Blu-ray: Slugs (1988) I devoured books during my teens and twenties, the majority of which fell into the horror genre. I’d scan the shelves of my local bookshop looking for the latest titles by James Herbert, Stephen King, Dean Koontz and many more. Then one fateful day in 1982 I spied the cover of a […]
Let me begin by apologising for the delay in getting this review online; my original draft of it was lost in what I’ve now called “the great hard drive crash of 2016“, something which I’m sure everyone reading this would have suffered at some point and can relate to. However, with new external HDD now sat […]
Blu-ray: Dead End Drive-In (1986) Imagine this; you’re at a drive-in that plays a variety of exploitation movies on loop. While the movies aren’t playing you have access to a diner serving burgers/fries, etc which you don’t have to pay for, and should you wish to partake there are also drugs available to you. How’s it sounding so […]
Myself and Chris catch up on all that has entertained us since we last recorded together (plus go off on tangents about breast milk, rabbits, flatulence, bourbon, crackling headsets and sniffing celebrities). Make sure to listen to the very end and see if you can help Dave FINALLY sort out his microphone problems. In this episode we […]
Blu-ray: The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) My introduction into the genre of Giallo began (like many other people) in the 1980’s and the movies of Dario Argento on VHS. The lurid colours, assured direction and twisting storylines had me hooked to such classics as Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre and many more by a plethora of other directors […]
Blu-ray: Matinee (1993) Set against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, Matinee tells the story of Gene Loomis (Simon Fenton), a boy whose obsession with sci-fi and horror movies masks his loneliness at always being ‘the new boy in town’ as his Fathers Navy career moves them from military base to military base around the country. […]
In the 3rd of these occasional ‘Podappoloosa’ shows, myself and Tina chat with Dave and Jerry from The Bad Cop Bad Cop show. We cover how Dave and Jerry became friends, how they started The Bad Cop Bad Cop Show, the differences in language between America and the UK, some obscure news stories, a bit of […]
After a break in recording, 60 Minutes With returns with Chris and Tina turning the spotlight onto Brokeback Mountain for an in-depth chat all about it. Prepare yourself for both laughter and tears as both hosts explore the emotional impact of this movie. As an added bonus, you’ll get to hear why Chris is known […]
DVD: Kidnapped (1971) There have been various filmed versions of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped‘, but for me it is the dual leading roles of Michael Caine as Alan Breck, and Lawrence Douglas as David Balfour which makes this my preferred adaptation, plus the beautiful end title song ‘For All My Days‘ by Mary Hopkin is the audio […]
Blu-ray: Invasion: UFO (1974) UFO is television series which was a firm favourite of mine growing up in the ’70s and yet I can’t ever recall having seen this previously, so I was very excited when this disc appeared through the post thanks to Network on Air. Although originally released in 1974 (1980 in the U.S.A.), Invasion: UFO is an […]
