Blu-ray: The Fortune (1975) The Mann Act is a Untied States federal law that was passed on 25th June 1910. It was named after Congressman James Robert Mann and in its original form made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of “any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, […]
DVD: Doctor Faustus (1967) In the late 1960’s Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were the most famous couple in the world, probably along the lines of Kardashians, only they, unlike the Kardashian’s, had talent. Coming off the back of the critical and box office success of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’? ,the world was RichBeths’s (Dickliz? […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018) How many movies get to the 7th instalment of their franchise? For the few that do, how many are actually worth watching? It was with a heavy heart that I put Kickboxer: Retaliation into the Blu-ray player here at 60MW Towers. 110 minutes later my heart was no longer […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Re:Born (2016) Re:Born is without doubt the movie with the most knife stabs and slices that I have ever seen. Blades flash across the screen in an almost balletic display of close combat martial arts skills, as flesh gives way to metal in a barrage of attacks that will have you wincing […]
Blu-ray: Blue Collar (1978) After writing Taxi Driver for Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with Blue Collar; a gritty drama about blue collar workers on the factory floor of a Detroit car manufacturing plant. Starring Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto in the leading roles of 3 men whose lives revolve […]
DVD: Female Fight Club (2016) With the witty first line of “1st rule of Female Fight Club…don’t watch Female Fight Club” already in my mind as I navigated the sparse DVD menu screen, I was mentally prepared for a low budget, low action, DTV bore fest that used a suggestive title and 80’s action star […]
Blu-ray: Charley Varrick (1973) Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) is a former stunt pilot who now uses a crop dusting firm as a front while he, his wife Nadine (Jacqueline Scott), and young protégé Harman (Andrew Robinson) rob banks. When trying to abscond from a small town with their ill gotten gains from the local bank, […]
Blu-ray: Fair Game (1986) Jessica (Cassandra Delaney) is all alone in the Australian outback where she runs a wildlife sanctuary. When 3 belligerent kangaroo hunters (Peter Ford, Garry Who and David Sanford) appear in the area, she inadvertently crosses paths with them, and so begins a game of ‘cat and mouse’ that escalates with each […]
Blu-ray: The Border (1982) Charlie Smith (Jack Nicholson) is a hard working U.S. border patrol agent who is finding it financially difficult to make ends meet. This is compounded by his wife Marcy (Valerie Perrine), whose insistence to move from Los Angeles into a new house in Texas and constantly spend money on furnishings and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Brimstone (2016) Brimstone is a dark western tale which tells the story of Liz (Dakota Fanning); a mute woman who’s constant battle with all life throws at her is documented here from her early years as a scared and abused child, through to her adult life where the shadows of her past still […]