Film and TV

DVD: Q Volume 1: Series 1-3 (1969 – ) I’m a child of the 60’s and my Dad is solely responsible for my sense of humour. He loved ‘being silly’ and always stated that the day you didn’t find a fart funny was the day that you’d forever lost a little piece of your childhood. […]

Blu-ray: Two Women (1960) Italy in World War 2, widowed Cesira (Sophia Loren) leaves Rome with her devoutly religious daughter Rosetta when the city comes under attack by Allied forces. The pair escape to a small village, where they meet various people including Jean-Paul Belmondo’s Michele Di Libero. Throughout Sophia Loren’s career she’s made some cracking […]

Blu-ray: Magnum P.I. – The Complete Collection (1980-88) When faced with the entire 37 disc 8 season collection of Magnum, P.I. there’s only way to approach it; in an imaginary Hawaiian shirt and a cheeky grin. Fabulous Films have produced a corking set; every episode looks like it was filmed yesterday. So how do I […]

DVD: ToryBoy the Movie (2010) With the current political climate (Brexit, an American President-elect who apparently likes grabbing felines) dominating media headlines and the general public’s social media timelines, now is the perfect time to watch the 2010 documentary ToryBoy the Movie. Directed by and starring twice BAFTA nominated filmmaker John Walsh (make sure to […]

Television: Gomorrah (2014 -) In May 2017 the long wait will be finally over as Sky Atlantic finally fills the void for those of us who have been long-starved of tales of betrayal, treachery and the violent struggle of a family to gain power over its kingdom. But if you think that this is a […]

Blu-ray: The World at War (1973) There are certain documentary television series that made an impact on me as a kid: Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and The World at War. My father, born in 1934 and interested in WW1 and WW2 would sit and watch, and I vividly remember sitting with him, hearing […]

Blu-ray: Kes (1969) Little Billy Casper; poor, working class and always in trouble with the police, finds a Kestral and trains it. Bullied by the lads at school, tortured by the PE teacher, abused by his older brother and his mum (well she doesn’t give a shit about him) Billy knows his future is down […]

Streaming: Luke Cage (2016 – ) Fresh from his success in the Jessica Jones series on Netflix, former Power Man Luke Cage gets his own Netflix series and 60 Minutes With sent Steve Woolley on a 13 episode trip to Harlem to check it out and to get his damn hair cut while he’s there. […]

Blu-ray: Cosmos (2015) Cosmos, directed by the late Andrzej Zulawski, tells the story of two young men; Witold (Johnathan Genet) and Fuchs (Johan Libereau) who arrive for a few days away at a family run guest house in a rural area of France. Witold has just failed his law exams and Fuchs has just quit his […]

DVD: The Fall (2013 – ) The beauty of Allan Cubitt’s The Fall is the backbone of all great television; the arc the characters live through and the unravelling of motives and actions that are subtle, and take time, but in the end allow the viewer to make sense of what’s happened. Over 3 series […]