DVD: The Work (2017) ‘3 men spend 4 days sat in a single room chatting with a group of other men’. On that 1 sentence synopsis, The Work doesn’t sound like the most compelling of documentaries. However, much like the human condition which is at the very core of this incredible documentary, the whole is […]
Blu-ray: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a famous fashion photographer who (unexplainably) develops the ability to ‘see’ through the eyes of someone who is killing people that are close to her. She contacts the police who are at first, understandably, sceptical of her story. She is befriended by detective John […]
Blu-ray: Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning After releasing volume 1 of the Ray Harryhausen boxset, Powerhouse Films have unleashed yet another amazing boxset, which this time contains 4 Hammer movies from the early 1960’s, all accompanied by a wealth of special features. Maniac (1963) Jeff Farrell (Kerwin Mathews) is a down on his luck painter […]
Blu-ray: Air America (1990) Young pilot Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is reckless and doesn’t take orders too well, so when he loses his job and is recruited into a shady organisation running secret missions for the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam war, he is not too keen to be taking orders from Air […]
DVD: Dark Night (2016) “On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms. Twelve people were killed […]
Another of our Soundcheck interview shows, and in this one I get to chat with world renowned drummer Kenny Aronoff. Please bookmark his website, like his Facebook page and follow on Twitter: @AronoffOFFICIAL Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these shows, please support the artists by buying their […]
Blu-ray: Wolf (1994) Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) hits a wolf on a late night drive back home. Getting out of his car to inspect the prone body, the wolf suddenly leaps and bites him on his hand before running into the woods. As the days progress, Will begins to notice his senses becoming more acute […]
Blu-ray: Pulp (1972) A year on from working together on Get Carter, writer/director Mike Hodges and cinematic legend Michael Caine team up once again for another crime movie, albeit one with a slightly quirky narrative. Mickey King (Caine) is a successful ‘pulp‘ novelist, whose titles ‘My Gun is Long’ and ‘The Organ Grinder’, give some […]
More great music for you all. The artists and songs featured in this episode are: Sparzanza: The Trigger www.sparzanza.com Kilbey Kennedy: Glow and Fade Kilby Kennedy Facebook The Cherry Dolls: Slave The Cherry Dolls Facebook Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these shows, please support the artists by […]
Blu-ray: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume 1: 1955-60 Surely Ray Harryhausen needs no introduction!? A pioneering special effects maestro, he is responsible for some of my fondest early movie watching memories…I still shudder whenever I see Talos slowly turn his head. But more of that particular memory when I review Volume 2 in this […]
