Film and TV

Blu-ray: The Swimmer (1968)Based on John Cheever’s short story and written and directed by husband and wife team Frank (director) and Eleanor (writer) Perry.Starring Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, who at first seems to be the late 60s everyman, successful, affluent, charismatic, yet here he is, in your back garden, wanting to swim across your […]

Dual Format: Red Rock West (1993)Imagine a film starring Nic Cage AND Dennis Hopper. Sounds like a car crash? Nope, it’s a heaven-made match.Anything Nic Cage is in is watchable, whether or not he reigns it in or lets loose, he’s the most individual actor around and always brings his actorly weight to any part […]

Blu-ray: Monster (2003)Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) directorial debut is a hard watch. It gives us a slice of Aileen Wuornos  – Infamous Floridian prostitute serial killer – live.As with most biographical films it has to ‘entertain’, so certain liberties are taken with the story (as with Christina Ricci playing her semi-fictionalised lover, Selby Wall who was […]

Blu-ray: Wicked World (1991)As I sit here I’m still not really sure what I think of Wicked World after it assaulted my senses for 103 minutes and left me feeling somewhat bemused as the end credits rolled.Much like the previous AGFA releases from 101 Films, this is a low (zero!) budget indie movie where virtually […]

Blu-ray: Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)Hiding out in Florida after robbing a bank in Baltimore, cross-dressing Paul assumes the identity of the titular Aunt Martha, while his partner Stanley can’t even be bothered to have his hair cut to try and disguise himself.Their relationship becomes ever more strained as Paul tries valiantly to […]

Blu-ray: Creatures the World Forgot (1971)After hitting box office gold in 1966 with One Million Years B.C, Hammer continued visiting the pre-historic time period, concluding with 1971’s Creatures the World Forgot.Directed by Don Chaffey (who also directed One Million Years B.C.) this particular outing is not only dialogue free (unless you include some particularly enthusiastic […]

Blu-ray: Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)After winning a village raffle, Mr Bean finds himself in France and slowly making his way to Cannes. All he wants to do is step foot on the beach and take in the view, but as always with this disaster prone character the journey has many mishaps along the way, including […]

4K UHD Blu-ray: Flatliners (1990)Flatliners is one of those early 90s films with one foot still in the 80s, directed beautifully by the master of neon camp Joel Schumacher and starring the epitome of late80s/early 90s mega film stars triptic of Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Julia Roberts (along with Oliver Platt and William Baldwin). […]

4K UHD Blu-ray: Get Carter (1971)Based on Ted Lewis’s 1970 novel Jack’s Return Home, Get Carter tells the story of Jack Carter (Michael Caine), a London based gangster who returns to his hometown in Newcastle to find out about his brother’s supposedly ‘accidental’ death. Disobeying the London gang’s boss to stay put, he travels up North on the train to find […]

Blu-ray: Putney Swope (1969)Putney Swope is one of ‘those’ films…normally at 60MW towers before we watch a film we head over to YouTube and check out the trailer. Having seen the trailer for Putney Swope, I was NOT looking forward to seeing it…very 1960s, and… hummmm. Seeing Robert Downey Sr. directed it gave it some novelty value but […]