DVD: The Closer We Get (2015) The Closer We Get is a film that shouldn’t work, its premise seems far too thin; a white middle-class family reuniting over the illness of a mother. However nothing is what it seems and we soon discover that it’s not the movie that writer/director/narrator Karen Guthrie intended to make […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Mickey One (1965) Consisting of a narrative that often visually reflects the freeform jazz music that runs through its 93 minute running time, Mickey One can leave the viewer thinking “what the hell is going to happen next?” and more to the point “what the hell is happening NOW!?” Director Arthur Penn eschews the […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Nekromantik 2 (1991) Originally released as a 3 disc special edition in December 2015, Arrow Films have re-released Nekromantik 2 in a dual format edition which loses the exclusive postcards, soundtrack CD and 100 page ‘Anatomy of Desire’ book, but keeps all the juicy special features which take you deeper into the making […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Pulse (2001) A group of people in Tokyo experience a strange phenomena when co-workers and friends begin to mysteriously disappear and a message appears on computer screens asking “Do you want to meet a ghost“. After the suicides of several friends, 3 strangers explore a rapidly degenerating Tokyo and discover that the secret […]
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 […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Whilst police are investigating a multiple murder, they discover a body hidden in the basement of a house. This wouldn’t be out of place at a crime scene except, this particular body doesn’t seem to fit their investigation and the police are baffled. There are seemingly […]
Cinema: The Boss Baby (2017) 7 year old Tim (Miles Bakshi) spends his days using his overactive imagination pretending to be an explorer, rocket ship pilot or whatever takes his fancy. His life is perfect as he shares adventures with his mom and dad (Lisa Kudrow & Jimmy Kimmel) who devote all their time to […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD Borag Thungg. I remember the 1970’s very well; flared trousers, everything being various shades of brown, having a slice of Black Forest gateaux once a year and thinking you were posh while you ate it. I also vividly remember walking into my local newsagent (are those […]
Blu-ray: The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) My odyssey into Italian Giallo cinema continues with The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, but, will it leave me wanting more or wishing that Tina had reviewed it? The Red Queen Kills Seven Times tells the tale of a family curse where legend has it that every […]
Blu-ray and DVD: Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) becomes ‘unstuck in time’ and begins moving uncontrollably in a non-linear way throughout various points in his life, including being abducted by an alien lifeform who houses him on a distant planet and is desperate for him to mate with a sexy movie actress whom they […]