Film and TV

Blu-ray: Gothic (1986)I’ve never taken drugs in my life (except for those prescribed by a Doctor of course) but inevitably come away from watching a Ken Russell movie feeling as though I was experiencing the after effects of snacking on some hallucinogens while watching it…quite apt really when it comes to the narrative of this tale. This […]

Digital: Calvaire (2004)Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a travelling singer who drives across Belgium in his van. After finishing a gig at a nursing home (where he’s hit on by women far older than him) he makes a hasty retreat onto the road once again, but unfortunately breaks down in the middle of nowhere. He is helped […]

Blu-ray: Crimes of the Future (2022)The only other person I know who’s seen Crimes of the Future, hated it. It “just wasn’t like old Cronenberg”. I disagree, this is quintessential body-horror Cronenberg, that apart from it’s a hi-def film, could whisk you right back to ExisTenz or Dead Ringers.Where to start with the narrative though? Its […]

4K UHD Blu-ray: Gregory’s Girl (1980)Newly restored from the original camera negative, this 4K UHD release by the BFI makes this coming-of-age classic comedy of Scottish cinema look better than its ever done and belies the fact that it is now over 40 years old.Eschewing the usual movie view that teenagers school days were a […]

Blu-ray: Following (1998)Released on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time, number 30 in 101 Films ‘Black Label’ series of releases presents Christopher Nolan’s debut feature film ‘Following’.A zero budget project shot for one day a week over the course of a year, Nolan has already established his penchant for delivering a narrative in […]

Playing out within a non-linear narrative, this slow burn of a movie plays with your preconceptions and expectations, before metaphorically hitting you across the back of the head with a large object and making you reassess what may (or may not) happen next.Satu (Lene Kqiku) is hiking alone and becomes lost, then crosses paths with […]

4K UHD Blu-ray: Blood and Black Lace (1964)‘Giallo’ means Yellow in Italian. This became the label for Italian detective thrillers as the early paperback thriller novels were adorned with yellow covers…so now you know.Mario Bava is the undoubted Godfather of Giallo. Giving fresh life to the horror genre in a way that was to be […]

Psycho, one of the most famous films of modern times, what can you say about it that hasn’t already been said a million times? Well actually, nothing, because the 4K check discs we were sent to review didn’t include this film as Arrow were only responsible for the 4K restorations of Psycho II, Psycho III […]

Words can not even begin to describe how happy I am that Fabulous Films have released both The Six Million Dollar Man AND The Bionic Woman Complete Collections on Blu-ray. I could just post a photo of my smiling face as I cradled both boxes in my arms…surrounded by love heart emojis.Growing up I WAS […]

4K UHD & Blu-ray: It Follows (2014)Jay (Maika Monroe) tells her sister and friends (Keir Gilchrist and Olivier Luccardi) that she’s met a new man, and after a seemingly ordinary sexual experience with her new boyfriend, events take an unusual and horrific turn.Sex and death, the last girl, punishment for being sexually active, all the […]