Film and TV

Blu-ray: Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)Never-before released on blu-ray in the UK, Diary of a Mad Housewife is one of those films you’ve heard about, but never got to see.Directed by Frank Perry (The Swimmer, Trilogy, Mommie Dearest) it stars Carrie Snodgrass as Tina the ‘mad’ housewife and the whole film is interestingly and unflinchingly […]

TENEBRAE dual format 4K UHD + Blu-ray – Limited Edition (1982)Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) is an American pulp-fiction author who arrives in Rome to promote his latest book “Tenebrae”.Unfortunately for Peter, upon his arrival a series of murders begin to take place, all of which copy murders from his book, along with pages of it […]

DVD: Embattled (2020)Much like Rocky isn’t a boxing movie (it’s a wonderful love story), Embattled (despite the DVD cover) is not a movie about MMA fighting, although there is a great fight at the end of it…much like the aforementioned Rocky.Embattled centres around the life of Cash Boykins (Stephen Dorff), an MMA champion estranged from […]

Blu-ray: Red Sonja (1985) Red Sonja, directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Clive Exton & George MacDonald Fraser, is based on the character Red Sonya of Rogatino created by Robert E. Howard (who also wrote Conan the Barbarian). This was Brigitte Nielsen’s first film (just before she married Sylvester Stallone) and also stars  Sandahl Bergman (who was also in […]

Blu-ray, DVD & Download-to-Own: Corrective Measures (2022)Based on the graphic novel by Grant Chastain, Corrective Measures is set in San Tiburon; a maximum security prison which houses the world’s nastiest superpowered criminals which were created by “The Pulse”. Amongst those created is Payback (Dan Payne), a vigilante mutant who hunts down mutant criminals and shows no remorse when […]

Blu-ray: Burn After Reading (2008)Written and directed by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading features an ‘A’ list ensemble cast and is as funny now as it was in 2008.CIA analyst, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) has ‘a drinking problem’ and is sacked. Osbourne is married to Katie (Tilda Swinton) who wants to leave him […]

Blu-ray: Hell High (1989)Released at the tail end of the 1980’s horror movie “slasher” obsession, Hell High spins things a little differently to keep you interested. Just don’t go into this expecting the usual “killer on the loose and high body count” excesses brought to you by the likes of the Friday the 13th and […]

Digital, Steelbook, 4K UHD, Blu-ray & DVD: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)Nicolas Cage plays… Nick Cage…AND young Nicky!The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent melds action, comedy, drama and so much more in a wild ride where a fictionalised version of Cage (played by Nicolas Cage) accepts a million-dollar offer to attend the birthday […]

Blu-ray: Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)Directed by Charles Jarrot a year after his huge success with Anne of a Thousand Days, and written by John Hale who was responsible for the first episode of the 1971 BBC series Elizabeth R (also starring Glenda Jackson who reprises her role as Elizabeth in this film), the time […]

Blu-ray & DVD: The Card Counter (2021)Writer/director Paul Schrader brings to the screen a slow burn tale of William Tell (Oscar Isaac), a man who just wants to travel around the U.S.A. and play cards after his former life landed him behind bars for 8 and a half years.During his travels he crosses paths with Cirk […]