Review: Town on Trial
Blu-ray: Town on Trial (1957) When a flirty Marylin Monroe-esque member of the local tennis club is murdered, Superintendent Mike Halloran (John Mills) is assigned the task of finding out who the murderer is. His investigations uncover a web of deceit, whereby numerous people are linked to the deceased due to romantic flirtations. The case […]
Retro Review: Athlete Kings
Athlete Kings Platform: Sega Saturn Released: 1996 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Back in the day there were loads of sports games based on athletics, including the likes of Daley Thompsons Decathlon, Hyper Sports and Track & Field. All of these would test the strongest of joysticks as waggling like a lunatic was generally the way […]
Review: Breathless
Blu-ray: Breathless (1983) In this remake of Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), Richard Gere plays Jesse, a thief who seems to have a preternatural knack for stealing classic 1950s convertibles. He’s also annoying. Full of jerky energy, always talking to himself, or gazing at himself in the mirror. But then, despite the beautifully full mouthed […]
Review: Jailbreak
DVD: Jailbreak (2017) It’s been a great time lately here at 60MW Towers for fisticuffs action. No we’re not fighting amongst ourselves…we all know that Chris could beat us all up simultaneously with one hand tied behind his back. I am of course referring to the great martial arts movies that have dropped through our […]
Retro Review: Road Rash
Road Rash Platform: Sega Saturn Released: 1996 Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Electronic Arts For my next series of retro reviews, I’m going to show some love to a console that was much maligned and ultimately beaten into submission by the Sony PlayStation. So, strap yourself in and get ready for some Sega Saturn goodness and […]
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
DVD: The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) Before #MeToo, Harvey Weinstein’s reveal as a rapist, and Hulu’s 10 part TV series The Handmaid’s Tale starring Elizabeth Moss as Offred, was this 1990 film, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, scripted by Harold Pinter and starring Natasha Richardson (as the handmaid), Faye Dunaway (as Serena Joy), and Robert Duvall (the […]
Review: Hammer Volume 2: Criminal Intent
Blu-ray: Hammer Volume 2: Criminal Intent Having already reviewed Volume 1 of Powerhouse Films Hammer boxsets, it was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the 4 titles contained within Hammer Volume 2: Criminal Intent, which features 4 classic thrillers from the vaults of Hammer Films released on Blu-ray for the very first time, including premiere […]
Review: The Fortune
Blu-ray: The Fortune (1975) The Mann Act is a Untied States federal law that was passed on 25th June 1910. It was named after Congressman James Robert Mann and in its original form made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of “any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, […]
Live Event: Jonathan Pie – Liverpool Philharmonic, February 25th, 2018
It’s not surprising how a couple of my American friends thought Jonathan Pie was a ‘real’ newsperson. Slightly ruffled suit, windswept hair, squinting into camera, he does appear to be Mr BBC. One exclaimed her shock at him not being sacked for his ‘Potty mouth’. (Oh such sweet lips that utter platitudes of angry exasperation […]
Review: Doctor Faustus
DVD: Doctor Faustus (1967) In the late 1960’s Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were the most famous couple in the world, probably along the lines of Kardashians, only they, unlike the Kardashian’s, had talent. Coming off the back of the critical and box office success of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’? ,the world was RichBeths’s (Dickliz? […]