DVD & Digital HD: Werewolves Within (2021) Based on the Ubisoft published video game of the same name, Werewolves Within is based around a newly-arrived forest ranger to a small American town, who after a severe snowstorm confines him and some of the townspeople into an old lodge, discovers that not only are there many irreconcilable […]
DVD & Digital: King Otto (2021) I’m not a fan of football (at time of writing the Euro 2020 quarter finals have just concluded and I haven’t watched a single game), but I’m a big fan of documentaries, and this is a great one. 20 years ago the Greek national football team was something that […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Futtock’s End & Other Short Stories I remember watching Futtock’s End with my Dad many years ago and finding the slapstick comedy very funny indeed. All these years later it didn’t raise as many laughs, but still made me smile a lot, with some of it naturally due to the nostalgia […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Just Like a Woman (1967) Imagine British comedy icon Wendy Craig in a massive ginger fright wig that would make Phil Spector jealous. Then imagine her, hot off the back of The Servant. Wendy plays the part of Scilla Alexander who is married to Lewis McKenzie (Francis Matthews) a TV producer. […]
Cinema & Digital: Occupation Rainfall (2020) Unfortunately I haven’t seen the first film so didn’t know the backstory to Occupation Rainfall. This films story takes place two years after an alien invasion, and an Australian band of survivors, along with some of the once hostile invaders now fight the ‘evil’ aliens in the hope of […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love & War (2019)This film starts with Carina Birrell, and her dad (granddaughter and son of Harry) rummaging about in their garden shed, eventually lifting up cans of very old film. As I continued to watch the film I wondered if this were true or just for […]
DVD: The Incredible Hulk – The Complete Collection (1978 – 1982)“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry“. 2 lines of dialogue that are as synonymous with the character that spoke them as “Go ahead. Make my day“, and “I’ll be back“. If Dr David Banner said that to you, then you’d […]
Following on from Volume 1: Fear Warning, Volume 2: Criminal Intent, Volume 3: Blood & Terror, Volume 4: Faces of Fear, Volume 5: Death & Deceit, it was time once again to sit down with the latest Hammer Films boxset release from Powerhouse Films in their ‘Indicator’ series.The movies are:The Shadow of the Cat (1961)Following on […]
DVD & Digital: Dino King – Journey to Fire Mountain (2019)Speckles the Tarbosaurus is very disappointed with his son Junior. Speckles wants Junior to be fierce and fearless, but in reality, he’s a little wuss. One day Junior is kidnapped and held captive by a group of nasty Raptors. Speckles goes on an adventure meeting […]
Blu-ray & 4K UHD: The Babadook (2014)In Jennifer Kent’s feature directorial debut, based on her 2005 short film ‘Monster’, Essie Davis plays Amelia Vanek, mother to six-year-old son Samuel (Noah Wiseman).Amelia’s husband dies in the crash that occurs as they race to hospital because she is in labour with Samuel, and now living alone with […]