Blu-ray: The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)Beginning with a scene in which a group of children watch a toy tank destroy a car and all inside it…really! We are then shown recently widowed Ben (Charles Bateman), his daughter K.T. (Geri Reischl) and his girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri) on a road trip across South West America, who then […]
Blu-ray: Jagged Edge (1985)Back in the late 80s – early 90s Joe Eszterhas was king of the ‘sex-thriller’, anything he wrote turned to gold, mainly because you were guaranteed some schmaltzy American tits and slashing. Jagged Edge is one of his earlier works, so is more or less Eszterhas ‘lite’, a sort of 80s Noir without […]
Cinema & Digital: The Toll (2021)Set on the Pembrokeshire border, an unnamed toll booth operator (Michael Smiley) quietly passes his time reading books while taking the occasional 40p toll charge from the few cars that pass through.His peace is interrupted one day when a shotgun is pushed through the toll booth window and 3 girls […]
Blu-ray: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)Once again a Powerhouse Films release arrives here at 60MW Towers with an amazing cast starring in a film that I’ve never heard of. Have YOU watched, or even heard of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings before?Well if you have, you’ll be very […]
Franco Arnò (Karl Malden) is a retired blind journalist who lives with his niece and makes a living from writing crossword puzzles. While taking a walk one evening, he overhears a suspicious conversation between 2 men who are sat in a car parked outside a scientific medical institution where genetic experiments are taking place. When […]
Blu-ray: Blind Beast (1969) Adapted from a short story by Rampo Edogawa, Blind Beast is a Japanese erotic horror story that delves ever deeper into the human psyche, culminating in a finale that will linger long in your memory. Aki (Mako Midori) is an artists model who is kidnapped by blind sculptor Michio (Eiji Funakoshi) […]
Blu-ray: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) Written and directed by Jee-woon Kim, this Korean drama/mystery/horror tale follows Su-mi (Lim Soo-jung), a young girl recently released from a mental institution, who returns home with her father and younger sister Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young) and has to face her stepmother who is acting very strangely towards her…not to […]
Blu-ray: The Pawnbroker (1964)My dad loved old ‘action’ films and has been a lingering influence on me. Being a girl, the only time I could get close to him was to watch a movie, normally on a Sunday afternoon. As an adult I find some of his choices quite revealing, as a 15 year old […]
Blu-ray: Dinner in America (2020)Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier and starring Kyle Gallner as Simon and Emily Skeggs as Patty, this seems to be tagged with the unfortunate ‘coming of age’ tag.Nope. Couldn’t be further from John Hughes or any ‘angst tweenies find love’ film you’ve seen.No, this is far better.We first see Simon […]
Several years ago my brother refused to watch On the Waterfront because it was in black and white. No matter how hard I tried to persuade him, the fact that it was ‘old’ made him impervious to it.I think a lot of people see the title BFI and feel that whatever the film is, it’s […]