Blu-ray & DVD: The Sinbad Trilogy (1958, 73, 77) Before I start my review I should probably tell you that I am totally biased towards the Sinbad films and in fact any film Ray Harryhausen had a hand in. To me his work is peerless. Harryhausen IS given credit for his work by many auteurs, […]
Blu-ray: The 4 Marx Brothers at Paramount 1929 – 1933 People aged 30 and under have probably never experienced the pure joy of Saturday morning BBC television, where, just after ‘The Flashing Blade’ a 15 minute short would appear starring either Harold Lloyd or Buster Keaton. Then in the afternoon, a whole film, starring Laurel and Hardy or […]
DVD: Versailles (Series 1&2) (2015 – ) It is 1667 and the 28-year-old (George Blagden) ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV (14th) has finally taken over sole command of the whole of France. He commands his father’s hunting lodge in the swampy bug infested village of Versailles, to be extended into Europe’s most beautiful palace. His court […]
Blu-ray and DVD: OnEyed Jacks (1961) Rio (Marlon Brando) and Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) are moderately successful bank robbers. After Dad double crosses Rio resulting in him spending 5 years in jail, Rio searches for Longworth to exact his revenge, but then he meets Longworth’s stepdaughter Louisa (Pina Pellicer) and falls in love. Imagine the […]
Blu-ray and DVD: The Wild One (1953) When Johnny (Marlon Brando) and his motorcycle gang burst into Carbonville for a biker competition, they soon get kicked out of town for being hellraisers. They end up in nearby Wrightsville and continue to cause havoc. The local sheriff (Robert Keith) is helpless to stop them, and when […]
Blu-ray and DVD: The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Irish seaman Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles) bumps into the beautiful Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and saves her from some muggers. They share a sexually charged carriage ride, and Elsa offers O’Hara a job on her yacht. He refuses when he finds out she’s married to a criminal […]
Blu-ray: The Amityville Horror (1979) When the Lutz’s knowingly move into a murder house with their children, they believe everything will be alright. No prizes to guess the outcome. How odd that despite having watched this a few times over the years, I had absolutely NO recollection of it, so my reviewing was more or […]
Blu-ray: Guerrilla (2017) Jas (Freida Pinto) and Marcus (Babou Ceesay) are lovers who half-arsedly support black power and immigrant causes but haven’t actually DONE anything. This attitude changes when a black friend of theirs is killed by the police and they finally commit to becoming ‘real’ revolutionary activists by busting a noted radical, Dhari (Nathaniel […]
DVD: The Doors – The Soft Parade (1991) & Dance on Fire (1985) Waiting for my new boss to pick me up from LAX in 1988 out of someones car blasted ‘L.A. Woman’, and I laughed, smirking with joy and wondered if I’d ever fit that song. I kinda think I did for a while. […]
When you’re talking about an album that literally changed the course of your life AND contains such a strong narrative throughout its 15 tracks, you can see why Tina set a new record length for these shows. She was indeed correct in saying that Anthony Valentine played Dr. X, and it was Pamela Moore who […]
