Mel Novak is a successful actor whose work I have admired for many years. He is also a Minister who puts in countless hours within the American prison system and on ‘skid row’. With such an eclectic career we have plenty to chat about and cover subjects such as: The Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates Working with […]
Simon Sheridan is a writer, broadcaster, filmmaker with an eclectic body of work ranging from books about British sex films, to ‘The Complete Kylie‘ and much more. He has also written the sleeve notes and provided ‘extras’ for many DVDs and Blu-rays. In this episode we concentrate on British sex films of the 1960’s and 1970’s. […]
Blu-ray: Network (1976) “I’m going to kill myself on live TV” says Peter Finch’s strung out news anchor as he slumps on the bar. “We can call it suicide of the week! The Death Hour” is the nonchalant comeback from William Holden’s news commissioner. The tone is set for Sidney Lumet’s classic satire on a […]
Blu-ray: Futureworld (1976) “Would I have sex with a robot”? That’s probably not a question that you ask yourself too often, but if you were to visit Delos then it would surely be high on your list of queries, 2nd only perhaps to; “Have they REALLY fixed those robots since the crazy bald gunslinger short […]
Dave, Chris and Ramrod return for another entertainment show. Topics covered include: MOVIES: The Raid 2 Calvary Pitch Perfect It Follows ’71 Real Steel Plus some Keanu Reeves love. VIDEOGAMES: Infamous First Light Infamous Second Son Dying Light With some lively chat about the Star Wars Battle Pod, playing Call Of Duty online and a […]
As a Scorpions fan since 1979, it was with immense pleasure that I got to spend 60 minutes with James Kottak. James has been their drummer since 1996 and I’ve been lucky enough to see him and the band many times over the years. His musical pedigree also includes Montrose, Kingdom Come, McAuley Schenker Group, […]
I had a wonderful evening chatting with Peter Spellos (as you will all hear) and I’m already looking forward to having him back on the show to catch up on all the great stories that we didn’t have time to fit into this episode. Some of the subjects we talked about included: Working with Jim […]
Blu-ray: Play Dirty (1969) Captain Douglas (Michael Caine) is working port duty in North Africa overseeing incoming fuel supplies (mainly consisting of sipping booze and playing chess) and is reluctantly recruited into a mission behind enemy lines to blow up their fuel dump. Little does he know that the mission is just a decoy for the real […]
Myself and Chris are joined by Anthony and Nicola Caulfield who made the fantastic documentary ‘From Bedrooms to Billions‘. In this episode we concentrate on chatting about ‘The Amiga Years’ project which they are currently raising funds for. Please support this project by visiting: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1195082866/from-bedrooms-to-billions-the-amiga-years We also chat about ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ and about documentary […]
DVD: Hostage (2011) It seems as though the news can not be switched on lately without at least one mention of terrorist activity from within the Middle East. So it seemed only natural that one morning ‘Hostage‘ (AKA ‘Kingdom of Dust’) should drop through the letterbox courtesy of the good people at 101 Films. Written and […]
