Review: The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Blu-ray: The Amazing Mr.Blunden (1972)It was several year after its cinematic release that I saw The Amazing Mr Blunden. Definitely on the telly, probably at Christmas, but I have no recollection of when. The only thing I could remember about it was being terrified of Diana Dors’ Mrs Wickens and somewhat confused by Bella (Madeline […]
Review: Rage 2
Rage 2 should be brilliant! It’s made by Avalanche Studios who developed the excellent Mad Max. It’s co-developed by id Software who were responsible for the fantastic reboot of Doom. It’s also published by Bethesda who have pedigree, releasing the superb Wolfenstein games. It has brash colourful graphics, an open world to explore, car combat, […]
Review: Young Winston
Blu-ray: Young Winston (1972) Richard Attenborough continued his war journey after ‘Oh, What a Lovely War!’ with his 1972 Young Winston (Churchill) based on Churchill’s book My Early Life: A Roving Commission, the movie gives young Winny the Hollywood treatment and examines his early life from an unhappy time at boarding school and ending his election […]
Review: Prom Night
Blu-ray: Prom Night (1980) A group of children are playing ‘killer’ in an abandoned building when the game gets out of hand and a girl falls through a window to her death. The remaining children panic and run away, leaving a local paedophile to be the main suspect. He is hounded by the police and ends […]
Review: Badge 373
Blu-ray: Badge 373 (1973) Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) is a tough New York city cop who gets suspended after a police bust ends with him being accused of the death a suspect. Now working as a barman, Eddie discovers that his ex-partner on the force has been killed under suspicious circumstances, which draws him back […]
Review: Time Without Pity
Blu-ray: Time Without Pity (1957) Alec Cowen is on death row after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend in her family home, and it is left to his alcoholic Father to try and prove Alec’s innocence and unravel a suspicious series of events surrounding her death. Directed by Joseph Losey, with photography by Freddie […]
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1
Blu-ray: Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1 (1969 – 70)Released in both Standard and Deluxe Editions, Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1 is the result of nearly 10 years work by Network’s award-winning in-house restoration team, working from the best available materials – from first generation 2-inch videotape masters to surviving […]
Review: Upgrade
Blu-ray: Upgrade (2018)Technophobe Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) lives in a near-future world where technology controls virtually everything. However, Grey shuns societies fascination and reliance on all of the high-tech gadgets, and spends his time restoring vintage cars.One of Grey’s clients is a reclusive billionaire who has made his fortune through artificial intelligence, and when a […]
Review: Night Hunter
DVD: Night Hunter (2018) Cynical police Lieutenant ‘Marshall’ (Henry Cavill) is tracking a serial rapist and murderer, when during his investigations he crosses paths with the vigilante duo of Cooper (Ben Kingsley) and Lara (Eliana Jones), who have their own agenda for trying to capture the mysterious killer. When the suspect is captured, the tip […]
Review: Hammer Volume 4 – Faces of Fear
Blu-ray: Hammer Volume 4 – Faces of Fear Following on from Volume 1: Fear Warning, Volume 2: Criminal Intent, and Volume 3: Blood & Terror, it was once again an absolute pleasure to sit down with the latest Hammer Films boxset release from Powerhouse Films in their ‘Indicator’ series. Volume 4 once again features 4 […]
