Blu-ray & DVD: Zoology (2016) Poor Natasha; middle-aged, still living with her mother, stuck in a nowhere Russian coastal town and bullied mercilessly in her job at the local Zoo where her only relief is interacting with the animals. And then there is her tail….. This is not just an enlarged coccyx but a full […]
More great music for you all. The artists and songs featured in this episode are: SOiL: Gimme Some Lovin’ www.soiltheband.com Feb 2018: Tues 6th, O2 Academy Bristol Wed 7th, O2 Forum London Thu 8th, The Ritz Manchester Sat 10th, Waterfront, Norwich Sun 11th, O2 Academy Leeds Mon 12th, O2 Institute Birmingham Wed 14th, Academy Dublin […]
DVD: Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) It is the Vietnam war and Norman Hopper (John Saxon) is on a jungle mission to rescue his fellow soldiers Charlie Bukowski (Giovanni Lombardo Radice) and Tom Thompson (Tony King) who are P.O.W’s. Unbeknownst to Hopper, they have been infected with a cannibal virus and are now happily chomping down on […]
DVD: Tommy’s Honour (2016) Based on the true story of Father and Son golfing legends ‘Old’ Tom and ‘Young’ Tommy Morris, Tommy’s Honour follows Tommy in his struggle to rise above the social standing that has trapped his father into serving the ‘gentlemen’ of golf. ‘Old’ Tom (Peter Mullan) is a golfer past his prime, and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Witches (1967) Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis brought together 5 Italian directors for an anthology movie. Their brief was very simple: to direct an episode in which Silvana Mangano (to whom he was married) plays a witch. Though the definition of ‘witch’ may well vary from story to story, especially if you […]
Blu-ray: The Land That Time Forgot (1974) The first time that I watched The Land That Time Forgot was as a 9 year old boy at a single screen cinema in our local town, sat next to my dad. So began a period in my life when Doug McClure was my action hero of the […]
Blu-ray: Suspiria (1977) This 40th anniversary edition Blu-ray of the Dario Argento classic ‘Suspiria‘ is an absolute treat in both its picture quality (from a new 4K scan) and content. Having owned various releases dating back to good old VHS and numerous DVD versions, this Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment had me in awe at the […]
With Christmas and the New Year festivities over, it is time for movie fans to look back over twelve months of highs and lows, blockbusters and flops, high profile disappointments and left-field surprises and compile their own – highly subjective – top ten lists. Please bear in mind that while this is my personal ranking, […]
Myself and Chris chat about what has entertained us over the last couple of months. There is also the added bonus of the 1st part of our ‘lost’ episode 100 chat with Dave and Jerry from the Bad Cop Bad Cop podcast at the end of the show…not for the easily offended! More parts will […]
It has to be a good year when the likes of Elbow, Sleaford Mods, The War on Drugs, Lorde and Kendrick didn’t make the top 10. Anyways in no particular order: 10: Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears. I don’t think you know who I am….. I would have picked this solely for the opening […]
