Streaming: The Hunted (2015) Created by Robert Chapin, The Hunted began life in 2001 as an online web series and continues to this day, making it one of, if not THE, longest running online series. It has built an international audience and is fuelled by user generated content which gives each episode its own identity, while […]
Blu-ray: The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014-) I will always be eternally grateful to Brian Pern for discovering Kate Bush. Written by BAFTA nominated and Emmy Award winning director/writer Rhys Thomas and The Fast Show’s Simon Day, ‘The Life of Rock with Brian Pern’ follows the ‘story’ of the eponymous singer/songwriter/Rock God, his band THOTCH and associated muscians, […]
Blu-ray: Three Days of the Condor (1975) The 1970’s, home of the conspiracy thriller (want a list? Here’s a few to jog your memory; The Parallax View, Chinatown, Capricorn One, Klute, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, whose reputation precedes it as one of the essential paranoia films of 1970’s. Robert Redford plays […]
Blu-ray: Eureka (1983) Performance, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don’t Look Now and Masters of Cinema’s new release of ‘Eureka‘ are all films by Nicolas Roeg. I would expect any film fan to have heard of the first 4 and probably hold those films in very high regard. I’ve read about Eureka but […]
Cinema: Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) At time of writing this review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has an average rating of 44 on Metacritic and a fairly pathetic 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. I find myself asking a few questions with the first being; are critics out of touch with the general […]
Batman Released: 1986 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: Ocean Developer: Ocean There have been some amazing Batman games over the years! A few of my personal favourites are Batman Returns on the SNES, Batman on the Megadrive, and of course one of the best games ever made Batman: Arkham Asylum. I loved everything to do with […]
Liverpool Comic Con: March 12-13 2016 To use a Scouse word; ‘buzzin’ described exactly how I was feeling as I headed down the waterfront to the MCM Exhibition Centre for Liverpool Comic Con. The nerd in me has always wanted to visit Comic Con, especially after seeing pictures of the San Diego and London comic […]
DVD: Fallen Soldiers (2015) When I received Fallen Soldiers to review, I must confess I left it a couple of weeks before watching it. I hadn’t heard of the film before let alone what people thought of it, so although I was intrigued I was also sceptical. Fallen Soldiers is a period horror film set in […]
Young Rebels (1992) Young Rebels conjures up some postmodern film, perhaps an early Martin Scorsese starring a young Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro about life being tough on the streets of New York. But no, it’s better than that. This is one of Amir Shervan’s ‘lost’ classics. Over at the 80’s Picture House they specialise […]
Rocky Released: 1987 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Sylvester Stallone recently said at the 2016 Golden Globes, “I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever have”. He said this as he collected his award for best supporting actor for his amazing performance in the […]