Blu-ray & DVD: George Romero – Between Night and Dawn George Romero; a name synonymous with slow moving zombies and his classic ‘Dead Trilogy’ (there were of course more, but it is the first 3, especially for me, which always warrant repeat viewings every now and again). There was much more to George Romero though […]
DVD: The Steve Martin Movie Collection Another great boxset release from Fabulous Films which contains plenty of laughs with 4 movies from Steve Martin. 3 of these movies we have previously reviewed and so I would encourage you to read our reviews on Bowfinger, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid and Sgt. Bilko by clicking on […]
Blu-ray & DVD: J.D.’s Revenge (1976) Isaac “Ike” Hendricks (Glynn Turman) is a hardworking law student in New Orleans, who on a night out with friends gets persuaded to go onstage at a club and be hypnotised. It is while under hypnosis that Ike becomes possessed by the spirit of the malevolent J.D. Walker, a […]
Blu-ray: The Villainess (2017) Hailing from South Korea, The Villainess has one of the most violently frenetic openings I’ve ever seen in an Asian thriller…or ANY movie. The sequence sees Ok-bin Kim as our ‘heroine’ Sook-hee, but from a first person view, channeling so many video games and a lot of Hardcore Henry as she […]
DVD: The Richard Pryor Movie Collection Richard Pryor was a comedy legend both on the movie screen in his acting roles, and on stage in his stand-up routines, where his social satire often cut close to the bone. Thanks to Fabulous Films, you can now buy a boxset of 4 of his movies that will […]
Blu-ray: The Party (1968) Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) is an inept Indian actor whose bumbling antics result in him being fired from a movie set and told that he’ll never work in the business again. However, through a communication mixup, he inadvertently gets invited to a swish Hollywood party at the home of the […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Cat’s Eye (1985) Three ‘horror’ stories are intertwined by some crafty Stephen King winks. A man tries to give up smoking, a hood boss punishes his wife’s lover and a clever cat saves a little girl from a breath stealing monster. Cat’s Eye is directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King, […]
DVD: Red Christmas (2016) Diane (Dee Wallace) is a widowed mother whose only wish is to have a relaxing Christmas day with her estranged family. Unfortunately for her, an event that happened 20 years ago will have ramifications for them all. Kudos have to go to writer/director Craig Anderson, whose trials and tribulations in getting […]
DVD: The Windsors (Series 1&2) (2016-17) Have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors of the rich and famous, in particular the Royal family? Despite having untold wealth and privilege that us commoners will never know, surely they must be a bit like us? They are human after all, and as the old […]
Blu-ray: The Vikings (1958) During a Viking raid in England, Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine) rapes the queen, she secretly gives birth to a son Eric (Tony Curtis) who is captured and made a slave. Year later and in true Hollywood style he meets his half-brother Einar (Kirk Douglas) and falls in love with the Welsh Princess […]