Blu-ray & DVD: The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) Rocky and Bullwinkle were once the hottest cartoon duo in Hollywood, but since their show was cancelled in 1964, they have had to endure relative obscurity, with their memories only being kept alive by reruns. Their enemies, Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro), Boris Badenov (Jason […]
4k Blu-ray: Blade Runner (1982) After a very checkered past Blade Runner is now universally accepted as a classic. Ridley Scott’s future-noir fantasy (from a novel by Philip K Dick) massively flopped in 1982, dismissed by critics and with the studio fiddling non-stop with the finished product. Late-in-the-day recuts, adding an explanatory narration and adding a […]
Cinema: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) *Massive spoilers so don’t read if you haven’t seen the film* Agent K (Ryan Gosling) is a Blade Runner, sent on a job to execute an old Nexus 6 Replicant (Dave Bautista), who knowing he is about to be retired, reveals that he has seen a miracle. Intrigued, K searches […]
Blu-ray: Dark Age (1987) Park ranger Steve Harris (John Jarratt) and two aborigine trackers try to find a huge crocodile that has been killing the local population. One of the trackers has a psychic link to the croc and wants to restore it to its home breeding ground to live out the rest of its […]
Blu-ray & DVD: A Man Called Ove (2015) Widower Ove Lindahl (Rolf Larsgård) lives in a gated community in Sweden, and it appears his sole purpose in life is to make the residents adhere to the rules of the community by being a grumpy sod, by shouting at everyone (including small dogs), extreme rudeness and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: See No Evil (1971) After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle’s home to recuperate. Meanwhile, in the local village we see from a ‘first person’ perspective a man with distinctive cowboy boots do various ‘bad’ things. This is a real film of its time and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Full disclosure to begin…I don’t like jazz music. I REALLY don’t like jazz music. So, can I survive a 140 minute movie focusing on a jazz musician? Mo’ Better Blues begins with Bleek Gilliam as a child, learning to play the trumpet at the expense of going out […]
Blu-ray & DVD: My Life As A Dog (1985) Ingemar lives with his mother and brother, and in many ways he is a typical eleven year old boy. Although Ingemar isn’t a naughty child, trouble is never far away, and this becomes too much for his sick mother. They decide to take the difficult decision […]
DVD: Cardinal (Series 1) (2017) John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) is a demoted police officer working in the cold reaches of Algonquin Bay in Canada. Removed from the homicide squad due to chief Dyson’s (Kristen Thomson) belief that he was going overboard in his investigation of a missing First Nations girl. Vindicated when the girl’s body finally turns […]
DVD: Sgt. Bilko (1996) It’s always going to be difficult when attempting to remake/reboot/reimagine a beloved movie and/or character, especially one as iconic as Sgt. Ernie Bilko, played in the original 1950’s television series by Phil Silvers. I have fond memories of sitting with my dad watching Silvers bark out orders at his ragtag platoon […]