Review: The Villainess
Blu-ray: The Villainess (2017) Hailing from South Korea, The Villainess has one of the most violently frenetic openings I’ve ever seen in an Asian thriller…or ANY movie. The sequence sees Ok-bin Kim as our ‘heroine’ Sook-hee, but from a first person view, channeling so many video games and a lot of Hardcore Henry as she […]
Live Event: W.A.S.P. – The Tivoli, October 22nd, 2017.
“BUCKLEY…ARE YOU READY’ The above words are ones that I never thought I’d hear Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. shout at the Tivoli. Thankfully I was there when he did. And so were many others at a sold out Tiv. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Crimson Idol (a conceptual album which tells the story of Jonathan […]
Review: The Richard Pryor Movie Collection
DVD: The Richard Pryor Movie Collection Richard Pryor was a comedy legend both on the movie screen in his acting roles, and on stage in his stand-up routines, where his social satire often cut close to the bone. Thanks to Fabulous Films, you can now buy a boxset of 4 of his movies that will […]
Review: The Party
Blu-ray: The Party (1968) Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) is an inept Indian actor whose bumbling antics result in him being fired from a movie set and told that he’ll never work in the business again. However, through a communication mixup, he inadvertently gets invited to a swish Hollywood party at the home of the […]
Review: Cat’s Eye
Blu-ray & DVD: Cat’s Eye (1985) Three ‘horror’ stories are intertwined by some crafty Stephen King winks. A man tries to give up smoking, a hood boss punishes his wife’s lover and a clever cat saves a little girl from a breath stealing monster. Cat’s Eye is directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King, […]
Review: Red Christmas
DVD: Red Christmas (2016) Diane (Dee Wallace) is a widowed mother whose only wish is to have a relaxing Christmas day with her estranged family. Unfortunately for her, an event that happened 20 years ago will have ramifications for them all. Kudos have to go to writer/director Craig Anderson, whose trials and tribulations in getting […]
Review: The Windsors (Series 1&2)
DVD: The Windsors (Series 1&2) (2016-17) Have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors of the rich and famous, in particular the Royal family? Despite having untold wealth and privilege that us commoners will never know, surely they must be a bit like us? They are human after all, and as the old […]
Review: The Vikings
Blu-ray: The Vikings (1958) During a Viking raid in England, Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine) rapes the queen, she secretly gives birth to a son Eric (Tony Curtis) who is captured and made a slave. Year later and in true Hollywood style he meets his half-brother Einar (Kirk Douglas) and falls in love with the Welsh Princess […]
Review: Willard
Blu-ray: Willard (1971) “It’s like a damn safari with all these rats!” Cult media distributor Second Sight Films have done a first-rate job of restoring this almost forgotten forerunner of not only the creature feature genre, but also psychological horror movies. Based on Stephen Gilbert’s 1969 short story “Ratman’s Notebooks”, Willard is neither as thrilling […]
Review: Miracle Mile
Blu-ray & DVD: Miracle Mile (1988) Harry Washello (Anthony Edwards) meets Julie Peters (Mare Winningham) and immediately falls for her. When his alarm clock fails to go off, he misses their scheduled date and ends up alone on a street corner in the early hours of the morning. A nearby pay phone begins to ring […]