Cinema: StarDog and TurboCat (2019) The year is 1969, and faithful dog Buddy (Nick Frost) is sent on a mission to explore the far reaches of space. During his mission an accident happens, and he is frozen in time for fifty years! Buddy wakes up in the town of Glenfield with no knowledge of what […]
Blu-ray: QT8: The First Eight (2019) Quentin Tarantino first came into the public eye in 1992 with his debut feature film Reservoir Dogs. 27 years later his 9th film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, was released in cinemas worldwide, with critical acclaim from both critics and the general public. QT8: The First Eight is a […]
Blu-ray: The Exorcist III (1990) The Exorcist III is based on William Peter Blatty\’s 1983 novel \’Legion\’, and stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson and Brad Dourif. Set 17 years after the original film, it follows a character from the first film: Lieutenant Kinderman. Kinderman is investigating a series of murders in […]
Blu-ray: Birdy (1984) The book \’Birdy\’ is based in WWII but director Alan Parker took William Wharton\’s story and set in 1960s Philadelphia. The story follows two unlikely friends; Al Columbato (Nic Cage) a gawky, good looking, over confident shagger, and Birdy (Matthew Modine) a quiet odd lad who’s obsessed with Birds. It’s one […]
DVD: Plebs Series 5 (2019) Last year Tina reviewed the series 1-4 boxset of Plebs, so it was great to sit down again and follow the continuing adventures of Marcus, Grumio and Jason as they invariably cause havoc in ancient Rome. Series 5 sees some new characters once again being introduced, among them is Amanda […]
Blu-ray: The Amazing Mr.Blunden (1972)It was several year after its cinematic release that I saw The Amazing Mr Blunden. Definitely on the telly, probably at Christmas, but I have no recollection of when. The only thing I could remember about it was being terrified of Diana Dors’ Mrs Wickens and somewhat confused by Bella (Madeline […]
Blu-ray: Young Winston (1972) Richard Attenborough continued his war journey after ‘Oh, What a Lovely War!’ with his 1972 Young Winston (Churchill) based on Churchill’s book My Early Life: A Roving Commission, the movie gives young Winny the Hollywood treatment and examines his early life from an unhappy time at boarding school and ending his election […]
Blu-ray: Prom Night (1980) A group of children are playing ‘killer’ in an abandoned building when the game gets out of hand and a girl falls through a window to her death. The remaining children panic and run away, leaving a local paedophile to be the main suspect. He is hounded by the police and ends […]
Blu-ray: Badge 373 (1973) Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) is a tough New York city cop who gets suspended after a police bust ends with him being accused of the death a suspect. Now working as a barman, Eddie discovers that his ex-partner on the force has been killed under suspicious circumstances, which draws him back […]
Blu-ray: Time Without Pity (1957) Alec Cowen is on death row after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend in her family home, and it is left to his alcoholic Father to try and prove Alec\’s innocence and unravel a suspicious series of events surrounding her death. Directed by Joseph Losey, with photography by Freddie […]