Blu-ray: Nightmare at Noon (1988)Written and directed by Nico Mastorakis, starring Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy, Kimberly Beck, and Brion James…that’s all I needed to know before thinking “I’m in!”…and Nightmare at Noon certainly didn’t let me down.’The Albino’ (the always watchable Brion James, seen here with face “almost” all covered in white make-up […]
Blu-ray: Fall (2022)Tina reviewed the cinema release of Fall earlier this year when Signature Entertainment kindly sent us a streaming link for it, so rather than repeat what she said (as we both love the movie), please take a few minutes to go and read her review.This new blu-ray release (also from Signature Entertainment) looks […]
Blu-ray: Remember the Night (1940)It’s the week before Christmas and Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck) gets arrested for blatantly stealing a bracelet from a New York store, she’s assigned to be prosecuted by Jack Sargeant (Fred MacMurray), just as he was about to drive home to his mother for Christmas. He interferes with the trial so […]
Digital: Beautiful Beings (2022) Beautiful Beings (original Icelandic title Berdreymi) begins with 14-year-old Baldur (Balli). He’s odd, smells, has a wonky eye and is mercilessly bullied, beaten and peed on in school. After being beaten senseless in an underpass he appears on TV in a news report about the wild youth of Iceland. Returning to […]
Blu-ray: Ghost Stories For Christmas – Volume 1 (1968-73) We at 60MW Towers are already, being of oldish age and a penchant for the ghostly, fans of the BBC’s Christmas Ghost stories. Every year I place the old DVD box set in front of Mr 60MW, and wearing a long Victorian gown I found in […]
You’re singing to yourself right now, aren’t you?No matter if you loved or hated that song, its firmly ensconced in anyone over 40’s mind.It’s a long time since I’ve seen this film and was surprised at just how much I’d forgotten. Arrow’s new 4K UHD release includes an ‘extended’ 155-minute version of the film which […]
DVD: Fortean TV – The Complete Series (1997-98) The Fortean Times magazine first came into being in 1973 and I remember seeing it on the shelves and occasionally buying the odd copy too, specifically during the 1980s and 90’s. What I don’t remember seeing though is the Fortean TV show which was broadcast on Channel […]
After reviewing Volume 1 of Shawscope this time last year, it was great once again to settle back into some high kicking, fast punching, revenge filled movies from the Shaw Brothers. Volume 2 brings together some of the best movies from the final years of the Shaw Brothers studio and includes: The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin […]
Blu-ray: Boiling Point (2021)During its intense and entirely captivating 90 minutes, Boiling Point will leave you wanting to let off some steam as the end credits roll, after your tension levels have been pushed to their limits as you watch head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) try and keep control of his team on the […]
Blu-Ray: Universal Noir #1 After having had the pleasure of reviewing all 5 of Powerhouse Films previous “Columbia Noir” box set releases (just search for “Columbia Noir” via the search function on the website), it was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the 1st of their “Universal Noir” releases. The films included […]