4K UHD Blu-ray: The Last Emperor (1987)The Last Emperor, adapted from Puyi’s 1964 autobiography, is without a doubt one of the last BIG epic films – there’s no CGI here, all the silk gowns, landscapes and extras are real. It was the first film ever to be allowed to be filmed in the real Forbidden […]
Blu-ray: Married to the Mob (1988)Directed by ex-Roger Corman employee Jonathan Demme, 1988’s Married to the Mob stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Angie De Marco; curly, dark haired ‘Noo Yawrk’ wife of Alec Baldwin’s Frank ‘The cucumber’ De Marco. Along with Dean Stockwell as Tony ‘The Tiger’ Russo; the mafia Don and Frank’s boss, Mercedes Ruehl as his […]
BFI Limited Edition 2-disc Blu-ray, iTunes and Amazon Prime: Nil by Mouth (1997)How do you review a film like Nil By Mouth? The actual story, well, there’s not much too it, a few things happen, but this isn’t a ‘story’ as such, it’s more a slice of life, it’s not a peek into, it’s a […]
Blu-ray: Remember the Night (1940)It’s the week before Christmas and Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck) gets arrested for blatantly stealing a bracelet from a New York store, she’s assigned to be prosecuted by Jack Sargeant (Fred MacMurray), just as he was about to drive home to his mother for Christmas. He interferes with the trial so […]
Digital: Beautiful Beings (2022) Beautiful Beings (original Icelandic title Berdreymi) begins with 14-year-old Baldur (Balli). He’s odd, smells, has a wonky eye and is mercilessly bullied, beaten and peed on in school. After being beaten senseless in an underpass he appears on TV in a news report about the wild youth of Iceland. Returning to […]
Blu-ray: Ghost Stories For Christmas – Volume 1 (1968-73) We at 60MW Towers are already, being of oldish age and a penchant for the ghostly, fans of the BBC’s Christmas Ghost stories. Every year I place the old DVD box set in front of Mr 60MW, and wearing a long Victorian gown I found in […]
You’re singing to yourself right now, aren’t you?No matter if you loved or hated that song, its firmly ensconced in anyone over 40’s mind.It’s a long time since I’ve seen this film and was surprised at just how much I’d forgotten. Arrow’s new 4K UHD release includes an ‘extended’ 155-minute version of the film which […]
4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: King Kong (1976)I can remember my dad taking me to see King Kong in 1976, and on popping this new 4K UHD disc into the player, I suddenly had another memory, and that was even at the tender age of 11, I was very annoyed by the blonde woman in […]
4K UHD & Blu-ray: Reservoir Dogs (1992)How do you write about Reservoir Dogs? HOW can you add any more to what’s already out there?In 1992 there was a huge hoo-ha in the UK over the violence in this film, particularly the infamous scene where Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen) cuts off a policeman’s ear. He bends […]
Digital: Dear Elizabeth (2020)Based on The Locklear Letters by Michael Kun, ‘Dear Elizabeth’ tells the story of Sid Straw (Tony Hale), a middle aged loser who gets on everyone’s nerves. When he’s asked to be co-chair of his Penn State University reunion, that’s when his life takes a turn.Sid isn’t on social media, but when […]
