Review: Green Street
Blu-ray & DVD: Green Street (2005) Green Street is an odd film. It stars Elijah Wood as Matt, an American student who now lives in the UK after being expelled from his American University after being wrongfully accused of being a coke head. Matt ends up being friends with Pete (Charlie Hunnam) who is one […]
Review: Green Zone
DVD & Blu-ray: Green Zone (2010)Based in 2003 American occupied Iraq, Green Zone is a military thriller written by Brian Helgeland and based on the 2006 book ‘Imperial Life in the Emerald City’ by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and is directed by ‘Mr shaky cam’ Paul Greengrass.Boy is this a blokes film, it’s so damn macho and action packed […]
Review: Monkey – The Complete Series
DVD & Blu-ray: Monkey – The Complete Series (1978-80) When I was about 14 I stayed at my (rich) friend Sandra Burrows house. Her parents owned a deli in Llangollen and I had been deemed worthy of sharing her double bed that Friday night so we could go to the youth club disco. We argued because […]
Review: The Driver
Digital Download & DVD: The Driver (2019)Set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, The Driver follows the titular “driver” (Mark Dacascos) as his hitherto quiet existence in a survivalists compound is shattered when the base is attacked, which summons a swarm of zombies (all of whom react only to sounds) that go on a […]
Review: Blood and Money
Digital HD & DVD: Blood and Money (2020)John Barr’s debut feature film Blood and Money casts Tom Berenger as a lone ageing hunter living in a camper van roaming the snowy wilds in America looking for an elusive buck to shoot.Quite early on it’s revealed that Berenger’s character Jim Reed is ill, and possibly dying as he […]
Review: Happy Gilmore
Blu-ray: Happy Gilmore (1996)Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) wants to be an ice hockey player but…he can’t skate and his temper tends to ruin any chance he has of being successful either in sport and love.After his girlfriend leaves him, he finds out his granny owes a shit ton of money to the IRS and has […]
Review: The Dare
Digital HD & DVD: The Dare (2019)I can’t say too much about The Dare without giving away any of the narrative twists that occur while viewing. What I can say though is if you’re a fan of “torture porn” movies in the same (bloody) vein as Hostel and Saw, then you’ll feel right at home watching […]
Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman
DVD: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman (2000)I originally reviewed Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman in March 2019, when it was released as a double bill alongside Alvin and the Chipmunks meet Frankenstein. To be honest, my opinion hasn’t really changed much from last year. The one big difference is my daughter […]
Review: I Spit on Your Grave – The Complete Collection
Blu-ray & DVD: I Spit on Your Grave – The Complete Collection (1978 – 2019) Back in the “video nasty” days here in the UK, owning a copy of the 1978 movie I Spit on Your Grave could get you a fine and possibly even a prison sentence…I remember at one point actually dreading knocks […]
Review: The Strangers
Blu-ray: The Strangers (2008)When James (Scott Speedman) plans his marriage proposal to Kristen (Liv Tyler) the outcome is not what he expected. However, an awkward proposal is just the beginning of an evening that did not go as planned.The less you know after that, the better the experience will be when first watching.Slow and brooding, […]