Review: Blood and Money
Digital HD & DVD: Blood and Money (2020)John Barr’s debut feature film Blood and Money casts Tom Berenger as a lone ageing hunter living in a camper van roaming the snowy wilds in America looking for an elusive buck to shoot.Quite early on it’s revealed that Berenger’s character Jim Reed is ill, and possibly dying as he […]
Review: Happy Gilmore
Blu-ray: Happy Gilmore (1996)Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) wants to be an ice hockey player but…he can’t skate and his temper tends to ruin any chance he has of being successful either in sport and love.After his girlfriend leaves him, he finds out his granny owes a shit ton of money to the IRS and has […]
Review: The Dare
Digital HD & DVD: The Dare (2019)I can’t say too much about The Dare without giving away any of the narrative twists that occur while viewing. What I can say though is if you’re a fan of “torture porn” movies in the same (bloody) vein as Hostel and Saw, then you’ll feel right at home watching […]
Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman
DVD: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman (2000)I originally reviewed Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman in March 2019, when it was released as a double bill alongside Alvin and the Chipmunks meet Frankenstein. To be honest, my opinion hasn’t really changed much from last year. The one big difference is my daughter […]
Review: I Spit on Your Grave – The Complete Collection
Blu-ray & DVD: I Spit on Your Grave – The Complete Collection (1978 – 2019) Back in the “video nasty” days here in the UK, owning a copy of the 1978 movie I Spit on Your Grave could get you a fine and possibly even a prison sentence…I remember at one point actually dreading knocks […]
Review: The Strangers
Blu-ray: The Strangers (2008)When James (Scott Speedman) plans his marriage proposal to Kristen (Liv Tyler) the outcome is not what he expected. However, an awkward proposal is just the beginning of an evening that did not go as planned.The less you know after that, the better the experience will be when first watching.Slow and brooding, […]
Review: That Click
Cinema: That Click (2019)You may not be familiar with the name Douglas Kirkland, but you sure as hell would have seen some of his work at various points in your life.Douglas has photographed the Hollywood elite (and much more) for over 60 years, and many of his stunning photographs are truly iconic. Covering fashion, photojournalism and […]
Review: Brain Dead
Blu-ray: Brain Dead (1990)Dr. Rex Martin (Bill Pullman) is a top neurosurgeon, who surrounded by brains in jars, is studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illnesses. His friend Jim Reston (Bill Paxton in fine manic form) is a businessman at ‘Eunice’ and comes to see him. Jim needs help in delving into the mind of […]
Review: I, Monster
Blu-ray: I, Monster (1971)Directed in 1971 by a very young (only 22) Stephen Weeks as his feature debut for Amicus Productions. Interestingly Amicus usually made vignette films, multiple stories in one film, but this time opted for a a full length adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (but the names are changed to […]
Review: Eve
Blu-ray: Eve (1962)Joseph Losey made some of the most interesting films of the 60s (The Servant…if you haven’t seen this film go out and buy it immediately, The Go Between, Criminal, Mr Klein) after being forced out of Hollywood.Although I’ve seen the famous cover of Jeanne Moreau as Eve/Eva, I’d never seen this film before […]