Film and TV

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 […]

DVD: My Darling Clementine (1946) Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers are moving cattle across Country, after riding into Tombstone leaving their young brother James in charge of their cattle they return to find the cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal and makes his brothers deputies. Wyatt vows […]

DVD: The Uncle (1965) Seven year old Gus Morton (played delightfully by a ‘so cute you could squeeze him until he explodes’ Robert Duncan) is a quiet and inquisitive young boy, but his world is turned upside down one summer when his much older sister, her husband and their rambunctious son Tom (a cheeky faced Christopher Ariss) come […]

Blu-Ray: Mona Lisa (1986) George (Bob Hoskins) newly released from prison, moves in with his mate Thomas (Robbie Coltrane) and ends up back in the employment of Mortwell (Michael Caine) taking a high class call girl (Cathy Tyson) from customer to customer. ‘Mona Lisa…….Mona Lisa men have named you…..‘ Nat King Cole’s voice singing this […]