Blu-ray: Death of a Gunfighter (1969)After a year of work, director Robert Totten (whose experience was in television directing Rawhide, Bonanza and Gunsmoke) left Death of a Gunfighter after ‘creative differences’ with star Richard Widmark. Widmark, whose previous film was Madigan, pulled in that films director – the great Don Siegel to take the reins. […]
Blu-ray: Who Killed Captain Alex? / Bad Black (2010/6)I first watched Who Killed Captain Alex? on YouTube a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it. So when I saw that 101 Films were releasing it on blu-ray along with Bad Black (which I’d never seen) I was very excited.Both movies hail from “Wakaliwood” in […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: The Last Emperor (1987)The Last Emperor, adapted from Puyi’s 1964 autobiography, is without a doubt one of the last BIG epic films – there’s no CGI here, all the silk gowns, landscapes and extras are real. It was the first film ever to be allowed to be filmed in the real Forbidden […]
Cinema & Digital: Play Dead (2022)Chloe (Bailee Madison) fakes her own death to get inside a morgue and recover evidence that would incriminate her brother T.J. (Anthony Turpel) after a crime he has recently committed. Unfortunately for her the coroner (Jerry O’Connell) at the near abandoned morgue is a sick and twisted individual who is in […]
DVD: Detectorists – Complete CollectionFull disclosure: even though Tina has always been an avid fan of the Detectorists and waxed lyrical about it to me for ages now, I’d never sat down and watched any episodes until review discs for the complete collection arrived here at 60MW Towers. So I took it upon myself to […]
Blu-ray: A Woman Kills (1968)1960’s Paris and a series of prostitute murders are becoming big news until Hélène Picard (also a prostitute) is found guilty of the crimes and executed.However, the murders continue, and when executioner Louis Guilbeau (Claude Merlin) begins a relationship with the investigating officer, Solange (Solange Pradel), she soon uncovers far more than […]
Blu-ray: Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)1934 Tokyo, and gang boss Arakawa is nearing his final days and must appoint a successor.Nakai (Kôji Tsuruta) is chosen but refuses the position due to being an outsider, so he suggests Matsuda (Tomisaburô Wakayama) in his place. Unfortunately Matsuda is in jail and the elders of the gang won’t wait […]
Blu-ray: Cutter’s Way (1981)After vaguely seeing the aftermath of a murder as a woman’s body is thrown into a dustbin in a dark back alley, yacht salesman and gigalo Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) is encouraged by his Vietnam veteran best friend Alex Cutter (John Heard) to pursue the clues that he has and to identify […]
Blu-ray: Miami Blues (1990)Miami Blues has been a favourite of mine since first watching it on Laserdisc (remember those?) way back when, so upon hearing that Radiance Films were releasing a Limited Edition Blu-ray of it, I was very pleased indeed.Radiance Films are a new independent distribution company (make sure to read our reviews of […]
One of the great things about the Nintendo Switch is that not only can you use it as a portable gaming console while on the go, you can also hook it up to a TV/monitor and sit back and enjoy some big screen gaming. In both instances the included joy-cons are serviceable enough, but to […]