Review: Ministry of Fear
Blu-ray: Ministry of Fear (1944) Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) has just been released from an asylum during WWII. On his journey home he stops at a village charity fair where a fortune teller informs him of the correct weight in the nearby ‘guess the weight of the cake’ competition. Upon giving the correct weight, he […]
Review: Footsteps in the Fog
Blu-ray: Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Footsteps in the Fog is a gothic thriller following the life of Stephen (Stewart Granger) after the death of his wife. A death he deliberately caused through poisoning. His cockney maid, Lily (Jean Simmons) finds out about the murder and uses it to blackmail Stephen for malicious, yet simple […]
Review: Keeping Faith
DVD: Keeping Faith (2017-) Considering that 60MW Towers is in Wales, it was a bit of a no-brainer that we would want to watch Keeping Faith; a great television drama which showcases the superb Welsh landscapes with some gorgeous cinematography. Keeping Faith unravels its narrative at a slow pace, taking the time for the viewer […]
Review: Tarantula
DVD: Tarantula (1955) A giant guinea pig. A mutated man. An experiment gone horribly wrong. The titular tarantula which has grown bigger than a house. A young (uncredited) Clint Eastwood as a fighter pilot. The above alone should already be tempting you to buy this title from Umbrella Entertainment. The planet is heading for disaster […]
Review: Oleanna
Blu-ray: Oleanna (1994) Writer/director David Mamet brings to the screen his play ‘Oleanna’, which debuted onstage in 1992 and starred William H. Macy and Rebecca Pidgeon in the 2 lead roles. 2 years later and Macy is still cast as college professor John, while Debra Eisenstadt replaces Pidgeon as Carol; one of John’s students. Oleanna […]
Review: Apprentice to Murder
Blu-ray & DVD: Apprentice to Murder (1988) The cinematic equivalent of a firework that takes forever to light only to go off with an unsatisfying and weird pop minutes after you were convinced it was a dud. Apprentice to Murder tells the story of Billy (Chad Lowe), a full-time mill worker living in Pennsylvania in […]
Review: Tideland
Blu-ray: Tideland (2005) Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) is a young girl living in squalor with her drug addicted parents. When her mother (Jennifer Tilly) passes away due to an overdose, her father (Jeff Bridges) takes her to a dilapidated remote Texas house where her Grandmother lives. It is at this house where her strange journey takes […]
Review: Beast of Burden
DVD: Beast of Burden (2018) Beast of Burden is the story of Sean (Daniel Radcliffe), a dishonourably discharged ex-air force pilot who has taken a job as a drug mule to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment. The flight we join him on however is a little different to his usual trips. This time he […]
Review: The Odessa File
Blu-ray: The Odessa File (1974) Based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File is a taut thriller which unravels against the backdrop of the aftermath of WWII, and the atrocities of the German SS. Peter Miller (the always watchable Jon Voight), through a moment of fate, comes into possession […]
Review: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Blu-ray & DVD: The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996) A floppy-haired British love interest? A hilarious case of mistaken Identity? A cast of financially stable idiots making comedically stupid decisions for an hour and a half to one of the most puke-worthy soundtracks you’ll ever hear? This certainly is a 90s romantic comedy. The […]