Blu-ray: Treasure of the Ninja (1987) 101 Films AGFA range of releases once again delivers a low budget unforgettable viewing experience that would otherwise have passed me by. Until watching Treasure of the Ninja I thought I was familiar with all the action heroes of the 1980’s. However, filmmaker and martial artist William Lee had somehow […]
Digital: Clean (2021) Working through the night, Clean (Adrien Brody) is a garbage man on the streets of America. He picks up the odd interesting discarded machine, repairs it, then sells it for pocket money at the local Pawn shop. He spends his time quietly and only really has any contact with a young girl […]
Blu-ray: Pastor Hall (1940) Newly restored from a 4K scan of the nitrate duplicate negative by Powerhouse Films and finally available on Blu-ray for the first time in the world, Pastor Hall is adapted from Ernst Toller’s 1939 play of the same name, and based on the true story of Protestant minister Martin Niemöller. Pastor […]
Blu-ray: Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart Following on from the previous 4 Columbia Noir box sets from Powerhouse Films (make sure to search “Columbia” on our website to read the reviews for them), #5 focuses on Humphrey Bogart, who in 1999, the American Film Institute selected as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. […]
Blu-ray: Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (1979) Available for the first time on Blu-ray here in the UK, Rock ‘N’ Roll High School centres around Ramones superfan Riff Randel (P.J. Soles) who is desperate to see and meet the band when they play in her local town music venue. High school principal Miss Togar (Mary Woronov) […]
Dual Format: The Razor’s Edge (1946)Based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel of the same name, The Razor’s Edge stars all the big hitters from 1946: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, and Herbert Marshall (who plays Maugham), with a bit part for Elsa Lanchester.The Razor’s Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell (Power who in real life was a […]
Blu-ray: Murphy’s War (1971)A very different story from the Max Chatto novel, Murphy’s War starring real life married couple Peter O’Toole and Siân Phillips and directed by Peter Yates, is a showcase for O’Toole’s acting.Set in South America, filmed in Malta and Venuzula, it tells the story of the last survivor of a UK WW2 Nazi torpedoed ship, who […]
The Sundance London surprise film this year was Halina Reijns Bodies Bodies Bodies. Picked up by A24, and bound to be one of the biggest indie hits of the Summer, the film revolves around a group of rich 20-somethings celebrating a hurricane party in a big house in the middle of nowhere. In between the festivities […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: High Crime (1973)High Crime is one of Italy’s more famous Poliziotteschi films, made during a period of socio-political turmoil in Italy and high crime rates.They were infamous for their graphic violence, rape, organised crime, car chases, and corruption, with cops and criminals normally tough working class loners, who act outside a corrupt bureaucratic system.This one stars my […]
Blu-ray, iTunes and Amazon Prime: The Last Metro (1980)The Last Metro, made in 1980, written and directed by François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu and winning nearly every award going, is a classic of cinema that passed me by.It follows the actors and workers of a theatre in Montmartre during the Nazi occupation of Paris in […]