Film and TV

Blu-ray: The Ninth Configuration (1980) As a fan of film, on occasion a review copy Blu-ray will plop on my mat, and on opening it I will sigh and think ‘Oh fuck, here we go’. It’s not a resigned sigh or even a horrified exhale, but rather a ‘how can I possibly write a critical piece about […]

Streaming: The Hunted (2015) Created by Robert Chapin, The Hunted began life in 2001 as an online web series and continues to this day, making it one of, if not THE, longest running online series. It has built an international audience and is fuelled by user generated content which gives each episode its own identity, while […]

Blu-ray: The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014-) I will always be eternally grateful to Brian Pern for discovering Kate Bush. Written by BAFTA nominated and Emmy Award winning director/writer Rhys Thomas and The Fast Show’s Simon Day, ‘The Life of Rock with Brian Pern’ follows the ‘story’ of the eponymous singer/songwriter/Rock God, his band THOTCH and associated muscians, […]

Blu-ray: Three Days of the Condor (1975) The 1970’s, home of the conspiracy thriller (want a list? Here’s a few to jog your memory; The Parallax View, Chinatown, Capricorn One, Klute, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, whose reputation precedes it as one of the essential paranoia films of 1970’s. Robert Redford plays […]

Blu-ray: Eureka (1983) Performance, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don’t Look Now and Masters of Cinema’s new release of ‘Eureka‘ are all films by Nicolas Roeg. I would expect any film fan to have heard of the first 4 and probably hold those films in very high regard. I’ve read about Eureka but […]

Cinema: Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) At time of writing this review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has an average rating of 44 on Metacritic and a fairly pathetic 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. I find myself asking a few questions with the first being; are critics out of touch with the general […]

DVD: Fallen Soldiers (2015) When I received Fallen Soldiers to review, I must confess I left it a couple of weeks before watching it. I hadn’t heard of the film before let alone what people thought of it, so although I was intrigued I was also sceptical. Fallen Soldiers is a period horror film set in […]

Young Rebels (1992) Young Rebels conjures up some postmodern film, perhaps an early Martin Scorsese starring a young Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro about life being tough on the streets of New York. But no, it’s better than that. This is one of Amir Shervan’s ‘lost’ classics. Over at the 80’s Picture House they specialise […]

Blu-ray: Pray for Death (1985) I loved ninjas when I was a kid! Everything about them was cool from the famous black outfits, the over the top acrobatics, the martial arts and the weapons, in particular the iconic throwing star or shuriken. It’s fair to say that I wanted to be a ninja when I […]

DVD: Tracey Ullman’s Show (2016) Tracey Ullman; a name that may not be too familiar with the current generation of UK television viewers, but who was a creative force and a favourite of mine back when there were only 3 channels and no breakfast shows. She came to prominence with A Kick Up the Eighties and […]