DVD & Digital: Assault on Station 33 (2021)Military veteran and PTSD sufferer Jason Hill (Sean Patrick Flanery) has arranged to meet his wife, Jennifer (Gina Holden), for lunch at the Veteran’s Affairs hospital where she works.After Jennifer is called away for an emergency meeting with the head of US Military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the […]
Blu-ray: 20th Century (1934)Interestingly, 20th Century has nothing whatsoever to do with time or the studio. It is in fact, a train. The film is based on ‘Napoleon of Broadway’, a very successful play by Charles Bruce Millholland about his experiences in working for the legendary Broadway producer. This screwball comedy film directed by the great Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore and Carole […]
Inspired by the legend of 19th century freedom fighter Shields “Emperor” Greene (played in the movie by Dayo Okeniyi); a descendant of African Kings who turns into outlaw slave in the pre-Civil War American south, Emperor, while not historically accurate (how many movies are!?), is a fascinating and insightful look into one particular timeframe of Shields life.Dayo […]
Digital: An Impossible Project (2020)Suitably shot entirely on 35mm film, as well as a live score recorded directed to vinyl with a full jazz orchestra, Jens Meurer’s An Impossible Project is a fascinating look into how the digital world has become an essential part of our lives, often pushing away the “real analogue world” and the […]
Digital: Against the Tides (2019) Beth French is a British single mum who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, while also having to look after her autistic young son. Her whole life she has found comfort while swimming, and so takes up the challenge to become the first person to ever complete the ‘Oceans Seven’ in a […]
DVD & Digital: Two Weeks to Live (2020)Kim Noakes (Maisie Williams) was only 6 years old when her father was killed in mysterious circumstances in front of her, and for the past 15 years has been brought up in remote isolation from the rest of the world by her mother; Tina (Sian Clifford).Now setting off […]
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, […]