Blu-ray: Shoot the Messenger (2006)“Everything bad that has happened to me has happened because I’m black,”And so begins Shoot the Messenger, a powerful entry in the history of Black British film, presented on Blu-ray for the very first time thanks to the BFI.Joseph Pascale (David Oyelowo) leaves his job as an IT consultant after reading […]
Blu-ray: Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)As a fan of the Friday the 13th franchise since I first watched the original movie on its VHS release back in the 80’s, I’ve wanted to watch Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th for ages now, but somehow never got […]
Blu-ray: Rio Conchos (1964)The 1960s were a great time for westerns, whether they came from America or Italy/France/Germany/Spain. Rio Conchos is one of better ones. Starring Stalwart ‘cowboy’ Richard Boone as ex-Confederate Army officer Jim Lassiter, who is known for killing any Indian he comes across for revenge after the murder of his wife and baby.He’s […]
DVD & Digital Download: Agnes (2021)Carmelite Convent somewhere in America asks for help with Sister Agnes (Hayley Macfarland), who appears to be possessed by a demon. Okay before I go on, this conjures up a scary story doesn’t it? A group of stern nuns coping with a demonically possessed woman? Well – no. The tone […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Superhost (2021) Teddy and Claire (Osric Chau & Sara Canning) are vloggers whose online audience for their show “Superhost” is beginning to decline, and arriving at a remote home owned by Rebecca (Gracie Gillam), they are soon alerted to the fact that all might not be as first seemed, but wanting to […]
Blu-ray: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 American romantic comedy-drama film that tells the story of three American women living and working (as secretaries) in Rome who are looking for love.This is typical 1950’s romantic fair in glorious colour with the difference that some of it is filmed on […]
Blu-ray: O. Henry’s Full House (1952)Full disclosure: I hadn’t heard of the author “O. Henry” (William Sydney Porter) before watching this movie, but as the end credits rolled my interest was peaked and I’ll definitely be reading his work sometime soon.So, the movie…John Steinbeck (who I have read) introduces five O. Henry stories from his […]
DVD & Blu-ray: House of the Long Shadows (1983)Directed by Pete Walker and starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine, House of the Long Shadows is the horror equivalent of The Expenbables, where a group of ageing genre stars are thrown together in fan pleasing fashion, and much akin to The Expendables, its horror […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: The Proposition (2005)Some films truly deserve a 4K UHD release, none more than Nick Cave and John Hillcoat’s 2005 film The Proposition. An Aussie Western of Shakespearean portent, based 1880s Australia, it tells the story of the Burns gang. Irish immigrant brothers Charlie (Guy Pearce), Mikey (Richard Wilson) and eldest brother Arthur Burns […]
Digital: Spiritwalker (2020)Imagine waking up in the aftermath of a car crash with a gunshot wound, no memory of what’s happened or even who you are. Now imagine that as you’re trying to piece together what the hell has happened to you, after every 12 hours has passed you transport into the body of another person.What […]