Film and TV

Blu-ray: Hiroshima (1953)Watching Hiroshima for the first time on this excellent release from Arrow Academy brought back the same goosebumps as when I originally watched Threads on its television debut back in 1984, and while the thought of watching 104 minutes of primarily post-atomic bomb human suffering might not initially appeal to you, it is […]

Blu-ray: Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988) The bourgeois Le Quesnoys live a perfect life with their well behaved and immaculately dressed children, while the Groseilles who live in a less reputable part of town, have zero control over their rambunctious and impertinent kids. However, both families have lived for 12 years not knowing […]

Blu-ray: Creepshow 2 (1987) George A. Romero and Stephen King are back together in the sequel to 1982’s Creepshow, and once again deliver a chilling trilogy of tales. “Old Chief Wood’nhead” has obnoxious youths being stalked by a wooden adversary,“The Raft” places 4 teens in the middle of a lake on the titular raft, only to […]

Digital Download & DVD: Think Like a Dog (2020) Oliver is a whiz at science and shares a special bond with his pet dog Henry.  During a science experiment Henry believes he has found a way to communicate using telepathy. Things don’t quite go to plan, and through a freak accident he manages to create […]

Digital HD: The Wishmas Tree (2020) Kerry is an adventurous possum living in an idyllic paradise called Sanctuary City. All the animals live in harmony together and life couldn’t be better. The only problem is Kerry finds it a bit boring, and dreams of stepping out of the safe confines of the city to explore […]

Blu-ray: Dark Star (1974)The 4 man crew of the spaceship Dark Star are on a 20 year mission to destroy unstable planets which are in danger of exploding, but when bomb #20 ignores the ships computers to abort a detonation, the lives of everyone onboard are put into danger.Dark Star is a short film made […]

DVD & Digital: Code 404 (2020)Detective Inspectors John Major (Daniel Mays) and Roy Carver (Stephen Graham) are a highly regarded crime fighting partnership in the Metropolitan Police’s Special Investigation Unit, but during an undercover operation Major is shot and killed.The end of the road for this detective duo you’d think, but thanks to a secret artificial […]

Blu-ray: The Game (1997)Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a wealthy investment banker, he is somewhat scrooge-like, lives alone in a huge mansion, is divorced and hasn’t seen his ne’er do well brother Conrad (Sean Penn) for years.Nicolas is haunted from having seen his father commit suicide on his 48th birthday, now for his own 48th […]

Digital: Death of a Vlogger (2019) Graham (played by writer/director Graham Hughes) is a vlogger whose online channel mostly consists of him mucking around with his friends. Then one day while recoding a monologue in front of his laptop, his mug by the side of it suddenly moves across the table for no apparent reason. […]

Amazon Prime: Children of Dune (2003)Dune was first released in 1965 by author Frank Herbert and became one of the most important science fiction novels of the 20th century. The world of Dune has expanded immensely over the years in the book section since then. Before his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had published six […]