Digital Download & DVD: Rogue (2020)Samantha O’Hara (Megan Fox) leads a squad of soldiers on a mission to rescue a hostage from a group of violent terrorists in the plains of Africa. The mission however does not go as planned, and a frantic retreat from the terrorists leads to vehicular chases, bloody gun battles, and […]
Blu-ray: The Sheltering Sky (1990)Many years ago I was on holiday in Lido De Jesolo, and as found in most hotels, someone had left behind a book, this time it was a copy of Paul Bowles The Sheltering Sky. I read it that week and fell in love with the story. I guess a story […]
Blu-ray & 4K UHD: Dawn of the Dead (1978)Allow me to begin with a bit of my history with Dawn of the Dead.In the early 1980’s my friends dad got a VHS player from Radio Rentals (hello to all our UK readers that remember renting TV’s and video players) and part of the special offer […]
Blu-ray: The Fu Manchu Cycle (1965-1969) I love watching anything with Christopher Lee in it, going back to being a child in the early 1970’s and watching old Hammer horror movies on the television. He has a certain screen presence which I always find captivating, and while the movies he is in vary in quality, […]
DVD: Coogan’s Bluff (1968)After carving a cinematic name for himself in the “Dollars Trilogy”, Clint Eastwood began to make waves in American cinema with Coogan’s Bluff, which paired him for the first time with director Don Siegel, a man who would become a key mentor for Eastwood as he progressed from being in front of the […]
DVD: Waterworld (1995)A box office bust on its release in 1995, Waterworld has thankfully come to be re-evaluated over the previous 25 years and is loved a lot more by cinephiles worldwide, though I’ve always enjoyed it since going to the cinema to watch it all those years ago.In a future where the polar ice […]
Digital Download & DVD: Black Water: Abyss (2020)Five friends go off on an adventure trip to a remote cave system in Northern Australia, and while deep in the caves get trapped when a heavy storm floods their exit and they find themselves struggling to escape as the water level rises.Drowning isn’t their only danger though, […]
Curzon Home Cinema & Digital Download: Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)This new documentary examining the work of infamous photographer Helmut Burger is directed by journalist and filmmaker Gero von Boehm, friend of the late provocateur and his wife June. And for that very reason we have a very one-sided view of the […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Twins (1988)While Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone battled for cinematic action movie supremacy during the 1980s (my vote is naturally with Sly), it was Arnie who unequivocally came out on top when it came to dipping their toes into the world of comedy movies. Twins being a prime example of how Arnie could charm […]
Blu-ray: Sweet Charity (1969)Well you’re going to get a biased review here, because I love a good musical, and Sweet Charity is top 3 for me. The pedigree this film has: directed by Bob Fosse, book by Neil Simon and starring the wonderful Shirley Maclaine, Sweet Charity is an absolute treat. It’s also not your usual […]