Blu-ray & DVD: No Way Out (1950) In No Way Out (his first film), Sidney Poitier plays Dr Luther Brooks, and from the beginning you can see this 23 year old actor was already something special. It’s the story of a young black doctor intern’s struggle against the racial prejudice he meets in his life and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Defiant Ones (1958) I have tried, in vain, to find some contemporary reactions or reviews for The Defiant Ones, but so far I haven’t come across anything, as I’m quite intrigued by the sanitised ‘anti-racism’ story of this film. We see a small argument between 2 prisoners being transported in a […]
DVD: Cinderella (2000) There isn’t much of the traditional in Simply Media’s releases of Cinderella. Zezolla (later named Cinderella…Marcella Plunkett) lives with her father (David Warner), who arrives home one day with a new wife, Claudette (Kathleen Turner) and her two daughters Goneril (Katrin Cartlidge) and Regan (Lucy Punch). Right away you get the feeling […]
DVD: Nights of Cabiria (1957) Directed by Federico Fellini and starring his wife and past star of La Strada, Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria is a heartbeeaking story about a prostitute in Rome who searches for true love in vain. Winning the 1957 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this was the second straight year […]
Blu-ray: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) 1937, in New Orleans, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn, who apparently spat in director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s face after his poor treatment of Montgomery Clift on set), a rich widow from a prominent local family, invites celebrated ‘Lobotomy’ doctor Cukrowitz (Montgomery Clift) to her home to discuss a huge donation to […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Old Dark House (1932) Good LORD. Where do you start with a film like The Old Dark House? Based on J.B. Priestley’s novel ‘Benighted’ this is definite ‘one off’ of a film. Anyone familiar with the work of James Whale will recognise his nod to German expressionism and Bauhaus, but this […]
DVD: Innocent (2018) Written by Matthew Arlidge (Silent Witness, Helen Grace novels) and Chris Lang (Dark Deart, Unforgotten) Innocent has the expectation of great things, and luckily it delivers. Starring Lee Ingleby (Line of Duty, Bob the Builder) as David Collins; a man who after seven years in prison is exonerated from killing his wife […]
Tina chats about The Delays album ‘Faded Seaside Glamour‘. Please like The Delays Facebook page and follow on Twitter: @Delays_ @GregDelays @AaronDelays @RowlyDelays @Colindelays If you love art, please bookmark Greg’s website. The gofundme page which Tina mentions can be accessed by clicking here. Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the […]
Blu-ray and DVD: Marty (1955) Hard working and good natured butcher Marty Piletti (the wonderful Ernest Borgnine) is 34 and unmarried. This seems to cause great concern to his family, and especially his quintessentially Italian immigrant mother (Esther Minciotti). Marty’s life trundles on; he meets his also single friends after work, and at weekends they […]
Blu-ray: Rawhead Rex (1986) Famously written by the great Clive Barker, Rawhead Rex is a humdinger of a marmite (love it or hate it) film. Set in 1980’s rural Ireland, it tells the tale of a monster (Rawhead Rex) who is unsuspectedly unleashed on the people and countryside. There’s no real explanation of what it is, […]
