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 […]
Review: Clapboard Jungle
Blu-ray: Clapboard Jungle (2020)Many people have watched a movie that they haven’t enjoyed and said “I can do better than that”, little knowing just how difficult it is to get a movie made in the first place.Clapboard Jungle gives you a little taste of the trials and tribulations involved, as independent filmmaker Justin McConnell chronicles 5 years […]
Review: Silent Action
Blu-ray: Silent Action (1975) Various Italian government officials are seemingly committing suicide under mysterious circumstances, and it’s left to inspector Giorgio Solmi (Luc Merenda) to try and get to the bottom of what is happening. His investigations lead him to a prostitute who is linked with a murder, but he soon finds out that this […]
Review: The Head Hunter
Blu-ray: The Head Hunter (2018)Before watching The Head Hunter I read a few reviews of this independent ‘made on a low budget’ shortish film. Clocking in at 70 minutes, a lot of comments by viewers can be condensed into ‘It’s a bit too long’ and ‘it needs to be 30 minutes long’.Hmmm I thought, this does […]
Review: Creed – Rise to Glory
If you think Creed: Rise to Glory is a feel-good movie about a porn star battling his crippling Viagra addiction, then you’d be sadly wrong. I’d also recommend you speak to a sex therapist as you’ve clearly got one thing on your mind! If, however you are keen to find out more about the PSVR […]
Review: Michael Palin – Travels of a Lifetime
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Michael Palin – Travels of a Lifetime (2020) Michael Palin set a new standard for travel programmes when “Around the World in 80 Days” first aired in 1989, his affable and informal way of presenting endured him to millions of people, each of whom devoured every episode of his inaugural travels […]
Review: Wake of Death
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Wake of Death (2014)Entangled in a criminal world from which he wishes to escape, Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme) confides that he wants to retire from it all and live a peaceful life with his wife and son.Meanwhile, Ben’s wife Cynthia (Lisa King), who works for the American Immigration and Naturalization Service, […]