Film and TV

Blu-ray: The Day of the Dolphin (1973)“Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the President of the United States” The above is the tag line for The Day of the Dolphin, and surely you don’t need to know anymore before wanting to purchase…I certainly wouldn’t!However, for anyone that may still be deciding, here’s some more info…Starring […]

Blu-ray: The Krays (1990)I remember when The Krays was released (31 years ago!) and there was some media furore about its violent content. Viewed all these years later it is not as hard hitting as once perceived, but still contains some visceral shocks that can make you wince.Second Sight Films once again do an exemplary […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Archive (2020)Written and directed by Gavin Rothery (in his feature film directorial debut), Archive stars stars Theo James as George Almore, Stacy Martin as his wife Jules, Rhona Mitra as his onscreen boss, and Toby Jones as an employee of Archive; a company that keeps dead peoples collective consciousness “alive” in digital form for an […]

DVD, Blu-ray & Digital: The Dark and the Wicked (2020) I’ll begin by saying that The Dark and the Wicked is my favourite horror movie of the year so far, and one which I shall be revisiting again before too long…something I don’t say lightly as someone who watches 500+ films a year. Set on […]

DVD & Digital HD: Werewolves Within (2021) Based on the Ubisoft published video game of the same name, Werewolves Within is based around a newly-arrived forest ranger to a small American town, who after a severe snowstorm confines him and some of the townspeople into an old lodge, discovers that not only are there many irreconcilable […]

DVD & Digital: King Otto (2021) I’m not a fan of football (at time of writing the Euro 2020 quarter finals have just concluded and I haven’t watched a single game), but I’m a big fan of documentaries, and this is a great one. 20 years ago the Greek national football team was something that […]

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Futtock’s End & Other Short Stories I remember watching Futtock’s End with my Dad many years ago and finding the slapstick comedy very funny indeed. All these years later it didn’t raise as many laughs, but still made me smile a lot, with some of it naturally due to the nostalgia […]

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Just Like a Woman (1967) Imagine British comedy icon Wendy Craig in a massive ginger fright wig that would make Phil Spector jealous. Then imagine her, hot off the back of The Servant. Wendy plays the part of Scilla Alexander who is married to Lewis McKenzie (Francis Matthews) a TV producer. […]

Cinema & Digital: Occupation Rainfall (2020) Unfortunately I haven’t seen the first film so didn’t know the backstory to Occupation Rainfall. This films story takes place two years after an alien invasion, and an Australian band of survivors, along with some of the once hostile invaders now fight the ‘evil’ aliens in the hope of […]

DVD & Blu-ray: Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love & War (2019)This film starts with Carina Birrell, and her dad (granddaughter and son of Harry) rummaging about in their garden shed, eventually lifting up cans of very old film. As I continued to watch the film I wondered if this were true or just for […]