Blu-ray: Bartleby (1970)Powerhouse Films wanted me to write a review of the 1970 movie version of Herman Melville’s celebrated short story ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street’, directed by Anthony Friedman and starring John McEnery as the titular character ‘Bartleby’, but….I’d prefer not to.A cheap start to the review I know, and one which will […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Phenomena (1985)Another great 4K UHD release from Arrow Films, and this time it’s the 1985 Dario Argento directed classic Phenomena, which comes packaged complete with a host of special features that will keep you entertained and enthralled for many hours.Jennifer (a very young Jennifer Connelly in only her 2nd credited onscreen appearance) is the […]
Blu-ray: Jungle Trap (2016)Another in 101 Films AGFA line of releases (make sure to read my reviews of Effects and Lady Street Fighter), Jungle Trap was originally shot in 1990 and lay unedited, unscored, and unseen for 26 years until the Bleeding Skull team edited it and recorded an original score using vintage synthesizers.Jungle Trap […]
Gravity Chase is from micro indie game developer studio Repixel8 (Chris met developer Andrew Jeffreys at EGX last year) and is a futuristic anti-grav racer.Giving you the option to race alone or with up to 3 other friends in split screen mode (no online multiplayer), you then get to choose any of ten different craft […]
Digital Platforms: Black Friday (2021)Working in retail can be stressful.Working in retail during the annual ‘Black Friday’ event can be VERY stressful.Working in retail during the annual ‘Black Friday’ event while trying to protect yourself from violent extra terrestrial parasitic organism infected shoppers…well, that’s what the characters in the horror/comedy ‘Black Friday’ have to contend with.Bruce […]
Blu-ray: Snowtown (2011)Snowtown (A.K.A. The Snowtown Murders) is based on the true horrific events that happened in Australia during the 1990’s and which led to the arrest and imprisonment of various people, including John Bunting and Robert Wagner (both of whom will spend the rest of their lives in jail), and also James (Jamie) Vlassakis, […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Herself (2020)Caught between an abusive husband and a housing system that makes it difficult to escape him, young mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) takes it upon herself to build her own home with help from friends both old and new.The above short synopsis makes Herself sound like a “and they all lived […]
Blu-ray: Nightmare Alley (1947)With the release of the new Guillermo del Toro helmed version of the movie currently in the cinema, now is the perfect time to buy the original on blu-ray and acquaint yourself with the characters of Stanton Carlisle, Zeena Krunbein, Dr Lilith Ritter, Molly, et al.Stanton (Tyrone Power) gains employment at a travelling […]
Blu-ray: Don’t Go in the House (1979)Available in both a Limited Edition and an Arrow store exclusive ‘Video Nasty Edition’, this new 2K restoration from the original negative by Severin Films brings new life to a movie that infamously was a part of the whole “video nasties” debacle here in the UK during the 1980s.Donny […]
Blu-ray: Girl Stroke Boy (1971)Based on a play by David Percival, Girl Stroke Boy is about two ageing parents (Michael Hordern and Joan Greenwood) who think they are quite progressive in their thinking because they are fine with the fact that their son Laurie (Clive Francis) is going to bring home his West Indian girlfriend to visit for […]