Blu-ray: Climax (2018) Much like Marmite, Kale, and anything with Simon Cowell in it, the films of Gaspar Noé are an acquired taste that, love them or loathe them, linger in the mind long after the credits have rolled. Climax once again will split viewers as to whether this is a visionary look at the human […]
DVD: Life With Cooper (1966 – 69) With a fez perched atop his towering 6′ 4″ frame, and catchphrase “just like that” never far away, Tommy Cooper brought laughter to millions of people throughout his career. Collapsing and dying of a heart attack on live television in 1984 (which I still remember my dad and […]
Blu-ray: Horror Express (1972) It’s the beginning of the 20th century and British anthropologist Professor Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee) is returning to Europe by the Trans-Siberian Express from China to Moscow. Accompanying him is a crate containing the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature that he discovered in a cave in Manchuria, which, he believes, may prove to […]
Blu-ray: The Fifth Cord (1971) Alcoholic, ‘troubled’, journalist lush Andrea Bild (Franco Nero) is at a swish Italian nightclub spying on his ex-wife and casting his somewhat voyeuristic glance over the assembled Bohemian middle class as they snog and sway to what is possibly one of the oddest film scores I’ve ever heard (by Ennio […]
Blu-ray, DVD, VOD: Redcon-1 (2018) The zombie genre may well have been done to death (pun intended) in movies and video games, with even changes in the name of them to ‘virals’, ‘freaks’ and ‘infected’ trying to put a different slant on things…and don’t even get me involved in the whole debate of running vs […]
Blu-ray: Apt Pupil (1998) When college student Tod Bowden (Brad Renfro) discovers that the old man Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) who lives nearby is in fact a Nazi war criminal, he confronts him with intentions to hear all of the grisly stories that his history tutors leave out. Striking a deal ensuring that Tod will […]
Blu-ray: Frog Dreaming (1985) Frog Dreaming (AKA ‘The Go-Kids’ and ‘The Quest’) is a timeless family adventure movie starring Henry Thomas who was still riding the wave of success from E.T. Cody (Henry Thomas) is an American kid living in Australia after the death of his parents. Staying with his Dad’s old friend, Cody loves […]
Blu-ray: The Boys in the Band (1970) Based on the Broadway hit of the same name, The Boys in the Band is full of caustic wit, savage putdowns, and conversations that will have you squirming in your seat as a New York apartment party spirals out of control. It’s Harold’s (Leonard Frey) birthday, and a […]
Blu-ray: Gardens of Stone (1987) Set in 1968, Sergeant Clell Hazard (James Caan in magnificent form) is disillusioned with the Vietnam war and sees America as being in an unwinnable situation. Based at Fort Meyers’ Arlington Cemetery, Hazard sees far too many young bodies arrive for burial and despairs at the waste of life. When idealistic […]
DVD: Till Death… (1981) The Thoughts of Chairman Alf (1998) With the rantings of the titular Alf Garnett still ringing in my ears from reviewing Till Death Us Do Part, it was time once again to hear what the bigoted ‘Hammers’ fan had to say about the world in 2 more stages of his life. […]