Film and TV

DVD & Digital: The Best of Men (2012)Based on the true story of the birth the Paralympic Games, The Best of Men stars Eddie Marsan as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann; a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany, who towards the end of WWII arrives at Stoke Mandeville hospital and is disgusted to see the way in which the […]

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Brabham (2020) Jack Brabham remains the only person to have won the F1 Driver’s and Constructor’s Championships in his own car and is a true motorsport legend.    Taking on and defeating the giants of Ferrari, Lotus and Maserati are only a small part though of the life of Jack Brabham, his […]

DVD & Digital: Don’t Look Back (2020)A group of people witness a violent assault in a public park, none of them intervening as a man is battered to death.Vilified both in the general media and social media, the witnesses soon discover that their inaction during the attack has invoked a mysterious and deadly force that […]

DVD & Digital: Parallel (2018)What would you do if you had easy access to infinite parallel versions of our own world, each having their own differences in technology, art, literature, etc that have occurred over many years adjacent to ours?This is the quandary 4 friends find themselves in when they discover a secret room in […]

Digital: Flashback (2020)Fredrick Fitzell (Dylan O’Brien) is a young man with a corporate job, a long-time girlfriend who wants assurances about their future, and a sick mother.All of his current world is turned upside down though when a chance meeting with someone from his younger days results in unsettling flashbacks into his past.Slowly piecing together […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Duel (1971)A lone man (Dennis Weaver) in a car being terrorised by a mystery driver in a truck may not sound the most thrilling narrative thread to hang a 90 minute movie on, but under the assured direction of a young Steven Spielberg from a story by Richard Matheson, Duel has kept viewers […]

DVD & Blu-ray: Line of Duty (Series 6)Please see my previous reviews of all 5 series of Line of Duty for background up to this new series.Also – spoilers!Possibly one of the best TV series around, this much needed and looked forward to series 6 of Line of Duty was essential viewing a few weeks […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Shock Wave – Hong Kong Destruction (2020)Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction (AKA: Shock Wave 2) is a Hong Kong based Chinese language action film which apparently is NOT a direct sequel, but is in fact a stand alone story featuring new characters but the same cast as number one. Written and directed by […]

Sixteen year old Alice Palmer (Talia Zucker) drowns while swimming with her family on holiday in Australia. On their return home, strange things happen, leading the family to believe they’re being haunted by the ghost of Alice.Alice’s  brother Mathew (Martin Sharp) sets up video cameras around the house to record Alice’s ghost. He later confesses […]

DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K and Steelbook: Chaos Walking (2021)Chaos Walking, ah yes that troubled film starring Spiderman and the Emperor’s granddaughter has at last appeared. Made in 2017 and due for release in 2019, this is finally being released on all platforms it seems, as a plug because not many movies are available.Directed by Doug Liman and […]