Review: Willie Dynamite
Blu-ray + DVD: Willie Dynamite (1974) Resplendent in a wardrobe that Liberace would have turned down for being too ostentatious, Willie Dynamite struts the streets of New York with an attitude that’s bigger than his platform heels and his outlandish headwear combined. Pimping his working girls across the streets and business meetings of The Big Apple, […]
Review: The New Centurions
Blu-ray: The New Centurions (1972) Roy Fehler (Stacy Keach) is a law student who joins the L.A.P.D. to help alleviate the financial strain on his family. Partnered with Kilvinski (George C. Scott), a tough but fair veteran who is close to retirement, Roy slowly comes to realise that not only is the police force more important […]
Review: Vampires
Blu-ray: Vampires (1998) Scattered across the world, vampires exist in small groups hidden away in the dark recesses of abandoned buildings, killing their prey at night while the human population are unaware of their presence. A ragtag group of vampire slayers led by Jack Crow (James Woods) are guided by Catholic priests who have made it […]
Review: Smokey and the Bandit – The Complete Collection
Blu-ray: Smokey and the Bandit – The Complete Collection (1977-1983) Hey Pop Kids! Did you know that in the world before hipsters, the only people who were allowed to wear beards were tramps and members of ZZ Top? And did you also know that for most of the last century mobile phones had not been […]
Review: Delicious
DVD: Delicious (2016) Leo (Iain Glen) is a successful hotel owner and top chef and is married to beautiful second wife Sam (Emilia Fox). But all is not as it seems, does Leo owe his success to first wife Gina (Dawn French) and her culinary skills? Did he steal her ideas? What a Christmas hotty ‘Delicious’ […]
Review: The Incredible Hulk – The Complete Collection
Blu-ray: The Incredible Hulk – The Complete Collection (1978 – 1982) “Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry“. 2 lines of dialogue that are as synonymous with the character that spoke them as “Go ahead. Make my day“, and “I’ll be back“. If Dr David Banner said that to you, then […]
Review: Lords of Dogtown
Blu-ray: Lords of Dogtown (2005) Every scene has its grommets, they’re the annoying little fuckers, usually the younger brothers or sisters of people in the group. They have their own gang but all desperately want to be in with the big kids. You see them hanging around football matches in the park desperately hoping they […]
Review: Cohen and Tate
Blu-ray: Cohen and Tate (1988) Travis Knight is a 9-year-old boy, who along with his family, have been placed in protective custody by the FBI after witnessing the murder of a Texan mobster. Two hitmen, Cohen and Tate, are sent to retrieve Travis but, will their fractious relationship turn a seemingly simple job into a […]
Review: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Blu-ray: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) What a year 1967 was for Sidney Poitier, not only did he appear in ‘In the Heat of the Night‘ and ‘To Sir, with Love‘, but also starred in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’, perhaps one of the first ‘true’ inter-racial love stories to be depicted on film […]
Review: La La Land
Cinema: La La Land (2016) Cards on the table, I’ve been excited to watch La La Land ever since I heard a passing mention of it some months ago. The duo of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starring in a musical for the 21st century was the idea of perfection for me. I’ve always had […]