Review: Chaplin
Blu-ray & DVD: Chaplin (1992) How on earth do you fit Charlie Chaplin’s life into a two hour film? Well, you can’t. You can only skip lightly through it, and this is what director Richard Attenborough does. Based on Charlie’s autobiography and a screen play by whiter than white Bryan Forbes, here we have an extremely […]
Review: Inferno
Blu-ray: Inferno (1964) Acclaimed director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolque, The Wages of Fear) began work on what he planned to be his most ambitious piece of work yet. Set in a French lakeside town, Inferno tackled the darkest depths of jealousy, as controlling hotelier Marcel (Serge Reggiani) suspects his wife Odette (Remy Schneider) of being unfaithful […]
Review: Namatjira Project
DVD: Namatjira Project (2017) On seeing this latest release from Umbrella Entertainment, I assumed it was a documentary about a contemporary Australian artist I’d personally never heard of; Albert Namatjira. I very wrongly thought it would be a retrospective of his work, but instead I got a very hard hitting documentary more of less about the […]
Review: The Man From Hong Kong
Blu-ray & DVD: The Man From Hong Kong (AKA: Dragon Flies) (1975) BUY. THIS. IMMEDIATELY. A three word review with all you need to know. What? You want to know more!? Okay then, watch the trailer below and THEN go to the Umbrella Entertainment website and order. Some people STILL undecided? Then read through the […]
Review: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Blu-ray: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) and Dr. Watson (Colin Blakely) are surprised when Gabrielle (Geneviève Page) arrives on their doorstep both soaking wet and suffering from amnesia. Through a series of Holmes famous deductions, they ascertain that they need to locate Gabrielle’s husband, which leads them to Scotland […]
Review: A Chorus Line
DVD: A Chorus Line (1985) I LOVE Musicals, oh hang on, a bit TOO broad. I love most musicals. I’m thinking On the Town, West Side Story, yes, even La La Land. And you know what I love MORE than musicals? People dancing. No I’m not talking ‘Strictly‘ dancing with the stars here, no proper […]
Review: Breaker Morant
DVD: Breaker Morant (1980) I think people won’t really know Edward Woodward unless they are ‘of a certain age’, then they’ll mainly remember him as David Callan (in Callan) and as the original Equalizer Robert McCall. Movie fans will possibly remember him as the virgin human sacrifice in The Wicker Man. Definitely a ‘man’s man’ […]
Review: Orca
Blu-ray & DVD: Orca (1977) Captain Nolan (Richard Harris) is a man who lives his life on the sea after the tragic death of his wife and child by a drunk driver. While hunting sharks to make money, he spears a passing whale and uses the boats crane to bring it on board. The whales […]
Review: Hounds of Love
Blu-ray & DVD: Hounds of Love (2016) Loosely based on real life events, Hounds of Love is a nail biting psychological thriller by Australian writer/director Ben Young. Set in 1980’s Perth, Australia, John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) are a depraved couple who abduct and murder young girls. Evelyn begrudgingly concedes to […]
Review: L.A. Vengeance
DVD: L.A. Vengeance (AKA: Once Upon a Time in Venice) (2017) Bruce Willis. John Goodman. Jason Momoa. Famke Janssen. What a cast! What a letdown. Steve Ford (Willis) is a down on his luck Los Angeles private investigator whose love for his sister and her 15 year old daughter is only surpassed by the love […]