Review: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Vol 2: 1961-64
Blu-ray: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume 2: 1961-64 After singing the praises of Volume 1 of this collection in my review last month, it was with great pleasure that I got to sit through yet another superb box set release from Powerhouse Films. It now almost goes without saying that the picture quality and […]
Review: I Am Heath Ledger
Blu-ray & DVD: I Am Heath Ledger (2017) Heath Ledger died at only 28 years old, leaving behind a filmography and a passion for creativity that had him on a trajectory to accomplish so much more. I Am Heath Ledger tells the story of his life, incorporating video and photographs from cameras that were always […]
Live Event: Jane Weaver – The Hare &Hounds, November 29th, 2017.
News of Jane Weaver’s tour caused a rush of excitement and a raise of the eyebrow in the Woolley commune, I have been a massive fan of her work since hearing her 2007 Cherlokalate album, but the Hare and Hounds? I expected a jasmine scented outdoor amphitheatre with Jane entering the stage as the Summer […]
Review: Clash
Blu-ray & DVD: Clash (2016) Clash is the story about events which took place in Cairo – 2013, two years after the Egyptian revolution. The country is tearing itself apart with different factions taking to the streets to vent their anger. Nobody is safe, and people from different backgrounds are all thrown into an extremely […]
Review: The Apartment
Blu-ray: The Apartment (1960) C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a man on the make, and the only way he can get ahead in his company is by loaning out his apartment to various bosses who take their mistresses there (instead of a hotel) for sex. He waits outside, in all weathers, patiently waiting for his […]
Review: Carrie
Blu-ray: Carrie (1976) Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is a shy 16 year old girl who lives with her ‘eccentric’ religiously obsessed mother in a small American town. Carrie is bullied by her contemporaries, mainly because of her annoyingly odd mother Margaret (Piper Laurie), wild haired with a mad-but-sexy-vibe, who turns up at her ‘friends’ houses […]
Review: The Andromeda Strain
DVD: The Andromeda Strain (1971) A space satellite falls to Earth and lands in Piedmont, New Mexico. Infected with a deadly biological lifeform, the entire population of Piedmont is killed…except for an old homeless man and a 6 month old baby. Contingency plans were already put in place many years prior to this, with the […]
Review: The Almost Complete Q
DVD: The Almost Complete Q (1969 – 1982) Back in December 2016 I reviewed Q Volume 1: Series 1-3. Fast forward 12 months and The Almost Complete Q, 5 disc boxset drops through the letterbox here at 60MW Towers. If you’ve read my previous review (and if you haven’t, why not!? Click the link and […]
Review: The Devil’s Rejects
Blu-ray: The Devil’s Rejects (2005) If you want to watch a ‘feel good’ movie, then The Devil’s Rejects is definitely one to avoid. However, if you want to squirm in your seat for 100+ minutes and then feel like you need to take a long shower afterwards, then this great Blu-ray release by Umbrella Entertainment […]
Review: Medici – Masters of Florence. Season 1
DVD: Medici – Masters of Florence. Season 1 (2016) Set in 15th Century Florence, Cosimo Medici (Richard Madden) has inherited the Bank of Medici from his father Giovanni (Dustin Hoffman), who has been mysteriously poisoned. Through various flashbacks we are taken back to see the lives of young Cosimo and his brother Lorenzo and their […]