Blu-ray: The Grand Duel (1972) The Grand Duel (Il Grande Duello), directed by Giancarlo Santi (who had previously worked as Sergio Leone’s assistant director on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West), is a quirky, little known Spaghetti western, boasting the usual multi-national cast (German, American, Spanish, […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Navigator – A Medieval Odyssey (1988) A lot of the films that have had an ‘effect’ on me, were viewed late at night, alone, after my parents or partner had gone to bed, and normally on BBC 2. Films that are unavailable to watch, or so expensive to buy that you […]
Blu-ray & DVD: An Angel At My Table (1990) Directed by the amazing Jane Campion, An Angel At My Table is based on writer Janet Frame’s three autobiographies: To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel at My Table (1984), and The Envoy from Mirror City (1984). Originally made as a three-part TV series for New Zealand […]
Tina makes a return behind the mic (despite still being poorly) to chat about the Rufus Wainwright album ‘Poses’. Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these shows, please support the artists by buying their music.
DVD: The Shootist (1976) Opening with a black and white montage of clips from John Wayne’s earlier films, Don Siegel’s (Bus Stop, Dirty Harry, The Killers) The Shootist was Wayne’s swan song. Mirroring Wayne’s own illness, this tells the story of John Books, a once lethal killer, who now just wants to die peacefully. Books arrives in […]
DVD & VOD: In Like Flynn (2018) I remember reading Errol Flynn’s biography ‘My Wicked Wicked Ways’, some years back and wondering how much of it was actually true, because to survive, intact, of what he described in his book is nothing short of a miracle. It was however, the most entertaining bio I’ve ever […]
Blu-ray, DVD & VOD: Walkabout (1971) I think Walkabout remains in a lot men’s minds because it features a naked, nubile 16 year old Jenny Agutter. However, Nicolas Roeg’s first foray into directing is a classic piece of cinema. One could say that it’s dated, but I think that’s part of its charm letting us […]
Cinema: The Pretender (2017) Attending the 2019 Manchester Film Festival (review here), it was a delight to watch the UK premiere of The Pretender. It was proceeded by 3 short films: Little Miss Sumo: In Japan women are not allowed to be professional Sumo wrestlers and are only allowed to wrestle in school and college […]
Blu-ray: The Merger (2018) Based on Damian Callinan’s one man play, The Merger tells the tale of Troy Carrington; erstwhile new age hippy (in thought, not in dress), the only Australian rules football player to make it out of the town of Bodgy Creek. A town filled with stereotypical ‘men’. Dubbed the ‘Town Killer’ because […]
Blu-ray: The Last Movie (1971) Dennis Hopper, straight off the back of Easy Rider in 1969, was Hollywood’s new wonder kid. So the studio (run by old, studio system remnants) gave him a million dollars and free reign to make whatever the hell he wanted, with NO interference. Two years, and a long sojourn in […]
