DVD: The Constant Gardner (2005)The Constant Gardener, based on John le Carré’s 2001 novel of the same name, is one of those ‘well made’ British films, starring really good actors that tell a solid story about a terrible wrong that is eventually righted.Told partly in flashback, Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) is a shy, quiet British diplomat in […]
Digital Platforms: Rams (2020)A remake of Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 Icelandic film also called Rams, this is the story of 2 Australian outback brothers: the more affable Colin (Sam Neil) who tells his sheep daily how beautiful they are, and the pissed, miserable, disliked Les (Michael Caton), who despite more or less living side by side […]
Streaming: Willy’s WonderlandNicolas Cage stars as ‘The Janitor’, a man of few words (very few words) who finds himself tasked with cleaning up the titular ‘Willy’s Wonderland’ (an abandoned funhouse) in order to pay off his repair bill to a local garage after his car ran over some spikes left on the road by the towns […]
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. We follow our protagonist, Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.I have played my fair share of visual novel games, and I must admit, […]
Blu-ray: Columbia Noir #1 (1947 – 58) Following on from the great Columbia Noir #1 box set released late last year, Powerhouse Films once again delves into the Columbia film archives for 6 more noir movies, all of which are are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, with The Mob, Tight Spot and […]
Pang (AKA Buster Bros) has been around for years. My first memory of playing it was on an old arcade machine in a dodgy kebab shop a long time ago. Like the best games, the idea is simple. You control one of the Buster Bros who can move left and right. You have a hook […]
Blu-ray: The Nightingale (2018) Imagine if awards ceremonies weren’t absolute shite. If only truly really GOOD films were allowed to be entered and then won. The Nightingale, an Australian film written and directed, by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), would win best film, best screenplay and stars Aisling Franciosi as Clare and Sam Claflin as Hawkins would […]
Demons is a film that I’ve loved since I first rented it on VHS many years ago, and then bought the ex-rental VHS for a price that would now get me this fantastic 2 disc UHD blu-ray set from Arrow Films. So the fact that it (and its sequel) is now available in the best […]
I’m going to go on record now and say Overcooked is absolutely evil! I have a theory that the devil cooked up this game (pun very much intended) to torment the world of gamers. Forget games like Demon’s Souls or Cuphead, because Overcooked will test your patience to the limit. I’d go as far and […]
DVD & Blu-ray: Land of the Dead (2005)George Romero’s original ‘Dead Trilogy’, consisting of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (make sure to hear my interview shows with Scott Reiniger and John Harrison for some inside stories about it) and Day of the Dead (myself & Tina chatted with Lori Cardille too,) […]