DVD: The King (2017) There is a moment at about the mid-point of The King where writer/director Eugene Jarecki is asked if he knows the direction that this documentary is taking. His non-answer may well be reflective of the narrative progression of The King, yet it also gives it one of its strengths as, never […]
Blu-ray: Missing (1982) When his son goes missing during the Chilean coup, Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon) decides to abandon his useless government, a government Ed trusts to no end, and go to Chile in search of him himself. Joined by his son’s wife, Beth (Sissy Spacek), the two go on a politically charged journey driven […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) When asked to name movies directed by John Carpenter, the usual suspects of The Thing, Escape From New York, Halloween, et al will normally be the main ones to be put forward. I very much doubt that Memoirs of an Invisible Man would be on anyones […]
Blu-ray: The Baby (1973) While not the 1970’s softcore sex comedy that the original theatrical poster alludes to, The Baby delivers in spades as an atmospheric thriller, with a growing tension that gnaws away at the back of your head as you watch the crazy antics onscreen. Social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer) is widowed […]
Blu-ray: Take Shelter (2011) Take Shelter is one of those films that flies underneath a lot of film fans radars. Reading the blurb about the film – Man (Michael Shannon) who lives with wife (Jessica Chastain) and deaf daughter in a small Ohio town begins to have apocalyptic dreams, and fears for his own sanity […]
Blu-ray & DVD: D.O.A. (1980) Love them or loathe them, the Sex Pistols had an undeniable impact on the music scene in the 1970’s, and one which still resonates today. D.O.A. A Right of Passage chronicles the rise and the fall of this UK punk rock band and focuses on their 1978 American tour, which […]
Blu-ray: Heathers (1988) It’s no surprise that Daniel Waters was just 23 when he wrote the script for Heathers. It’s unlikely that anyone over the age of 25 would be able to produce such a time-relative, spikey, darkest black, tour de force of teen angst. Film tends to reflect the time in which it’s made, […]
Blu-ray: Razorback (1984) Once again Umbrella Entertainment release a fantastic title under their ‘Beyond Genres’ collection. This time it is the 1984 Australian classic Razorback. When a child is killed by a rampaging boar (the titular ‘Razorback’), the Grandfather is accused of murder…because, who’s going to believe that an oversize boar is on a killing […]
Blu-ray: Ministry of Fear (1944) Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) has just been released from an asylum during WWII. On his journey home he stops at a village charity fair where a fortune teller informs him of the correct weight in the nearby ‘guess the weight of the cake’ competition. Upon giving the correct weight, he […]
Blu-ray: Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Footsteps in the Fog is a gothic thriller following the life of Stephen (Stewart Granger) after the death of his wife. A death he deliberately caused through poisoning. His cockney maid, Lily (Jean Simmons) finds out about the murder and uses it to blackmail Stephen for malicious, yet simple […]