Blu-ray: Gothic (1986)I’ve never taken drugs in my life (except for those prescribed by a Doctor of course) but inevitably come away from watching a Ken Russell movie feeling as though I was experiencing the after effects of snacking on some hallucinogens while watching it…quite apt really when it comes to the narrative of this tale. This […]
Digital: Calvaire (2004)Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a travelling singer who drives across Belgium in his van. After finishing a gig at a nursing home (where he’s hit on by women far older than him) he makes a hasty retreat onto the road once again, but unfortunately breaks down in the middle of nowhere. He is helped […]
French Hard rockers BLACKRAIN have released their new live video for the song “All The Darkness”. The video was shot in July 2023 at the Le Petit Bain in Paris and it was the first show with their new drummer Franky Costanza. This song is one of the favorite tracks from their current studio album […]
One of the most-aired hard rock bands on MTV during the late ’80s and early ’90s was Winger, a band who had it all – expert chops, chart success, arena tours, etc. And now for the first time ever, the band’s best-selling albums will be compiled together in the new box set, Chapter One: Atlantic Years […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Gregory’s Girl (1980)Newly restored from the original camera negative, this 4K UHD release by the BFI makes this coming-of-age classic comedy of Scottish cinema look better than its ever done and belies the fact that it is now over 40 years old.Eschewing the usual movie view that teenagers school days were a […]
Blu-ray: Following (1998)Released on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time, number 30 in 101 Films ‘Black Label’ series of releases presents Christopher Nolan’s debut feature film ‘Following’.A zero budget project shot for one day a week over the course of a year, Nolan has already established his penchant for delivering a narrative in […]
Playing out within a non-linear narrative, this slow burn of a movie plays with your preconceptions and expectations, before metaphorically hitting you across the back of the head with a large object and making you reassess what may (or may not) happen next.Satu (Lene Kqiku) is hiking alone and becomes lost, then crosses paths with […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Blood and Black Lace (1964)‘Giallo’ means Yellow in Italian. This became the label for Italian detective thrillers as the early paperback thriller novels were adorned with yellow covers…so now you know.Mario Bava is the undoubted Godfather of Giallo. Giving fresh life to the horror genre in a way that was to be […]
Words can not even begin to describe how happy I am that Fabulous Films have released both The Six Million Dollar Man AND The Bionic Woman Complete Collections on Blu-ray. I could just post a photo of my smiling face as I cradled both boxes in my arms…surrounded by love heart emojis.Growing up I WAS […]
Myself & Ramrod in the 2nd full episode of our “60 Minutes into” series of shows. We watch 1998’s Point Blank and make our predictions after watching 1 hour of it.With Ramrod 12-8 behind after the 1st show, can he grab a win in this episode?Are you #TeamDave or #TeamRamrod ?Also make sure to listen […]
