Blu-ray + DVD: The Last Detail (1973) Based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail tells the story of 2 Navy ‘lifers’; ‘Badass’ Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and ‘Mule’ Mulhall (Otis Young) who are tasked with escorting young sailor Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) from Norfolk, Virginia to a Navy prison in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. […]
Blu-ray: Woody Allen: Seven Films – 1986-1991 Arrow Academy’s third Woody Allen collection spans 1986-91 and the bulk of his work with Mia Farrow, who is featured in all seven of these films. They start with the much-loved family saga Hannah and Her Sisters, a warm and witty return to Allen’s beloved Manhattan, and the […]
Blu-ray + DVD: We Are The Flesh (2016) WHAT.THE.HELL‽ Three words (and an interrobang…more on being pretentious later) that could be the entire review for this movie. My work here is done. Goodbye. What? You want more? Okay then, here’s a few more words for you: incest, ejaculation, cannibalism, erections, nudity and necrophilia. Starting to […]
Blu-ray + DVD: Cover Girl (1944) New York Nightclub dancer Rusty (Rita Hayworth) has a happy life performing at her boyfriend Danny’s (Gene Kelly) club in Brooklyn, but her whole world changes once she wins the prestigious Cover Girl contest arranged by a wealthy magazine editor (Otto Kruger). Rusty’s fame brings more customers to Danny’s […]
Blu-ray: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) On one hand, it’s a bit jarring to see Sam Peckinpah’s notorious Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) so lovingly packaged on two discs with an accompanying booklet and a host of extras. After all it’s a film which seems to go out of […]
DVD: More American Graffiti (1979) In 1973 America was in a mess: a President deeply dividing the nation, its involvement in a war that no one wanted and the streets were erupting in demonstrations. It was a little surprise that American Graffiti a film that looked to an America a decade earlier and whose soundtrack […]
Blu-ray: The Anderson Tapes (1971) Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) is released after serving a 10 year jail sentence and immediately re-kindles his relationship with ex- girlfriend Ingrid (Dyan Cannon), much to the chagrin of her current boyfriend who is keeping her in a life of luxury in a swish New York apartment block. Jaded with […]
Blu-ray: Ghosts of Mars (2001) Movies set on Mars have never really had a good time of it and generally speaking, fared quite badly. Films like John Carter, Mission to Mars and Red Planet struggled to find an audience and were critically mauled. There are exceptions to the rule with The Martian and Total Recall […]
Blu-ray + DVD: Raising Cain (1992) Normally I’d give a brief synopsis but occasionally, as with Raising Cain, it’s best to dive right on in. Brian De Palma has long been derided for being a Hitchcock copycat, and anyone familiar with his work has to (somewhat) agree, that Hitch is an influence. However, Give De […]
Blu-ray + DVD: Willie Dynamite (1974) Resplendent in a wardrobe that Liberace would have turned down for being too ostentatious, Willie Dynamite struts the streets of New York with an attitude that’s bigger than his platform heels and his outlandish headwear combined. Pimping his working girls across the streets and business meetings of The Big Apple, […]