Sixteen year old Alice Palmer (Talia Zucker) drowns while swimming with her family on holiday in Australia. On their return home, strange things happen, leading the family to believe they’re being haunted by the ghost of Alice.Alice’s brother Mathew (Martin Sharp) sets up video cameras around the house to record Alice’s ghost. He later confesses […]
Blu-ray: The Stylist (2020)Based on the short film of the same name by writer/director Jill Gevargizian, The Stylist tells the story of Claire (Najarra Townsend) who is a solitary hairdresser working in a small salon somewhere in America.As she cuts her clients hair she drifts off imagining what their lives must be like, and if she […]
Blu-ray: Jungle Fever (1991)Jungle Fever directed and written by Spike Lee and released in 1991 is a tale of interracial romance and racism. Following several characters interconnecting threads, and set in early 90s New York, Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), is black, successful, happily married and lives in the ‘nice’ part of Harlem with his wife Drew […]
Blu-ray: Maeve (1981)Pat Murphy’s first film was her most experimental. Set during the troubles in Ireland it tells the story of Catholic girl Maeve Sweeney (Mary Jackson), a young Belfast woman who lives in London and returns to the family home for a visit.The film zips back and too though time and Maeve’s hairstyle changes […]
Blu-ray: Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) Rich Socialite and beautifully haired Claire Gregory (Mimi Rogers) goes to a posh party with her somewhat boring but very rich boyfriend Neil Steinhart (John Rubinstein) and on seeing her old boyfriend Winn Hockings (Mark Moses) agrees to meet him ‘downstairs’. As she totters towards the meeting place […]
DVD, Digital & Blu-ray: Roald & Beatrix – The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020) Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse was shown on sky tv on Christmas Eve 2020 and is without a doubt a perfect Christmas Movie. It’s set in 1922, at the time of six year old Roald Dahl’s […]
Blu-ray: Uncle Peckerhead (2020)Matthew John Lawrence’s Uncle Peckerhead tells the story of Judy (Chet Siegel) who is the bassist in a struggling pop/punk band called ‘Duh,’ along with guitarist Max (Jeff Riddle), and drummer Mel (Ruby McCollister).They are going on their first tour and just as they’re about to put their gear in the car, it gets […]
Blu-ray: Irreversible (2002)Irréversible was written and directed by Gaspar Noé and stars then married in real life couple, Monica Bellucci (Alex) and Vincent Cassel (Marcus) as partners, along with Albert Dupontel as Alex’s former boyfriend and the couples friend Pierre.In its original release Noe used ‘reverse chronology’ and tells the story from end to beginning – that is it tells […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Donnie Darko (2001)I normally like to start my reviews off with a little synopsis, just to get you in the mood. However, sometimes this is impossible, either because any information about this film will give the plot away or, as in the case of Donnie Darko, not only would I give the […]
Blu-ray: The Chalk Garden (1964)Based on Enid Bagnall’s 1955 play of the same name, The Chalk Garden stars Deborah Kerr as Miss Madrigal, a mysterious and seemingly detached unemotional woman who turns up one day at Mrs Maugham’s (Edith Evans) country home, with the hope of becoming governess to her granddaughter Laurel (Hayley Mills).Laurel is ‘disturbed’ […]
