Alien StormPlatform: ArcadeReleased: 1990Publisher: SegaDeveloper: SegaIn the late 80s and earlier 90’s, Sega could do no wrong in my eyes. They would release hit after hit, including two of my all-time favourite games, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage 2. Sega generally followed a similar pattern with their games. For example, Shinobi is like ESWAT. […]
Having previously played (and enjoyed) Mud Runner, it was with great anticipation that I jumped into the world of its successor: Snow Runner. Set across 3 locations: Michigan, Alaska and Taymyr, it gives you an open world to explore, while building up a collection of vehicles and accessories to help complete a variety of tasks […]
CabalPlatform: ArcadeReleased: 1988Publisher: TAD CorporationDeveloper: TaitoThird person shooters are ten a penny these days, with the likes of Gears of War and Uncharted being two famous examples from this genre. Back in 1988, this was a relatively new innovation, which is why I thought it would be fun to check out Cabal.Truth be told, I […]
DVD: The A-Team (1983 – 87) Spread over 22 discs, this great DVD box set (released on Blu-ray last year) from Fabulous Films contains 97 episodes from all 5 seasons of this classic 1980s television show, complete with some highly entertaining new commentary tracks and interviews. Running from 1983-87, The A-Team told the story of […]
Revenge is the first full length film directed by Coralie Fargeat and was lauded on its release a few months before ‘#Metoo’ kicked off. Starring Matilda Lutz as Jen, Kevin Janssens as Richard her married lover, and Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchède as Richard friends and hunting buddies Stan and Dimitri. Revenge is a rape […]
Blu-ray: John Ford at Columbia, 1935 – 1958 It has been my pleasure to review many of the Indicator series of releases from Powerhouse Films, including their wonderful box sets. So once again it was with great anticipation that I sat back to watch the upcoming release of John Ford at Columbia, 1935 – 1958, […]
Blu-ray: The Strange One (1957)Powerhouse Films and their Indicator label seem to find the most interesting(ly odd) films to release, lost ‘classics’ of cinema that have passed most film fans by. The Strange One, adapted from Calder Willinghamis’ novel and stage play, was made in 1957 and was the film debut of Ben Gazzara and […]
Digital HD & DVD: We Summon the Darkness (2019)Three young female friends are on a road trip to watch a heavy metal band in the late 1980s, when en route they are passed by a van who inadvertently throw a discarded chocolate milkshake onto their car.Arriving at the gig and seeing the aforementioned van parked […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Night Clerk (2020) Bart (Tye Sheridan) works the night shift at a local motel, and during his shifts he spies on guests by watching video feeds from camera’s fitted in some rooms. Creepy? Yep, however Bart has an excuse; he’s watching to learn how to be ‘normal’ as he has Asperger’s. […]
Blu-ray & Digital HD: Sea Fever (2019)Graduate student and oceanographer Siobhán (Hermione Corfield) boards an Irish trawler in preparation of studying some aquatic lifeforms. Little does she know that the tables are about to be turned on who will be the dominant species.Immediately putting the crew in a state of unease due to her being […]