Digital: Margrete – Queen of the North (2021)I’ve long been a fan of ‘historical drama. Not the Downtown Abbey sort, more The Lion In Winter and La Reine Margot type. Magrete Queen of the North is a wonderful addition to the historical cannon of GOOD historical films. Of course no film about past events tells […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Great White Silence (1922) South & the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration on Film (1919) Both ‘The Great White Silence’ and ‘South & the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration on Film’ are absolutely fascinating, inspiring and moving viewing experiences which affected me emotionally and sent me down an online rabbit hole to […]
Blu-ray: She Freak (1967)Another in 101 Films AGFA line of releases (make sure to read my reviews of Effects, Lady Street Fighter and Jungle Trap), She Freak once again gave me another dollop of low budget indie filmmaking that thoroughly entertained me.The story (what little there is) revolves around Jade Cochran (Claire Brennen); a woman jaded with her […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Caveat (2020) Isaac (Jonathan French) is suffering from amnesia and has problems recalling his recent past. So when his friend Moe Barret (Ben Caplan) appears and offers him a well paid job to look after his adult niece Olga (Leila Sykes) for a few days at a remote house, Isaac agrees and […]
Blu-ray: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)In this adaptation of the P. D. James novel of the same name, Pippa Guard plays Cordelia Gray; a somewhat wistful young woman training to be a Private investigator.On finding her boss has committed suicide she decides to take on his next case by herself. Approached by Ms Leaming […]
Blu-ray: Deadly Games (1982)A masked killer with more than a passing interest in a horror-themed board game is playing his own real life version of it and killing people in a small American town.Returning to the town after the murder of her sister, “Keegan” (Jo Ann Harris) meets up with local cop Roger (Sam Groom) […]
Blu-ray: Voices (1973) This was a rather strange viewing experience, as going into it I knew nothing at all about the narrative, and especially nothing about how it was shot on a mixture of video and film…of which I have to admit that whenever it went to the scenes shot on video it lost my […]
Blu-ray: The Devil’s Men (1976) Though starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence (2 actors who I will watch in anything just because they are in it), The Devil’s Men struggled to keep my attention throughout its 88 minute running time. Cushing plays Baron Corofax; a suave man who also just happens to be the leader of a satanic cult […]
Blu-ray: Bartleby (1970)Powerhouse Films wanted me to write a review of the 1970 movie version of Herman Melville’s celebrated short story ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street’, directed by Anthony Friedman and starring John McEnery as the titular character ‘Bartleby’, but….I’d prefer not to.A cheap start to the review I know, and one which will […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Phenomena (1985)Another great 4K UHD release from Arrow Films, and this time it’s the 1985 Dario Argento directed classic Phenomena, which comes packaged complete with a host of special features that will keep you entertained and enthralled for many hours.Jennifer (a very young Jennifer Connelly in only her 2nd credited onscreen appearance) is the […]