DVD: Detectorists (2014) Andy and Lance are two hapless mates who share an obsession for metal detecting. Anyone reading that would instantly think Huh? Doesn’t sound that great to me, even the fact that the amazing Toby Jones plays Lance wouldn’t make it sound any more enthralling. Written by, and starring Mackenzie Crook this ‘comedy’ […]
Blu-ray: Requiescant (1967) In Fort Hernandez, a group of Mexican villagers hoping for peace are betrayed by Commander Ferguson and his compliant Confederate Soldiers (one of them has a Union Uniform on, must have been army-confused) who machinegun the whole village, leaving only one small boy alive. Taken in by a wandering preacher and his […]
Blu-ray: Stop Making Sense (1984) I suppose the bottom line with any music video is – do you like the band? I saw David Byrne 20 years ago and wasn’t really familiar with Talking Heads, but after seeing him live, he (and Taking Heads) became a firm favorite of mine. Filmed at the great Pantages Theatre […]
DVD: ITV 60 (2015) Network may not be a name that you are are au fait with, but I have to admit that they are in my top five companies for releasing real gems, not only in film but in television too. I think I have every box set they’ve ever produced starring Oliver Tobias, and when […]
Blu-ray: Hard To Be A God (2013) This film follows the story of Anton and his fellow ‘scientists’, who are undercover operatives from the future planet Earth, on a mission to an alien planet that is populated by human beings whose society has not advanced beyond the Dark Ages. Based on the novel by legendary […]
DVD: Grace of my Heart (1996) Loosely based on Carole King’s life story, Grace of My Heart follows Edna Buxton; (Illeanna Douglas) a singer from a wealthy Philadelphia family, who instead of becoming the musician she wants to be, ends up writing hit records for other artists in the Brill Building in New York. Along […]
Streaming: Turbo Kid (2015) Turbo Kid appears to be one of those independent films that actually had a LOT of people working on it (scratches head), however, that’s not the point, the POINT is; what’s it like? I can’t put it any more succinctly than IMDB – “In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a comic book fan […]
Blu-ray: Mississippi Burning (1988) Agent Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and ex-sheriff and now agent Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) investigate the disappearance and possible murder of 3 civil rights workers in 1960’s Mississippi. Written by Chris Gerolmo and directed by Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning is loosely based on the FBI investigation into the murders of three civil […]
DVD: The Krays – Kill Order (2015) Hot on the trail of Brian Helgeland’s ‘Legend’ comes this documentary by Christopher Matthews. It gives a thorough look at the twins origins and contains many ‘talking head’ interviews with a lot of their contemporaries, including Frankie Fraser, Eddie Richardson, Maureen Flanagan and Billy Frost. Although most of the interviewees […]
Blu-ray: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection (1981 – 1998) Good god where do you start with this documentary!? To write a full review of it you’d have to discuss politics, youth culture, feminism, poetry… you’d end up writing a bloody book about it. To say that Penelope Spheeris’ documentary about the Punk and Rock […]
