Film and TV

Blu-ray: Zardoz (1974) I sat down to watch infamous 70’s sci fi Zardoz for the first time ever and….. hang on… I’m 40 minutes in and I feel like I need to start over…. Right. I’ve now seen Zardoz. It really is crazier than a shithouse rat. I could well leave my review there. You […]

DVD: Grace of my Heart (1996) Loosely based on Carole King’s life story, Grace of My Heart follows Edna Buxton; (Illeanna Douglas) a singer from a wealthy Philadelphia family, who instead of becoming the musician she wants to be, ends up writing hit records for other artists in the Brill Building in New York. Along […]

Blu-ray: Space 1999 – The Complete Series 2 (1976) I will give full disclosure at the start of this review and state that I have been a fan of Space 1999 since it first aired on UK television back in 1975. As a 10 year old boy I had already discovered Star Trek, Dr Who, […]

Blu-ray: Madman (1982) Arrow Films presentation of notorious video nasty ‘Madman’ is finally here on Blu-ray. As a horror film buff I must admit I was never really a big lover of this film (apologies to any fans). It is, however one of the most loved and most fun of the early 80’s slasher films. The ‘Cropsy’ […]

Streaming: Turbo Kid (2015) Turbo Kid appears to be one of those independent films that actually had a LOT of people working on it (scratches head), however, that’s not the point, the POINT is; what’s it like? I can’t put it any more succinctly than IMDB – “In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a comic book fan […]

Blu-ray: Mississippi Burning (1988) Agent Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and ex-sheriff and now agent Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) investigate the disappearance and possible murder of 3 civil rights workers in 1960’s Mississippi. Written by Chris Gerolmo and directed by Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning is loosely based on the FBI investigation into the murders of three civil […]

DVD: The Krays – Kill Order (2015) Hot on the trail of Brian Helgeland’s ‘Legend’ comes this documentary by Christopher Matthews. It gives a thorough look at the twins origins and contains many ‘talking head’ interviews with a lot of their contemporaries, including Frankie Fraser, Eddie Richardson, Maureen Flanagan and Billy Frost. Although most of the interviewees […]

Blu-ray: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection (1981 – 1998) Good god where do you start with this documentary!? To write a full review of it you’d have to discuss politics, youth culture, feminism, poetry… you’d end up writing a bloody book about it. To say that Penelope Spheeris’ documentary about the Punk and Rock […]

Blu-ray: Videodrome (1983) Max Renn, owner of a schlock shock independent TV channel is on the lookout for  new content to broadcast. Coming across a programme/video called Videodrome, he becomes embroiled in a sado-masochistic dream-like alternate life. Is it real? Is he bonkers? Only David Cronenberg knows. Ah yes, that sounds like a bit of […]

Blu-ray: Colors (1988) Before ‘Boyz n the Hood‘ (John Singleton’s seminal film about L.A. gang culture), before gangster rap was played over every radio station worldwide, before ‘thug life‘ was a household term, even before the Rodney King incident, there was a film that reflected the violence and tension of the time and went on […]