Film and TV

Digital: Beautiful Beings (2022) Beautiful Beings (original Icelandic title Berdreymi) begins with 14-year-old Baldur (Balli). He’s odd, smells, has a wonky eye and is mercilessly bullied, beaten and peed on in school. After being beaten senseless in an underpass he appears on TV in a news report about the wild youth of Iceland.   Returning to […]

Blu-ray: Ghost Stories For Christmas – Volume 1 (1968-73) We at 60MW Towers are already, being of oldish age and a penchant for the ghostly, fans of the BBC’s Christmas Ghost stories. Every year I place the old DVD box set in front of Mr 60MW, and wearing a long Victorian gown I found in […]

You’re singing to yourself right now, aren’t you?No matter if you loved or hated that song, its firmly ensconced in anyone over 40’s mind.It’s a long time since I’ve seen this film and was surprised at just how much I’d forgotten. Arrow’s new 4K UHD release includes an ‘extended’ 155-minute version of the film which […]

DVD: Fortean TV – The Complete Series (1997-98) The Fortean Times magazine first came into being in 1973 and I remember seeing it on the shelves and occasionally buying the odd copy too, specifically during the 1980s and 90’s. What I don’t remember seeing though is the Fortean TV show which was broadcast on Channel […]

After reviewing Volume 1 of Shawscope this time last year, it was great once again to settle back into some high kicking, fast punching, revenge filled movies from the Shaw Brothers. Volume 2 brings together some of the best movies from the final years of the Shaw Brothers studio and includes: The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin […]

Blu-ray: Boiling Point (2021)During its intense and entirely captivating 90 minutes, Boiling Point will leave you wanting to let off some steam as the end credits roll, after your tension levels have been pushed to their limits as you watch head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) try and keep control of his team on the […]

Blu-Ray: Universal Noir #1 After having had the pleasure of reviewing all 5 of Powerhouse Films previous “Columbia Noir” box set releases (just search for “Columbia Noir” via the search function on the website), it was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the 1st of their “Universal Noir” releases. The films included […]

4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: King Kong (1976)I can remember my dad taking me to see King Kong in 1976, and on popping this new 4K UHD disc into the player, I suddenly had another memory, and that was even at the tender age of 11, I was very annoyed by the blonde woman in […]

4K UHD & Blu-ray: Reservoir Dogs (1992)How do you write about Reservoir Dogs? HOW can you add any more to what’s already out there?In 1992 there was a huge hoo-ha in the UK over the violence in this film, particularly the infamous scene where Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen) cuts off a policeman’s ear. He bends […]

Digital: Dear Elizabeth (2020)Based on The Locklear Letters by Michael Kun, ‘Dear Elizabeth’ tells the story of Sid Straw (Tony Hale), a middle aged loser who gets on everyone’s nerves. When he’s asked to be co-chair of his Penn State University reunion, that’s when  his life takes a turn.Sid isn’t on social media, but when […]