DVD: Ivor the Engine – The Complete Collection There is one voice from my childhood that still resonates with me to this day and always makes me smile. That voice belonged to the late great Oliver Postgate; a man who voiced so many of my favourite childhood programmes, and whose welcoming narration also kept my […]
Blu-ray: Toto the Hero (1991) Sharing thematic similarities to the previously reviewed Life is a Long Quiet River, Toto the Hero once again has 2 newborns growing up with families who are not their biological parents. Where Toto the Hero differs is that the narrative begins towards the end of their lives and keeps jump […]
Cinema: The Vigil (2019)Yakov (Dave Davis) is a Jewish man who has lost his faith after an incident while walking the streets of New York with his younger brother, and now shuns the support of his family and the Jewish community.However, when rabbi Reb Shulem (Menashe Lustig) offers the financially struggling Yakov a large sum […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Airwolf (1984)Dr. Charles Henry Moffet (David Hemmings) is a crazed scientist who has created the titular “Airwolf”: a futuristic helicopter with an advanced weapons system, and after killing other members of his team (a secret government agency called “The Firm”) during a test flight, defects to Libya to live the high-life of […]
Digital HD: Open 24 Hours (2018) After finally managing to leave the clutches of her controlling and abusive serial killer boyfriend (by setting him on fire!), Mary (Vanessa Grasse) tries to rebuild her life, despite being plagued by paranoia and disturbing visions since being released from psychiatric incarceration for her felony. When she is told […]
DVD & Streaming: It All Begins with a Song (2020)Just as I was about to write a review of this music documentary, I saw its full title online. It All Begins with a Song – the story of the NASHVILLE Songwriter, and I thought OH…. Well…. that’s my review out of the window!I watched this […]
DVD & Digital Download: The Assent (2019)Here at 60MW Towers we tend to, when offered a film for review via streaming services, look at the trailer before confirming. Streaming is problematic living where we do, so on seeing the trailer for The Assent, we both agreed that it looked pretty promising.Single father Joel (Robert ‘Sean […]
Digital &DVD: The Fanatic (2019)Moose (John Travolta) is a movie fanatic who is obsessed with the actor Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa). So when Moose hears that Hunter is doing a signing session at a local shop, he is ecstatic at the thought of finally meeting him in person and getting an autograph.Unfortunately for Moose things […]
Blu-ray: Split Second (1992)Set in the far-flung future of 2008 (I love rewatching movies where their future is now my past) global warming has raised sea levels and heavy rainfall has meant that wellington boots are the fashion item while out and about in London.Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer playing his character like a more paranoid […]
Blu-ray: Hiroshima (1953)Watching Hiroshima for the first time on this excellent release from Arrow Academy brought back the same goosebumps as when I originally watched Threads on its television debut back in 1984, and while the thought of watching 104 minutes of primarily post-atomic bomb human suffering might not initially appeal to you, it is […]