101 Films Black Label series of releases continue to hit it out of the park with the release of Alligator (1980) & Alligator II: The Mutation (1991) on Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray. A favourite of mine back on VHS, Alligator looks like it could have been made yesterday thanks to this superb 4K […]
I’ve always enjoyed hidden object games and Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic ticked all the boxes for me, with its visually appealing art style, varied levels, pleasant sound design, multi-level buildings to explore and much more.There are four chapters – The Middle Ages, Greek Mythology, 1001 Nights and The Magical 80’s, with each […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)Remakes of movies very often don’t fare well when compared to the original. However, Philip Kaufman’s brilliant update of the 1956 classic is now regarded as a classic itself too, and with good reason.A superb cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright and […]
Blu-ray: Inside (2007)Heavily pregnant and living alone since the death of her husband after a car accident, Sarah (Alysson Paradis) gets an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve who is intent on taking away her unborn baby in the most horrific way imaginable.17 years after its original release, Inside (original title À l’intérieur) is still just […]
The Island (2023)L.A.P.D. officer Mark (Michael Jai White) spends his time cracking down down on drug traffickers with his wise cracking partner Phil (Jackson Rathbone), but when his brother dies under mysterious circumstances, he returns to his Caribbean island home to try and solve the murder.The island not only holds many family memories, it is […]
Blu-ray: The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)Though released in 1970, London is still swinging as though it’s the 60s as top talent agent Peter Reaney (Rod Taylor) finds his world in turmoil after his wife leaves him and he moves in with best mate and fellow work colleague Val Pringle (James Booth).Unfortunately for […]
Many years ago I was responsible for shutting down the Leicester Square NatWest bank in London for a full afternoon due to me drilling through a live wire in their wall.All I remember is a loud bang and then I came too about 8 feet away from the wall, holding a drill with a melted […]
Blu-ray: The Eternal Daughter (2022)Director Joanna Hogg claims that The Eternal Daughter isn’t a ‘follow on’ from The Souvenir despite having the same characters and cast. I should add that I haven’t seen that film.Tilda Swinton plays Julie, a film maker and also plays her elderly mother in full scraggy neck make-up who return to […]
After being in early access on Steam for a few years, Rising Lords is now available on PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. But what is it?Rising Lords is a turn based game set in the fictional Northern Island Kingdom of Aubelin in medieval times, combining both card and board games aesthetics and all presented with […]
Blu-ray: Sound of Freedom (2023)When Sound of Freedom plopped onto 60MW towers floor, we argued, yes, argued because we were happy to watch, but terrified of reviewing this very talked about film.I’d heard all sorts of stuff about it, from its troubled production, Fox news’ advocacy, Mel Gibson and Kim Caviezel’s goggle eyed rantings about […]