DVD: Robbery Under Arms (1985) Based on Rolf Boldrewood’s 1882 colonial novel Robbery under Arms was made in 1985 as a film and simultaneously as this television series. Starting quite deliciously with Sam Neil snogging a rather posh lady for around 3 minutes, the series follows the adventures of Captain Starlight (Sam Neill) a charming […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Kill, Baby…Kill! (1966) It is the early 1800’s and pathologist Dr Paul Eswai (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart) is called to a remote Carpathian village by Inspector Kruger (Piero Lulli) to perform an autopsy on a woman who died in mysterious circumstances. The locals are convinced they are being haunted by the spirit of a […]
Blu-ray, DVD and VOD: Land Of Mine (2015) At the end of World War 2, the formerly Nazi occupied Denmark used remaining German soldiers to clear all the land mines left on Danish Beaches. Most of these soldiers were under 19 years old. Some were as young as 13. Some of the films we review […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) Rocky and Bullwinkle were once the hottest cartoon duo in Hollywood, but since their show was cancelled in 1964, they have had to endure relative obscurity, with their memories only being kept alive by reruns. Their enemies, Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro), Boris Badenov (Jason […]
4k Blu-ray: Blade Runner (1982) After a very checkered past Blade Runner is now universally accepted as a classic. Ridley Scott’s future-noir fantasy (from a novel by Philip K Dick) massively flopped in 1982, dismissed by critics and with the studio fiddling non-stop with the finished product. Late-in-the-day recuts, adding an explanatory narration and adding a […]
Cinema: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) *Massive spoilers so don’t read if you haven’t seen the film* Agent K (Ryan Gosling) is a Blade Runner, sent on a job to execute an old Nexus 6 Replicant (Dave Bautista), who knowing he is about to be retired, reveals that he has seen a miracle. Intrigued, K searches […]
Grimmfest is now in its 9th year and this was my 2nd year in attendance (you can read all about my 2016 experience here) at this excellent showcase of fantastic films in Manchester, UK. Despite my best intentions, I was once again only able to attend for the one day. This is something I strongly […]
Blu-ray: Dark Age (1987) Park ranger Steve Harris (John Jarratt) and two aborigine trackers try to find a huge crocodile that has been killing the local population. One of the trackers has a psychic link to the croc and wants to restore it to its home breeding ground to live out the rest of its […]
Blu-ray & DVD: A Man Called Ove (2015) Widower Ove Lindahl (Rolf Larsgård) lives in a gated community in Sweden, and it appears his sole purpose in life is to make the residents adhere to the rules of the community by being a grumpy sod, by shouting at everyone (including small dogs), extreme rudeness and […]
Blu-ray & DVD: See No Evil (1971) After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle’s home to recuperate. Meanwhile, in the local village we see from a ‘first person’ perspective a man with distinctive cowboy boots do various ‘bad’ things. This is a real film of its time and […]