Review: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Blu-ray: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)Once again a Powerhouse Films release arrives here at 60MW Towers with an amazing cast starring in a film that I’ve never heard of. Have YOU watched, or even heard of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings before?Well if you have, you’ll be very […]
Review: The Cat O’ Nine Tails Ltd Ed UHD
Franco Arnò (Karl Malden) is a retired blind journalist who lives with his niece and makes a living from writing crossword puzzles. While taking a walk one evening, he overhears a suspicious conversation between 2 men who are sat in a car parked outside a scientific medical institution where genetic experiments are taking place. When […]
Review: Blind Beast
Blu-ray: Blind Beast (1969) Adapted from a short story by Rampo Edogawa, Blind Beast is a Japanese erotic horror story that delves ever deeper into the human psyche, culminating in a finale that will linger long in your memory. Aki (Mako Midori) is an artists model who is kidnapped by blind sculptor Michio (Eiji Funakoshi) […]
Review: A Tale of Two Sisters
Blu-ray: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) Written and directed by Jee-woon Kim, this Korean drama/mystery/horror tale follows Su-mi (Lim Soo-jung), a young girl recently released from a mental institution, who returns home with her father and younger sister Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young) and has to face her stepmother who is acting very strangely towards her…not to […]
Review: The Pawnbroker
Blu-ray: The Pawnbroker (1964)My dad loved old ‘action’ films and has been a lingering influence on me. Being a girl, the only time I could get close to him was to watch a movie, normally on a Sunday afternoon. As an adult I find some of his choices quite revealing, as a 15 year old […]
Review: Dinner in America
Blu-ray: Dinner in America (2020)Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier and starring Kyle Gallner as Simon and Emily Skeggs as Patty, this seems to be tagged with the unfortunate ‘coming of age’ tag.Nope. Couldn’t be further from John Hughes or any ‘angst tweenies find love’ film you’ve seen.No, this is far better.We first see Simon […]
Review: Ingmar Bergman Volume One
Several years ago my brother refused to watch On the Waterfront because it was in black and white. No matter how hard I tried to persuade him, the fact that it was ‘old’ made him impervious to it.I think a lot of people see the title BFI and feel that whatever the film is, it’s […]
Review: Beasts Clawing at Straws
Cinema & Digital Download: Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) Joong-man (Sung-Woo Bae) is underpaid and overworked at a sauna where he has to put up with a cocky young boss who is high on the power he holds over his staff, before going home to care for his sick mother. At the end of a […]
Review: ‘The Bird With the Crystal Plumage’ Limited Edition UHD
4K UHD Blu-ray: The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) Dario Argento hit the screen with a bang (well, multiple stabs to be more precise) with his directorial debut The Bird With the Crystal Plumage. Setting the scene for his many giallo movies to follow, TBWTCP contains twists, turns, clues and red herrings aplenty as you […]
Review: Hell Night
Blu-ray: Hell Night (1981) The 20th of 101 Films ‘Black Label’ series of releases, Hell Night is yet another superbly packaged and special features heavy addition to this great selection of titles (see here for them all). A 4K scan of the best surviving archival 35mm film print with minor SD inserts to replace missing […]
