I’d only ever watched the original Ginger Snaps movie back on its release over 20 years ago, so it was great to hear that the ever reliable Second Sight Films were releasing a limited edition Blu-ray box set of the full trilogy.Katharine Isabelle (Ginger) and Emily Perkins (Brigette) are sisters, with movies 1&2 set in […]
(Tina) There are 2 films that I’ve always dreaded having to write about; Blade Runner and Hellraiser. The reason I’m adverse to discussing these particular films is because they have such a deep emotional meaning to me that I am incapable of being objective about either of them, as I regard them both equally as films elevated above […]
4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Delicatessen (1991)I remember Delicatessen looking gorgeous when I first watched it on VHS over 30 years ago (was it really that long!?), but this new 4K restoration (and making its UHD debut) from Studiocanal looks amazing and showcases the work of co-directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, along with […]
Blu-ray: Memento (2000)Based on the short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan, Director Christopher Nolan kind of broke the mould and gave a whole new genre of film with Memento.It tells the story of Leonard Shelby, who we find out as the story progresses is a man who suffers from anterograde amnesia – short-term memory loss […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Bagpuss – The Complete Series.Bagpuss…surely one of the most beloved kids shows for people of a certain age and here in its entirety on both DVD & Blu-ray, now fully restored in HD from the film negatives.Bagpuss made its debut on British television on February 12th 1974, and the synopsis is a […]
4K UHD: The House by the Cemetery (1981)I’ve always loved the movies of Lucio Fulci, so it was a treat to hear that Arrow Films were releasing The House by the Cemetery as a Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray…and this most definitely looks better than I’ve ever seen it.The third and final instalment in his […]
Intrigued upon reading the synopsis of The Rev, the fact that it happened not too far down the road from 60MW Towers and was set during my favourite decade (the 80s), meant that I just had to give this a watch.In 1985, Detective Inspector Gwyn Roberts was sent to the North Wales seaside town of […]
Blu-ray: Chopper (2000)First time director Andrew Dominik, (who later went on to direct The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), tells some of the Mark “Chopper” Read story. Dipping in an out of his life, including some bits, and ignoring others, we get a sort of ‘encapsulated’ version of this most singular […]
It’s 1945, and Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) lives in a huge, isolated house on Jersey with her 2 children Ann and Nicholas who she keeps locked away as they’re ‘Photosensitive’. One day 3 people turn up as servants, it seems that Grace has advertised, and as if by magic they appear. Their dress is antiquated […]
4K UHD & Blu-ray: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Wave 2 of Warner Brothers “Film Vault” series of releases is here, consisting of Jaws, Apollo 13, The Shawshank Redemption and 2001: A Space Odyssey.It was an absolute pleasure to review Goodfellas from Wave 1 and also make an unboxing video of it too, so I was […]