Film and TV

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 […]

Blu-ray: The Killing of America (1981) Often (and unfairly) compared with the Faces of Death series of movies, The Killing of America is a somber look at how the American populace have been subjected to various killers and killings throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and up to its release in 1981. As relevant now (if not more […]

Blu-ray: Christine (1983) Under the thumb of his parents at home and insecure in High School, Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) is taken under the wing of his confident and popular school friend Dennis (John Stockwell). It is when Arnie is at his lowest ebb, both mentally and physically, that he spots an old run down […]

Cinema: The Secret Life of Pets (2016) Stay at home dog, Max, is very happy with his life. He loves his owner and is surrounded by an assortment of animal friends including an obese cat, a squirrel hating dog and an adrenaline junkie budgie. Max’s comfortable life is threatened when his owner brings home a boisterous […]

DVD: A Special Day (1977) Set in Rome on the historic day in 1938 when Benito Mussolini and the city rolled out the red carpet for Adolf Hitler, A Special Day takes place entirely in a working class apartment building, where an unexpected friendship begins between Antoineietta and Gabriele. They are an unlikely pair of people […]

DVD: Night Gallery (1969 – 73) Night Gallery, hosted by The Twilight Zone’s Rob Serling was an American anthology series that aired on American television from 1969 to 1973, and not unlike The Twilight Zone it told of stories of horror and of the macabre. Serling served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major […]

DVD: National Treasure (2016) If ever there was the perfect time for a programme like National Treasure it’s right now. As I write (Oct 2016) Donald Trump has been vilified for his misogynistic treatment of women (Pussygate) and Welsh footballer Ched Evans, convicted of rape and released after 2 year in prison, only last week […]

Blu-ray: Body Double (1984) Jake Scully, an actor who suffers from claustrophobia, house-sits for a friend in his amazingly huge and expensive house. Part of the ‘deal’ is he can spy on his neighbour who likes to ‘get off’ by doing naked sexy dancing with all the lights on across the road. Now I want […]