Retro Review: Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger Released: 1993 Platform: Sega Mega CD Publisher: Sega Developer: Sony Imagesoft Out of curiosity I’ve decided to take a look at movie tie-in games for my next few retro reviews. I’ve previously reviewed some Sylvester Stallone games including Rambo 3 on Sega Megadrive and Rambo 3 and Rocky on Sega Master System. Now it’s […]
Review: Breaker Morant
DVD: Breaker Morant (1980) I think people won’t really know Edward Woodward unless they are ‘of a certain age’, then they’ll mainly remember him as David Callan (in Callan) and as the original Equalizer Robert McCall. Movie fans will possibly remember him as the virgin human sacrifice in The Wicker Man. Definitely a ‘man’s man’ […]
Review: Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
Not long ago Dave and I had the privilege of interviewing computer game designer Kevin Toms. (You can check out that show here.) For anyone who doesn’t know, Kevin was responsible for creating the hugely successful Football Manager way back in 1982. He has recently gone on to make Kevin Toms Football Star Manager which […]
Review: Orca
Blu-ray & DVD: Orca (1977) Captain Nolan (Richard Harris) is a man who lives his life on the sea after the tragic death of his wife and child by a drunk driver. While hunting sharks to make money, he spears a passing whale and uses the boats crane to bring it on board. The whales […]
Review: Hounds of Love
Blu-ray & DVD: Hounds of Love (2016) Loosely based on real life events, Hounds of Love is a nail biting psychological thriller by Australian writer/director Ben Young. Set in 1980’s Perth, Australia, John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) are a depraved couple who abduct and murder young girls. Evelyn begrudgingly concedes to […]
Review: L.A. Vengeance
DVD: L.A. Vengeance (AKA: Once Upon a Time in Venice) (2017) Bruce Willis. John Goodman. Jason Momoa. Famke Janssen. What a cast! What a letdown. Steve Ford (Willis) is a down on his luck Los Angeles private investigator whose love for his sister and her 15 year old daughter is only surpassed by the love […]
Review: Lost in Paris
Blu-ray & DVD: Lost in Paris (2016) Written, directed, co-produced AND starring multi-tasking husband and wife comedians Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel, Lost in Paris is regarded as something of a commercial breakthrough for the prolific, hard-working burlesque duo, who bagged French screen icon Emmanuelle Riva (who died shortly after the film’s release) and comedy […]
Review: Zoology
Blu-ray & DVD: Zoology (2016) Poor Natasha; middle-aged, still living with her mother, stuck in a nowhere Russian coastal town and bullied mercilessly in her job at the local Zoo where her only relief is interacting with the animals. And then there is her tail….. This is not just an enlarged coccyx but a full […]
Review: Cannibal Apocalypse
DVD: Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) It is the Vietnam war and Norman Hopper (John Saxon) is on a jungle mission to rescue his fellow soldiers Charlie Bukowski (Giovanni Lombardo Radice) and Tom Thompson (Tony King) who are P.O.W’s. Unbeknownst to Hopper, they have been infected with a cannibal virus and are now happily chomping down on […]
Retro Review: Jet Set Willy
Jet Set Willy Released: 1984 Publisher: Software Projects Developer: Software Projects Over the past few years games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Cuphead have become popular with the general videogame public. They have been celebrated not only because they are great games, but have gained notoriety as they are bloody difficult and provide a stiff […]