Blu-ray: State of Grace (1990) State of Grace comes to Blu-ray thanks to the good folks at Second Sight. A film that is still overlooked and in my opinion in the top 5 crime films ever made. Released around the same time and overshadowed by the ultimate gangster film ‘Goodfellas’, State of Grace is very […]
Blu-ray: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) This is probably the most difficult movie review I could ever imagine writing… The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8TH Dimension makes its Blu-ray debut from Arrow Films and it’s a thing of absolute joy. The title alone is as epic as the film. […]
Blu-ray: Quatermass (1979) Professor Quatermass (John Mills), a retired scientist, is travelling to appear on a TV show about a shared Soviet/American space mission, but it appears in this dystopian future there is danger all around. After being abandoned by a cab driver, Quatermass is saved from a gang by Joe Kapp (Simon MacCorkindale), who […]
Blu-ray: 3 Women (1977) Ingénue Pinky (Sissy Spacek) moves from home and gets a job at an old people’s home. There she meets and eventually moves in with Millie (Shelley Duvall), an annoying, yet sad (she doesn’t realise how annoying and ‘invisible’ she is) co-worker. The third woman in this triptych is Willie (Janice Rule) […]
Since the birth of cinema the industry has tried to entice people into the dark with different gimmicks. Cinema itself was a gimmick; the first film shown to an audience for money was of a train barrelling towards an unsuspecting audience. Contemporary reports indicate chaos ensued, with terrified people running away very quickly. Then came […]
DVD: Behind Closed Doors (A.K.A. The Poker House) (2008) Lori Petty co-writes and directs Behind Closed Doors, a movie based on the true events of her childhood. Originally released in 2008 and called The Poker House, the movie finally reaches the UK thanks to the good people at 101 Films. Behind Closed Doors stars Jennifer […]
Blu-ray: Mean Guns (1997) Gangster boss Vincent Moon (Ice T in a typical ‘badass’ role, though this time complete with platinum teeth that brings up visions of a gangsta version of James Bond villain ‘Jaws‘) needs a clear out of everyone that has worked for ‘the syndicate’. Rather than have them killed individually, he ensnares […]
Cinema: Terminator Genisys (2015) Much like the T-800 itself, the Terminator franchise refuses to die. After a strong debut with The Terminator (1984) and then blowing peoples minds in 1991 with a barrage of seldom seen before visual effects in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the public consensus was that the franchise power cells were running low as two […]
DVD: Hazard (A.K.A. Hazmat) (2013) The hidden camera show ‘Scary Antics’ is fighting against dropping viewing figures, which means that host and creator of the show ‘scary’ Dave (Todd Bruno) has a disgruntled crew on his hands. Setting up the latest show at a supposedly haunted chemical factory, the pressure is on to produce an […]
DVD: Kill Zone (A.K.A. The Kill Hole) (2012) Lt. Samuel Drake (Chadwick Boseman) is a veteran of the Iraq war whose past memories and actions still haunt and have repercussions on him today as he tries to maintain steady employment as a taxi driver. After being submitted to a steady stream of self centred comments […]