even Robert Eggers The Witch. But alas no, the promise of witches and huge devils rampaging through the English countryside during the Plague of 1665 is trailer-only fodder. I […]
Review: Tales From the Urban Jungle
Blu-ray: Tales From the Urban Jungle – Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948)Tales From the Urban Jungle showcases 2 movies from writer, director, producer and actor Jules Dassin, a man who was blacklisted in the communist witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities.Brute Force stars Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins, a prisoner squeezed into an […]