Review: The Defiant Ones
Blu-ray & DVD: The Defiant Ones (1958) I have tried, in vain, to find some contemporary reactions or reviews for The Defiant Ones, but so far I haven’t come across anything, as I’m quite intrigued by the sanitised ‘anti-racism’ story of this film. We see a small argument between 2 prisoners being transported in a […]
Review: The Endless
Blu-ray & DVD: The Endless (2017) Hal (Tate Ellington) and Tim (Lew Temple) are 2 brothers who escaped a mysterious cult 10 years ago for fear that everyone would be killed in a ‘death pact’. Upon receiving a videotape from a member of the cult which shows that everyone is still alive and well, they […]
Review: Cinderella
DVD: Cinderella (2000) There isn’t much of the traditional in Simply Media’s releases of Cinderella. Zezolla (later named Cinderella…Marcella Plunkett) lives with her father (David Warner), who arrives home one day with a new wife, Claudette (Kathleen Turner) and her two daughters Goneril (Katrin Cartlidge) and Regan (Lucy Punch). Right away you get the feeling […]
Review: Nights of Cabiria
DVD: Nights of Cabiria (1957) Directed by Federico Fellini and starring his wife and past star of La Strada, Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria is a heartbeeaking story about a prostitute in Rome who searches for true love in vain. Winning the 1957 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this was the second straight year […]
Review: Death Wish 2&3, 4&5
Blu-ray & DVD: Death Wish 2, 3, 4, 5 (1982 – 1994) Paul Kersey; a man so unlucky in love and life, that whoever gets emotionally involved with him, inevitably ends up dead…or at the very least, severely injured. Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment and the fantastic blu-rays that popped through the door here at 60MW […]
Review: The Tracker
Blu-ray & DVD: The Tracker (2002) 1922, Australia. 3 white men (The Fanatic, The Follower, The Veteran) are on horseback, while a native Australian tracker (the titular ‘The Tracker’) leads them on foot as they hunt down another native Australian man (The Fugitive) who is accused of murdering a white woman. Their trek across the […]
Review: The Windsors Royal Wedding Special
DVD: The Windsors Royal Wedding Special (2018) Following on from the success of The Windsors, a Royal Wedding Special arrives on DVD to coincide with…surprise, surprise, the Royal Wedding fervour that has swept the globe recently. For those of you not familiar with the The Windsors, then I urge you to go back and watch […]
Review: Suddenly, Last Summer
Blu-ray: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) 1937, in New Orleans, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn, who apparently spat in director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s face after his poor treatment of Montgomery Clift on set), a rich widow from a prominent local family, invites celebrated ‘Lobotomy’ doctor Cukrowitz (Montgomery Clift) to her home to discuss a huge donation to […]
Review: The Old Dark House
Blu-ray & DVD: The Old Dark House (1932) Good LORD. Where do you start with a film like The Old Dark House? Based on J.B. Priestley’s novel ‘Benighted’ this is definite ‘one off’ of a film. Anyone familiar with the work of James Whale will recognise his nod to German expressionism and Bauhaus, but this […]
Review: The Complete Skippy/The Adventures of Skippy
DVD: Review: The Complete Skippy/The Adventures of Skippy (1967-) “tut tut tut”…”what is it Skip?”…”tut tut tut”…”little Johnny has fallen down the well?”…”tut tut tut”…”we’d better go find him”. If the above means anything at all to you, then you probably grew up at the same time as myself and were transported via the magic […]