Back when I lived in Norwich, missing Magnum at the Waterfront almost became tradition. Every single time you could guarantee when their latest tour rolled through town I was either working or had other plans. So I was thrilled to be able to finally be able to attend a show on their The Monster Tours […]
Blu-ray: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 American romantic comedy-drama film that tells the story of three American women living and working (as secretaries) in Rome who are looking for love.This is typical 1950’s romantic fair in glorious colour with the difference that some of it is filmed on […]
Blu-ray: O. Henry’s Full House (1952)Full disclosure: I hadn’t heard of the author “O. Henry” (William Sydney Porter) before watching this movie, but as the end credits rolled my interest was peaked and I’ll definitely be reading his work sometime soon.So, the movie…John Steinbeck (who I have read) introduces five O. Henry stories from his […]
DVD & Blu-ray: House of the Long Shadows (1983)Directed by Pete Walker and starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine, House of the Long Shadows is the horror equivalent of The Expenbables, where a group of ageing genre stars are thrown together in fan pleasing fashion, and much akin to The Expendables, its horror […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: The Proposition (2005)Some films truly deserve a 4K UHD release, none more than Nick Cave and John Hillcoat’s 2005 film The Proposition. An Aussie Western of Shakespearean portent, based 1880s Australia, it tells the story of the Burns gang. Irish immigrant brothers Charlie (Guy Pearce), Mikey (Richard Wilson) and eldest brother Arthur Burns […]
Digital: Spiritwalker (2020)Imagine waking up in the aftermath of a car crash with a gunshot wound, no memory of what’s happened or even who you are. Now imagine that as you’re trying to piece together what the hell has happened to you, after every 12 hours has passed you transport into the body of another person.What […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Robocop (1987)Much like in my review of Arrow’s 4K UHD release of An American Werewolf in London, do I really need to give a synopsis of Robocop? A movie classic from the 1980’s that has aged wonderfully and is still just as entertaining as it was upon its release.For the people that […]
4K UHD Blu-ray: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)Based on the 1818 book by Mary Shelley, Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein does cram more of her original story in than the other 100 odd films featuring the name Frankenstein (mostly not about the doctor, but rather the ‘monster’).Arrow’s re-release on glorious 4K of the 1994 film lets […]
Cinema & Digital: Chopper (2000)A new digital remastering of CHOPPER from the 35mm original is being released in cinemas and online for the 20th anniversary of the film.First time Andrew Dominik, (who later went on to direct The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), tells some of the Mark “Chopper” Read story. Dipping in […]
Blu-ray: The Phantom of the Monastery (1934)The perfect companion piece to the previously reviewed La Llorona, The Phantom of the Monastery is another early piece of Mexican horror cinema.A group of hikers get lost and take shelter in a monastery, which unbeknown to them is haunted, but doors sealed shut by large wooden crucifixes, strange […]