Film and TV

Blu-ray: Day of the Panther / Strike of the Panther (1988)Director Brian Trenchard-Smith (see my review of his awesome movie ‘The Man From Hong Kong‘) once again delivers onscreen action mayhem with this ‘Panther’ double bill.Day of the Panther and its sequel Strike of the Panther, tell the story of martial arts expert, woman magnet, […]

DVD: The Munsters Scary Little Christmas (1996) “The Munsters or The Addams Family?“ A question often asked in my school playground back in the 1970’s, and one that is still asked by people today. For the record, my answer was always The Munsters, though I enjoyed them both. Herein lies my problem when watching The […]

Blu-ray: American Horror Project Vol. 2  Following on from American Horror Project Vol. 1 which was released back in 2016, Arrow Films have unearthed and restored 3 more obscure American horror movies which have more than likely flown under peoples movie radar until now. The superbly packaged box set contains Dream No Evil (1970), Dark […]

Blu-ray/DVD/Digital: Chernobyl (2019) The world was a very different place indeed back in 1986.  There was no World Wide Web, social media involved passing fanzines around friends, and if you wanted to take video or photographs of something, then you sure as hell had better be prepared to carry around the correct equipment all the […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Flying Tigers (1942) John Wayne is synonymous with riding the range on a horse and chasing the bad guys, so it was initially a shock to see him as Capt. Jim Gordon, squadron leader of ‘The Flying Tigers’: an American volunteer group who fought the Japanese in China before America’s entry into […]

Blu-ray & DVD: The Running Man (1987) It’s difficult to remember sci-fi being a seriously fun genre, even more difficult for someone born during the mid-90s. There is definitely sci-fi comedy, sure, but examples of sci-fi that isn’t an all-out comedy having fun with the endless capabilities of the genre seem few and far between what withall […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Voodoo Man (1944) Dr. Marlowe (Bela Lugosi) has grieved over the death of his wife for 22 years, but instead of visiting her grave with flowers and kind words, he has her (still perfectly formed) body in the basement of his house, where he attempts to bring her back to life by […]

Based on the novel by  of the same name by Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne was the final film to be made by director Jack Clayton. It’s 1950’s Belfast and Judith Hearne (Maggie Smith giving one of the best performances I’ve ever seen from her…see also The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie […]

Blu-ray: The Running Man (1963) Rex (Laurence Harvey) is a pilot and owns his own aircraft carrying a variety of goods for businesses across the world. When he is involved in a plane crash, he is lucky to escape with his life. However, he is not so lucky when he finds out that his insurance […]

Blu-ray: Scum (1979) Scum was a play before it was a film, and gained infamy because the late ‘great’ Mary Whitehouse thought it so abhorrent, she took the BBC to court over it, and won. Made by the (truly) great Alan Clarke (Made in Britain, The Firm, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) Scum was made […]