DVD: Aces High (1976) Being a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI was a job for life…a life that would likely end within a day or two due to the high fatality rate of the brave men who stepped into the cockpit of those early flying machines. Based on the book Journeys End […]
Blu-ray: Town on Trial (1957) When a flirty Marylin Monroe-esque member of the local tennis club is murdered, Superintendent Mike Halloran (John Mills) is assigned the task of finding out who the murderer is. His investigations uncover a web of deceit, whereby numerous people are linked to the deceased due to romantic flirtations. The case […]
Blu-ray: Breathless (1983) In this remake of Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), Richard Gere plays Jesse, a thief who seems to have a preternatural knack for stealing classic 1950s convertibles. He’s also annoying. Full of jerky energy, always talking to himself, or gazing at himself in the mirror. But then, despite the beautifully full mouthed […]
DVD: Jailbreak (2017) It’s been a great time lately here at 60MW Towers for fisticuffs action. No we’re not fighting amongst ourselves…we all know that Chris could beat us all up simultaneously with one hand tied behind his back. I am of course referring to the great martial arts movies that have dropped through our […]
DVD: The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) Before #MeToo, Harvey Weinstein’s reveal as a rapist, and Hulu’s 10 part TV series The Handmaid’s Tale starring Elizabeth Moss as Offred, was this 1990 film, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, scripted by Harold Pinter and starring Natasha Richardson (as the handmaid), Faye Dunaway (as Serena Joy), and Robert Duvall (the […]
Blu-ray: Hammer Volume 2: Criminal Intent Having already reviewed Volume 1 of Powerhouse Films Hammer boxsets, it was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the 4 titles contained within Hammer Volume 2: Criminal Intent, which features 4 classic thrillers from the vaults of Hammer Films released on Blu-ray for the very first time, including premiere […]
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 […]