Blu-ray: Suspiria (1977) This 40th anniversary edition Blu-ray of the Dario Argento classic ‘Suspiria‘ is an absolute treat in both its picture quality (from a new 4K scan) and content. Having owned various releases dating back to good old VHS and numerous DVD versions, this Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment had me in awe at the […]
DVD: Detectorists (Series 3) (2017) It is with a genuinely heavy heart that I tell you that this series of Detectorists is to be the last. Over the last 2 series (all of which I’ve reviewed) we’ve followed the adventures, or rather middle aged musings of Lance (Toby Jones) and Andy (Mackenzie Crook). Andy and […]
With Christmas and the New Year festivities over, it is time for movie fans to look back over twelve months of highs and lows, blockbusters and flops, high profile disappointments and left-field surprises and compile their own – highly subjective – top ten lists. Please bear in mind that while this is my personal ranking, […]
There aren’t many ‘new’ films amongst the array of wonderful cinematic beauties we get to review at 60MW Towers. They are mainly made up of re-releases, and luckily for us, these reissues are more often than not, stone cold classics of cinema. So picking a top 10 when you’ve watched everything from the films of […]
You have now already seen my Top 10 of the big screen…haven’t you!? So here is my Top 10 of the smaller screen: 10: Glow (Netflix) TanTASTIC 80’s throwback on ladies wrestling TV show Glow. It even had Dave watching wrestling! Nothing to do with nubile females in lycra…at least that’s what he said. 9: […]
A quick list of my favourite cinema experiences of 2017. If you missed any of them on the big screen, then make sure to watch them when they become available for home viewing. One other thing: when you visit the cinema, PLEASE adhere to the Wittertainment ‘code of conduct’. I will not be responsible for […]
DVD: Love, Lies and Records (2017) Kate (Ashley Jensen) is a registrar who works full time while coping with grumpy teenagers at home, office politics and also does some amateur sleuthing on the side. Living with (not married to) a policeman, she is popular, warm and kind, and everyone loves her. Well, everyone apart from […]
DVD: Eagle of the Ninth (1977) Eagle of the Ninth, originally a novel written for kids by Rosemary Sutcliff in 1954 is a story set in Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD, and tells the tale of our hero, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila (perfect casting of Anthony Higgins, who stars […]
Blu-ray: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume 2: 1961-64 After singing the praises of Volume 1 of this collection in my review last month, it was with great pleasure that I got to sit through yet another superb box set release from Powerhouse Films. It now almost goes without saying that the picture quality and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: I Am Heath Ledger (2017) Heath Ledger died at only 28 years old, leaving behind a filmography and a passion for creativity that had him on a trajectory to accomplish so much more. I Am Heath Ledger tells the story of his life, incorporating video and photographs from cameras that were always […]