Blu-ray: The Valachi Papers (1972) Starring Charles Bronson (as Valachi) and directed by Terence Young, The Valachi Papers tells the true story of Joseph Valachi; a bag man for the New York Mob who first made the term “Cosa Nostra” known. In the early 1960s he testified to court that there was such a thing as […]
Blu-ray: Geronimo – An American Legend (1993)Geronimo: a name that most people are familiar with (usually as a loud shout before jumping off something), but whose life may not be so well known.Geronimo – An American Legend takes up the story of the Apache chief as the Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD: Relic (2020) This debut feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James is a hard watch, and although it comes under the banner of ‘Horror’, it’s not so much a horror film than an allegory for the real horror of Alzheimer’s disease. When Kay’s (Emily Mortimer) mum Edna (Robyn Nevin) goes missing, […]
Blu-ray: REC (2007) Angela (Manuela Velasco) is a young television reporter, and along with her lone cameraman are following a local fire station crew on its nightshift in the hope that something will happen to give them an exciting bit of footage to air on their show “While You Were Sleeping”. Hoping for something a […]
Blu-ray: Erik the Viking (1989)Loosely based on Terry Jones book for his son Bill, Erik the Viking is a sort of childrens film with a lot of grown up themes, like… rape and death.Originally released in 1989 it had a running time of 107 minutes, but being unhappy with the film’s slow pacing, director Jones cut it […]
DVD: 12 Monkeys (1995)Back in the days when Bruce Willis was seen as guaranteed big box office return in his cinema releases (before he started dialling in performances in direct to video fare), and when Brad Pitt was just hitting his stride at also being a big movie star, they were thrown together under the direction of […]
DVD & Digital: Seized (2020)Nero (Scott Adkins) and his teenage son Taylor (Matthew Garbacz) are going through a difficult time after the death of Taylor’s mother, and just when the friction between them is coming to a head, their lives are thrown into turmoil when Taylor is abducted by cartel boss Mzamo (Mario Van Peebles).Unbeknown […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)Curse of the Golden Flower was China’s most expensive film to date (2006) at $45 million. And you can tell. To say its opulent is an understatement.On first getting this for review I have to admit I didn’t want to watch it, as I thought it was […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Dragon-The Bruce Lee Story (1993)While the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s death gets ever closer, his impact upon the world of martial arts and martial arts cinema never diminishes.There are a wealth of documentaries and films made about his life, some more factual than others, and what Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story […]
Blu-ray: Roadgames (1981)Pat Quid (Stacey Keach) is a lone trucker who plays ‘road games’ with himself and his pet dingo to pass the time on the long hauls across the Australian landscape. As he tries to guess the jobs and names of passing motorists, his radio keeps updating a news story about female hitchhikers that […]