DVD: The Booth at the End (2011 -) In a time of gorging on box sets, here’s one you may have missed. The Booth at the End has no movement in it, it is the most stationary piece of television I’ve witnessed. It’s also a revelation in storytelling. Simply set, a man (Xander Berkeley) sits in […]
Cinema: Zootropolis (2016) Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) dreams of leaving her safe and boring life of becoming a carrot farmer just like her family. She really wants to become a police officer and move to Zootropolis, but the odds are stacked against her, as a bunny rabbit has never joined the force. Zootropolis is a sprawling […]
Blu-Ray: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Nevada, 1885: Two drifters; Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan, credited as Henry Morgan), ride into the town of Bridger Wells and discover that a local rancher has been killed and his cattle stolen by a gang of rustlers. The townspeople are up in arms over the death […]
Blu-ray: Absolute Beginners (1986) 1958 Britain; teenage photographer Colin (Eddie O’Connell) falls in love with aspiring fashion designer Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit) but she’s only interested in her career. Boy loses girl to rich (possibly gay) man (James Fox), race riots and full blown Hollywood dancing ensue. In 1986 the last film 21 year old […]
Green Beret Released: 1986 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: Imagine Developer: Konami When I was a kid I spent many a Saturday afternoon perusing the shelves of my local computer game shop. I’d spend hours looking at the wonderful covers of all the games, studying each as if they were a beautiful piece of art hung in […]
Paperboy Released: 1984 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Atari Systems Developer: Atari Systems I have a theory that you can create a video game out of any job and make it fun. Games like Euro Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator and even Advanced Lawnmower Simulator prove my theory that no matter how mundane the task, there is a […]
Blu-ray: Treasure Trapped (2014) LARP. That one word/acronym will have you doing one of two things; you’ll either be scratching your head wondering what the hell it means, or your mind will immediately be filled with visions of people running around a field with swords. No matter which of the two camps you fall into, […]
Blu-ray: Three Amigos (1986) Three silent movie stars mistakenly end up in Mexico on a mission to save a peasant village; chaos and singing ensue. I’ve always had a bit of thing about Steve Martin (Lucky Day), his sort of humour along with Mel Brooks is that PeeWee-esque type of surreal childish vulgarity that makes […]
Streaming: Pandorica (2016) To say I have been looking forward to Pandorica is an understatement. Ever since I saw a preview of it at Comic Con Liverpool earlier this year, I have been itching to see the full version. Directed and written by Tom Paton and starring Marc Zammit, Jade Fenix-Hobday, Luke D’Silva, Bentley Kalu and Adam […]
I’ve documented my long history with The Tivoli many times during various reviews I’ve written on gigs there, but in all my years of frequenting this great venue, this was the first time that I’d ever been to ‘An Evening With’ event there, and what a fantastic guest they had with Frank Bruno. During the […]