Blu-ray: The Chalk Garden (1964)Based on Enid Bagnall’s 1955 play of the same name, The Chalk Garden stars Deborah Kerr as Miss Madrigal, a mysterious and seemingly detached unemotional woman who turns up one day at Mrs Maugham’s (Edith Evans) country home, with the hope of becoming governess to her granddaughter Laurel (Hayley Mills).Laurel is ‘disturbed’ […]
Blu-ray: Pledge Night (1990)Released at the backend of the ‘slasher’ craze that was popular within the horror genre during the 1980’s, Pledge Night wears its influences proudly on its bloody sleeve, with silly humour, outrageous deaths, and a heavy metal soundtrack featuring Anthrax. A college fraternity (frequented by the usual array of ne’er do wells who […]
UHD Blu-ray: Battle Royale (2000)Battle Royale: the film that not only spawned a sequel, but is also responsible for a glut of video games which are either a “Battle Royale game”, or at the very least have it embedded as one of their playable modes.It wouldn’t surprise me if a large portion of the PUBG […]
Digital: Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019)Directed by Malaysian/Chinese director Sam Quah Sheep Without a Shepherd is a remake of the 2013 Indian/Malayalam film ‘Drishyam’ by Jeethu Joseph.This new Chinese remake starrring Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen tells the story of a Chinese family living in Thailand. Weijie, his wife Ayu and their two […]
DVD & Digital: The Seventh Day (2021)I like Guy Pearce, when I see he’s in a movie I automatically think it’s going to be at least interesting, if not good. However, it seems that Guy’s armour has a chink in it and the last few films he’s been in have been clangers despite his talents. […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery (1997)The problem with writing a review of a hugely popular film like Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is… most film fans have seen it. So you’re just re-treading old water. The test is, after 24 years, is it still funny? Made by ex-Saturday […]
Blu-ray: Carla’s Song (1996) Set in 1987, Carla’s Song tells the story of the love affair between Glaswegian bus driver George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a beautiful, homeless, Nicaraguan refugee living in Glasgow. This is a film of two halves. The first part takes place in Glasgow where George meets Carla, follows […]
DVD & Digital: Enslaved (2020)What a strange programme Enslaved is. I was hoping for an in-depth exploration of the journey and let’s be honest, torture, of the human slave trade from Africa. But what transpires is a very uneven ‘sort of’ history programme that is mainly about diving for evidence of slave ships. Made by […]
Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD: County Lines (2019)14 year old Tyler (Conrad Khan) does his best to look after his younger sister while his single mother sleeps through the day after working night shifts, or while she recovers from an all night partying session on her nights off.With few creature comforts surrounding him, and things […]
Blu-ray: I Start Counting (1969)The basic premise of I Start Counting is that a psychotic killer is abducting and murdering young girls in a village, but this is akin to saying that The Shining is about a scary hotel, there are many more layers to it than that.Wynne (Jenny Agutter) is a 14 year old […]