Blu-ray & DVD: Kaleidoscope (2016)Carl (Toby Jones) lives alone high up in a tower block in London. As the story progresses we get hints that he was in prison for some crime that may, or may not, be connected to sexual violence.He works in what seems to be a hospital gardens, but again, perhaps not.He’s […]
Blu-ray: Project X (1968) Produced and directed by William Castle, Project X is a 60s sci-fi film with visual aesthetics that kept me captivated throughout its twisting narrative. Released on Blu-ray for the 1st time in the UK, and complemented by a brand new documentary ‘Money Back Guarantee: William Castle’s Ingenious Gimmicks’, along with a […]
Blu-ray: The Prey (1983) Let\’s not beat around the bush here, The Prey isn\’t a good film. However, this Blu-ray release from Arrow Films is fantastic and loaded with a slew of entertaining and informative extras that will keep you enthralled every time you put it into your Blu-ray player. A new 2k restoration from […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Kursk-The Last Mission (2018) Kursk: The Last Mission is a dramatisation of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster, where Russian bureaucracy, failing technology, and a series of unfortunate accidents, all came together to claim the lives of 188 men. I have to admit that before viewing, I knew nothing at all about the […]
DVD: The Fight (2018) Jessica Hynes is the writer, director, and lead actor in \’The Fight\’, which follows working mum of 3 Tina (Hynes), as she faces the day to day stresses and strains of keeping her marriage and family together, all while trying to cope with mental scars from her past that refuse to […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Double Date (2017)On the cusp of his 30th birthday, nice guy with ginger hair Jim (Danny Morgan), who is also a virgin, finds out that his girlfriend is shagging someone else. To cheer him up his best mate Alex (Michael Socha) takes him out to a bar with a promise of losing his […]
Blu-ray: Flight of the Navigator (1986) A real classic from 1986, Flight of the Navigator is still a firm favourite with all kids from the 80s, me included. Directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton and Matt MacManus, it tells the story of 12 year old David Freeman (Joey Cramer) […]
Memory: The Origins of Alien is the latest documentary written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, famous for ‘78/52’ the documentary which fetishistically dissected Hitchcock’s shower scene so eloquently. He now turns his gaze onto Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien. Beginning with 3 furies (witches with the aliens teeth), he gives us a real sense […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Critters Attack! (2019) Continuing the story of the \’Krites\’ from outer space, which began back in 1986 with the original Critters, this 5th entry into the movie series once again has the rolling balls of fur with the \’killer\’ appetite once again invading small town America in an effort to take […]
Blu-ray: The Missionary (1982) Written by and starring Michael Palin, The Missionary tells the story of the timid Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin), who returns to London in 1906 after 10 years as a missionary in Africa and is tasked with saving the \’fallen women\’ of Soho. Charles fiancee Deborah (Phoebe Nicholls) is innocent to the […]