Review: Quantum Leap – The Complete Collection
DVD: Quantum Leap – The Complete Collection (1989 – 1993) Quantum Leap first aired in the UK in 1990 on BBC 2. I missed it. I was in Los Angeles and had already become quite obsessed with this sci-fi tale of Dr. Sam Beckett (the gorgeous Scott Bakula); a physicist who figuratively ‘leaps’ through his […]
Review: White Fire
Blu-ray: White Fire (1984)Allow me to begin by listing a few movies:Samurai CopShotgunHard Ticket to HawaiiGymkataThe Man From Hong KongMiami ConnectionStrike of the PantherDay of the PantherIf you are a fan of any of those cinematic masterpieces (yes, you read that correctly…masterpieces), then read no further and buy this IMMEDIATELY. You can thank me later.For […]
Review: Proximity
Digital HD: Proximity (2020) Isaac (Ryan Masson) is a young NASA employee, who while vlogging about himself on a hiking trip that is supposed to help with his ongoing mental issues, witnesses an object falling from the sky. His curiosity makes him head towards the crash site, when suddenly he is confronted by a classic […]
Review: Screamers
Blu-ray: Screamers (1995) Based on the Philip K. Dick story “Second Variety”, Screamers is set on the distant mining planet Sirius 6B in the year 2078. The planet is a husk of its former self due to many years of conflict between 2 warring factions, while underground killing machines (the titular ‘Screamers’) are not only still […]
Review: The Shed
Digital HD: The Shed (2019)A hunter gets bitten by a vampire while walking through the woods at dawn, and when the rising sun burns the vampire into a pile of dust before his eyes, the hunter understandably panics and runs to the nearest shelter that he can find…the titular shed.While the hunter begins to transform […]
Review: Hagazussa
Blu-ray: Hagazussa (2017) Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse (Hagazussa, an Old German term for Witch) is the directoral debut of Lukas Feigelfeld . The story takes place in medieval Germany/alps and tells the story Albrun (Aleksandra Cwen), a goat-herder who is ostracised by the villagers because they think she’s a witch. On reading the several 5 […]
Review: Enemy Lines
DVD & Digital: Enemy Lines (2020)A team of allied commandos are sent to occupied Poland during WWII to extract a scientist from Nazis who are holding him and his family in a remote location while he works on a prototype atomic bomb.So far, so thrilling.However, Enemy Lines never really lives up to its exciting premise, and […]
Review: The A-Team
DVD: The A-Team (1983 – 87) Spread over 22 discs, this great DVD box set (released on Blu-ray last year) from Fabulous Films contains 97 episodes from all 5 seasons of this classic 1980s television show, complete with some highly entertaining new commentary tracks and interviews. Running from 1983-87, The A-Team told the story of […]
Review: Revenge
Revenge is the first full length film directed by Coralie Fargeat and was lauded on its release a few months before ‘#Metoo’ kicked off. Starring Matilda Lutz as Jen, Kevin Janssens as Richard her married lover, and Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchède as Richard friends and hunting buddies Stan and Dimitri. Revenge is a rape […]
Review: John Ford at Columbia, 1935 – 1958
Blu-ray: John Ford at Columbia, 1935 – 1958 It has been my pleasure to review many of the Indicator series of releases from Powerhouse Films, including their wonderful box sets. So once again it was with great anticipation that I sat back to watch the upcoming release of John Ford at Columbia, 1935 – 1958, […]