Blu-ray: Once Were Warriors (1994) Jake Heke (Temuera Morrison) is a violent, abusive, and borderline alcoholic husband to Beth (Rena Owen) and father of their 5 children. His life revolves around ‘being a man’, which in his mind consists of drinking with his mates, having big parties at home, and the occasional fight…sometimes with Beth […]
DVD: Sunday Too Far Away (1975) Sunday Too Far Away made in 1975 is one of the first ‘Australian New Wave’ films (along with Wake in Fright, Mad Max and Picnic at Hanging Rock). The film is set on a sheep station deep in the Australian outback in 1955 and the story looks at the […]
Blu-ray: Quantum Leap – The Complete Collection (1989 – 1993) Quantum Leap first aired in the UK in 1990 on BBC 2. I missed it. I was in Los Angeles and had already become quite obsessed with this sci-fi tale of Dr. Sam Beckett (the gorgeous Scott Bakula); a physicist who figuratively ‘leaps’ through his […]
DVD: Rod Taylor – Pulling No Punches (2016) Many years before Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and their ilk became my action heroes in the 1980’s, I was engrossed in the onscreen action of Ron Ely Doug McClure, and Rod Taylor. My 1st viewing of The Time Machine was a pivotal point in my obsession with cinema, […]
DVD: Ghost in the Water (1982) First aired on the BBC at 5:40pm on New Years Eve 1982, the broadcast time alone will give you an idea of the target audience of this innocuous chiller. Teresa (Judith Allchurch) and David (Ian Stevens) are 14 year old history fanatics who like to spend their evenings looking […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Thelma (2017) Now and again a movie will appear out of the blue and completely enthral you. Thelma was such a movie for me. Beginning with Thelma as a 6 year old child out hunting in the Nordic snow with her father, he slowly turns his rifle away from the deer that […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Road Games (1981) Pat Quid (Stacey Keach) is a lone trucker who plays ‘road games’ with himself and his pet dingo to pass the time on the long hauls across the Australian landscape. As he tries to guess the jobs and names of passing motorists, his radio keeps updating a news story […]
Blu-ray: The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971) Franco Arnò (Karl Malden) is a retired blind journalist who lives with his niece and makes a living from writing crossword puzzles. While taking a walk one evening, he overhears a suspicious conversation between 2 men who are sat in a car parked outside a scientific medical institution where genetic […]
DVD: Your Move (2017) Written, directed, produced and starring Luke Goss, Your Move is certainly a labour of love for him and will succeed or fail, in a large part, due to his input. David (Goss) is a successful New York businessman, who while on a video call to his wife (a famous ex-olympian) and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Silver Bullet (1985) A series of unexplained murders are occurring in the quiet town of Tarker’s Mill and the residents, pushed to breaking point, decide to hunt down the killer. When many of the vigilantes are killed, it is the unlikely hero of the young wheelchair bound Marty (Corey Haim), along with […]