Blu-ray: Knocked Up (2007) Knocked Up is a comedy from Judd Apatow about the trials and tribulations of unplanned pregnancy. After a one-night stand, Full-time stoner Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) and go-getting career woman Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) end up with more than just an awkward shag. Scott becomes pregnant and decides to keep it, […]
Blu-ray: BLOODY TERROR: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J Warren, 1976 – 1987 When questioned about their favourite horror directors, people often cite Italians such as Dario Argento or Lucio Fulci. Others go more mainstream and choose Americans like Wes Craven or John Carpenter. However, us Brits have a homegrown horror director, who might not […]
Blu-ray: Asylum (1972) Following on from my review of The House That Dripped Blood, Second Sight Films have also released a limited edition Blu-ray of Asylum. No need to read the review, just go and buy them both immediately. Ok then, for those of you who really want to know something about it… Asylum is […]
Blu-ray: The House That Dripped Blood (1971) Amicus portmanteau movies were a staple part of my horror viewing while I was growing up, so it was great to see this fantastic Blu-ray release of The House That Dripped Blood by Second Sight Films drop through the letterbox here at 60MW Towers. Written by renowned screenwriter […]
Blu-ray: Hold Back The Dawn (1941) Back in 1941 when we were balls deep in WW2, America was making romantic dramas like Hold Back the Dawn, to alleviate the…you know…. guilt. Told in flashback to a Hollywood producer (stay with me…), Charles Boyer is Georges Iscovescu, a Romanian gigolo who is trapped in Mexico waiting […]
Blu-ray: FM (1978) Films always reflect the time in which they’re made, and FM has to be top of that list. Q-SKY radio station manager Jeff Dugan (Michael Brandon) employs an eclectic bunch of ‘kooky’ DJ’s. He soon finds that corporate management expects Jeff to use the station’s position at the top of the ratings […]
Cinema: Gwen (2018) Writer/director William McGregor (in his first full length film) gives us an eerie foray into the dark industrial revolutionary Hills of North Wales in Gwen. Set in 1855, Elen (Maxine Peake) and her daughters Gwen (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) and Mari (Jodi Innes) work the small holding up in the Snowdonia Hills while dad […]
DVD & Digital: Year of the Rabbit (2019) Detective Inspector Rabbit (Matt Berry) is a foul mouthed ‘copper’ in Victorian London. His penchant for ladies and alcohol often gets in the way of his police work, so thankfully his is joined by his new partner, Strauss (Freddie Fox); a young hapless detective whose reserved demeanour […]
Blu-ray: The Legacy (1978) Margaret Walsh (Katherine Ross) is mysteriously called across to the UK from her home in America on an undisclosed architect project. Accompanied by her partner Pete Danner (Sam Elliott), things begin to go awry from the moment they set foot in the UK. A motorcycle accident finds them both ‘rescued’ by […]
Blu-ray: Double Face (1969) I can forgive Klaus Kinski anything, no one does deranged quite like him. On seeing Werner Herzog’s ‘Aguirre, Wrath of God’, then Fitzcarraldo, and then Crawlspace, I knew here was a man who, not unlike Dennis Hopper and Oliver Reed, was rather bonkers, but had the saving grace of being able […]