Reviews
Review: Coogan’s Bluff
DVD: Coogan’s Bluff (1968)After carving a cinematic name for himself in the “Dollars Trilogy”, Clint Eastwood began to make waves in American cinema with Coogan’s Bluff, which paired him for the first time with director Don Siegel, a man who would become a key mentor for Eastwood as he progressed from being in front of the […]
Review: Waterworld
DVD: Waterworld (1995)A box office bust on its release in 1995, Waterworld has thankfully come to be re-evaluated over the previous 25 years and is loved a lot more by cinephiles worldwide, though I’ve always enjoyed it since going to the cinema to watch it all those years ago.In a future where the polar ice […]
Review: Black Water: Abyss
Digital Download & DVD: Black Water: Abyss (2020)Five friends go off on an adventure trip to a remote cave system in Northern Australia, and while deep in the caves get trapped when a heavy storm floods their exit and they find themselves struggling to escape as the water level rises.Drowning isn’t their only danger though, […]
Review: Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Curzon Home Cinema & Digital Download: Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)This new documentary examining the work of infamous photographer Helmut Burger is directed by journalist and filmmaker Gero von Boehm, friend of the late provocateur and his wife June. And for that very reason we have a very one-sided view of the […]
Review: Twins
DVD & Blu-ray: Twins (1988)While Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone battled for cinematic action movie supremacy during the 1980s (my vote is naturally with Sly), it was Arnie who unequivocally came out on top when it came to dipping their toes into the world of comedy movies. Twins being a prime example of how Arnie could charm […]
Live Event: Grimmfest Online, October 7th- 11th, 2020
This is now the 5th year that it has been my absolute pleasure to cover Grimmfest, and while a certain worldwide pandemic made things a bit different this year, my annual review sticks to tradition by recommending that you go back and read my previous years reviews and make a note of any of the […]
Review: The Suicide of Rachel Foster
The Suicide of Rachel Foster is one of those games where the less you know about the story the better, so I will do my best to keep details to a minimum. You play as Nicole Wilson. Her mother has just died and the hotel she grew up in must be checked before it is […]
Review: Sweet Charity
Blu-ray: Sweet Charity (1969)Well you’re going to get a biased review here, because I love a good musical, and Sweet Charity is top 3 for me. The pedigree this film has: directed by Bob Fosse, book by Neil Simon and starring the wonderful Shirley Maclaine, Sweet Charity is an absolute treat. It’s also not your usual […]
Review: Junior
DVD & Blu-ray: Junior (1993)Dr. Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his partner Dr. Larry Arbogast (Danny Devito) create a fertility drug called Expectane, which is designed to reduce the chances of miscarriage during pregnancy. Although they’ve tested the drug on animals and it appears to work, the Food and Drug Administration, (as well as the […]
Review: Rumble Fish
DVD: Rumble Fish (1983)Oh for so very long I have been enamoured with Motorcycle Boys (Mickey Rouke’s) jumper. A delicate cable knit, v-neck and sleeveless. The existence of this jumper is somewhat like the whole of the film, delicate, intricate, thoughtful and a little tangled. Based on classic teen book of the same name by […]
