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 […]
I don’t remember the first time I heard Neil Diamond sing, whether it was on the radio, a television show, and to my recollection my parents didn’t have any of his albums, but he’s always been there, I seem to have known his music forever and been able to sing along always. Seeing Neil was […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Full disclosure to begin…I don’t like jazz music. I REALLY don’t like jazz music. So, can I survive a 140 minute movie focusing on a jazz musician? Mo’ Better Blues begins with Bleek Gilliam as a child, learning to play the trumpet at the expense of going out […]
I think a lot of people would pick out Kate Bush as an easy artist to imitate. Yes, we all remember (well those of us who are old enough) Faith Brown flailing her arms about on BBC 1 on a Saturday night, eyes agog, wailing out Wuthering Heights. And perhaps regular readers may think I am […]
Blu-ray & DVD: My Life As A Dog (1985) Ingemar lives with his mother and brother, and in many ways he is a typical eleven year old boy. Although Ingemar isn’t a naughty child, trouble is never far away, and this becomes too much for his sick mother. They decide to take the difficult decision […]
DVD: Cardinal (Series 1) (2017) John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) is a demoted police officer working in the cold reaches of Algonquin Bay in Canada. Removed from the homicide squad due to chief Dyson’s (Kristen Thomson) belief that he was going overboard in his investigation of a missing First Nations girl. Vindicated when the girl’s body finally turns […]
DVD: Sgt. Bilko (1996) It’s always going to be difficult when attempting to remake/reboot/reimagine a beloved movie and/or character, especially one as iconic as Sgt. Ernie Bilko, played in the original 1950’s television series by Phil Silvers. I have fond memories of sitting with my dad watching Silvers bark out orders at his ragtag platoon […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Chase (1966) Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) and another more violent prisoner, escape from jail, and while escaping the other prisoner kills a local policeman, pinning the blame on Bubber. In the town Bubber comes from lives ‘honest’ Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando), and his wife Ruby (Angie Dickinson). Bubber’s wife Anna (Jane […]