Blu-ray & DVD: The Running Man (1987) It’s difficult to remember sci-fi being a seriously fun genre, even more difficult for someone born during the mid-90s. There is definitely sci-fi comedy, sure, but examples of sci-fi that isn’t an all-out comedy having fun with the endless capabilities of the genre seem few and far between what withall […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Voodoo Man (1944) Dr. Marlowe (Bela Lugosi) has grieved over the death of his wife for 22 years, but instead of visiting her grave with flowers and kind words, he has her (still perfectly formed) body in the basement of his house, where he attempts to bring her back to life by […]
Based on the novel by of the same name by Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne was the final film to be made by director Jack Clayton. It’s 1950’s Belfast and Judith Hearne (Maggie Smith giving one of the best performances I’ve ever seen from her…see also The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie […]
Well this was a pleasant surpise..Rewind a bit. Now I am not a young man, true I am not a fossil of humanity riddled with dust but nor am I a sprightly young buck. Due to being this age I can remember arcades though, proper ones. Well sort of. I am not talking about the […]
Lolita (1995) is Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous book, and is also, arguably, one of the most controversial pieces of literature throughout modern history. To summarise the plot of this novel the protagonist, Humbert Humbert, falls in love with 12-year-old Dolores Haze aka Lolita. The novel follows Humbert’s story about his love for Lolita and everything […]
This is not a full review as I’m still playing through the game. It’s more a first impression of the game. Detroit Become Human is the latest game from Quantic Dreams, and after their previous games, I think they have finally got it spot on. The game is centred around three playable characters. All three […]
Blu-ray: The Running Man (1963) Rex (Laurence Harvey) is a pilot and owns his own aircraft carrying a variety of goods for businesses across the world. When he is involved in a plane crash, he is lucky to escape with his life. However, he is not so lucky when he finds out that his insurance […]
Blu-ray: Scum (1979) Scum was a play before it was a film, and gained infamy because the late ‘great’ Mary Whitehouse thought it so abhorrent, she took the BBC to court over it, and won. Made by the (truly) great Alan Clarke (Made in Britain, The Firm, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) Scum was made […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Vanishing Point (1971) Kowalski (Barry Newman) works as a car delivery man, and when he is given a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, he ups the ante by making a bet that he can do the run in 15 hours. His speed limit breaking efforts to do […]
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital: Watership Down (1978) Lovely fluffy animated bunnies frolicking in a field. Oh look, they talk as well! AND it has that nice song by Art Garfunkel in it too. Let’s gather the kids around the television and watch this together. The above is just some of the things that people who never read the […]