Film and TV

Blu-Ray: Under The Shadow (2016) Great films normally reflect the time and occurrences of what’s going on at that time, and Under the Shadow is a perfect example of this. It’s Tehran in the late 80’s and Shideh (Narges Rashidi) isn’t allowed to return to university to train as a doctor after the revolution because […]

DVD & Digital: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)There have been a multitude of ‘killer shark’ movies since Jaws set the box office alight back in 1975. Some have been good, some have been bad, but there seems to be a continuing fascination with watching people in peril while a shark (or many of them) tries […]

Blu-ray: Harpoon (2019) Regular visitors to our website and listeners of our podcasts will already be aware that I’m a big fan of Harpoon’s writer/director Rob Grant.  I’d already bought Mon Ami (AKA Frenemies) on DVD before loving watching Fake Blood at Grimmfest 2017. It was then of course an absolute pleasure to chat with […]

Blu-ray: Edge of the Axe (1988) Released on Blu-ray for the 1st time, Edge of the Axe is ‘slasher’ movie that until now had surprisingly passed me by! So this fantastic new release from Arrow Films was the perfect way to introduce me to the axe swinging antics from director José Ramón Larraz. The narrative […]

DVD: Worzel Gummidge – The Complete Series (1979 – 89)For all the background history that you need to know about Worzel Gummidge, then please read this review by Tina of the fantastic Christmas Special (which is also included in this box set) which was released late last year.I’ve been a big fan of Worzel since […]

Blu-ray: Hitchhike To Hell (1983) Howard (Robert Gribbin) is a seemingly shy and retiring young man who lives alone with his mother since his sister ran away from home 6 years ago. He drives a laundry truck for a living and has a penchant for picking up hitchhikers. Unfortunately for the hitchhikers it’s the last […]

Blu-ray: Winter Kills (1979)Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon, Winter Kills is one of those films that Indicator excel in: a ‘lost’ film, unfamiliar yet on watching you can’t believe you’ve never seen it before.I suppose you could describe it as a black comedy about the fictional assassination of Jeff […]

Blu-ray: Orphans (1998) What a massive balls-up Film Four made by refusing to release Peter Mullan’s  film Orphans in 1998. To add to that insult they took all of Mullan’s outtakes and…burned them. Wow! What a shame, and what a loss to the UK film industry because Orphans is a true work of genius, a […]

Blu-ray: Night Tide (1961) Dennis Hopper falls in love with a mermaid. The above sentence tells all you need to know if you’ll have any interest in watching Night Tide, but quite honestly, who wouldn’t want to watch it after that brief synopsis!? Johnny Drake (a young Dennis Hopper) is a sailor on shore leave […]

Blu-ray: Resurrected (1989) Kevin Deakin (David Thewlis) is a young soldier in the Falklands War who, while trying to help a fellow army member, is caught in the blast of a nearby explosion. Regaining a modicum of consciousness, he roams the desolate Isle until finally hunkering down for an extended period of time, confused and […]