Blu-ray: Smokey and the Bandit – The Complete Collection (1977-1983) Hey Pop Kids! Did you know that in the world before hipsters, the only people who were allowed to wear beards were tramps and members of ZZ Top? And did you also know that for most of the last century mobile phones had not been […]
Wonder Boy in Monster Land Released: 1988 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Westone Bit Entertainment There are lots of video game characters and franchises that have ups and downs over the years. They can either have mediocre games which sequels improve on the original or, have incredible success which turns into abject failure […]
DVD: Delicious (2016) Leo (Iain Glen) is a successful hotel owner and top chef and is married to beautiful second wife Sam (Emilia Fox). But all is not as it seems, does Leo owe his success to first wife Gina (Dawn French) and her culinary skills? Did he steal her ideas? What a Christmas hotty ‘Delicious’ […]
Blu-ray: The Incredible Hulk – The Complete Collection (1978 – 1982) “Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry“. 2 lines of dialogue that are as synonymous with the character that spoke them as “Go ahead. Make my day“, and “I’ll be back“. If Dr David Banner said that to you, then […]
Blu-ray: Lords of Dogtown (2005) Every scene has its grommets, they’re the annoying little fuckers, usually the younger brothers or sisters of people in the group. They have their own gang but all desperately want to be in with the big kids. You see them hanging around football matches in the park desperately hoping they […]
Blu-ray: Cohen and Tate (1988) Travis Knight is a 9-year-old boy, who along with his family, have been placed in protective custody by the FBI after witnessing the murder of a Texan mobster. Two hitmen, Cohen and Tate, are sent to retrieve Travis but, will their fractious relationship turn a seemingly simple job into a […]
Blu-ray: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) What a year 1967 was for Sidney Poitier, not only did he appear in ‘In the Heat of the Night‘ and ‘To Sir, with Love‘, but also starred in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’, perhaps one of the first ‘true’ inter-racial love stories to be depicted on film […]
In no particular order my top 10 albums 2016: David Bowie – Blackstar For some fans even listening to this album almost after a year since its release is still too painful an experience. Enough plaudits have been written regarding Bowie’s change in direction and collaboration with saxophonist Donny McCaslin to produce a sad, romantic […]
Cinema: La La Land (2016) Cards on the table, I’ve been excited to watch La La Land ever since I heard a passing mention of it some months ago. The duo of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starring in a musical for the 21st century was the idea of perfection for me. I’ve always had […]
DVD: The Young Pope (2016) American Lenny Belardo (Jude Law) is surprisingly voted in to be the youngest pope in history. Having gone to a Convent school, and being somewhat ‘familiar’ with the rather odd lives of priests and nuns, I admit I was a little apprehensive about this series. I wrongly assumed it would […]