Blu-ray: Nightfall (1956) Based on a book written by David Goodis, and Directed by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, Night of the Demon), Nightfall is a quirky little ‘Noir’ starring Aldo Ray as Jim, Brian Keith as bad guy John, Anne Bancroft as love interest Marie and James Gregory as Ben; an insurance investigator whose case […]
Blu-ray: Demonlover (2002) Demonlover (2002) is a French film hailing from director Olivier Assayas about the dark side of the commerce of internet porn. Young up-and-comer Diane (Connie Nielsen) has just staged a takeover of her superior’s position. During the transaction to acquire cutting edge hentai (that’s anime porn to anyone over the age of […]
Funny how life sometimes works out. You catch a song on the radio but can’t place the singer or the material, it’s a country soul number from the sixties/seventies maybe? So you check the playlist and find that its neither old or American, in fact it’s new and she’s straight outa Bristol. An hour later you […]
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital: Death Warmed Up (1984) Michael Tucker (Michael Hurst) is put into a psychiatric hospital after murdering his parents. However, he claims that he was programmed by a genetic surgeon to do so, and when he is finally released from the hospital he wants revenge. Death Warmed Up was a cult hit on VHS and […]
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital: Beautiful Stranger (AKA ‘Twist of Fate’) (1954) Making her British film debut, Ginger Rogers stars as ‘Johnny’ Victor; an ex-actress living the life of luxury on the French Riviera, thanks to the money and adoration of Louis Galt (Stanley Baker), a wealthy businessman whose dealings are not always on the right side of the […]
Blu-ray: Black Joy (1977) Directed by Anthony Summers and released in ‘flares-tastic’ 1977, Black Joy is based on Jamal Ali’s acclaimed stage play ‘Dark Days and Light Nights’ and tells the story of Ben (Trevor Thomas), a naïve Guyanese immigrant who learns the hard way about life on the streets of Brixton. As soon as […]
Blu-ray: Track 29 (1988) Adapted from Dennis Potter’s BBC TV play Schmoedipus, director Nicolas Roeg crafts a disturbing, and at times head scratching, narrative that often keeps you guessing at what is real and what is imagined. Linda (Theresa Russell) is an unhappy, alcoholic, and possibly delusional, housewife whose life changes when Martin (Gary Oldman) […]
Digital & DVD: Blue (2017) A fantastic companion piece to the previously reviewed ‘Sharkwater Extinction‘, Sparky Pictures release another documentary that makes you take another look at the human race and the way in which we (mis)treat planet Earth. Beginning with more footage of how the shark population is being decimated for the sake of […]
DVD: They Call Her…Cleopatra Wong (1978) What is Cleopatra Wong, I hear you say? Well it’s not what you’d expect…and no, it’s not ‘Cleopatra gone wrong’. It’s a 1978 low budget action/martial arts movie. I was listening to Episode 169 (aptly numbered) of the 60 Minutes With podcast (an S.O.S. show with Dave and Tina) […]
Regular visitors to our website will already be familiar with Monopoly Events and the great events they put on across the UK (if you haven’t already done so, then spend a few minutes reading my reviews of ‘For The Love Of Sci-Fi‘ and ‘Liverpool Comic Con‘), and of course myself and Thom sang their praises […]