Review: Tommy’s Honour
DVD: Tommy’s Honour (2016) Based on the true story of Father and Son golfing legends ‘Old’ Tom and ‘Young’ Tommy Morris, Tommy’s Honour follows Tommy in his struggle to rise above the social standing that has trapped his father into serving the ‘gentlemen’ of golf. ‘Old’ Tom (Peter Mullan) is a golfer past his prime, and […]
Review: The Witches
Blu-ray & DVD: The Witches (1967) Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis brought together 5 Italian directors for an anthology movie. Their brief was very simple: to direct an episode in which Silvana Mangano (to whom he was married) plays a witch. Though the definition of ‘witch’ may well vary from story to story, especially if you […]
Review: Montparnasse 19
Blu-ray & DVD: Montparnasse 19 (1958) Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani (Gérard Philipe), leads the typical bohemian artiste existence in Paris, and in between drinking himself to a stupor, and having sex with most of the women he knows, he paints, but is unable to sell any of his work due to his style. I’d actually […]
Review: The Land That Time Forgot
Blu-ray: The Land That Time Forgot (1974) The first time that I watched The Land That Time Forgot was as a 9 year old boy at a single screen cinema in our local town, sat next to my dad. So began a period in my life when Doug McClure was my action hero of the […]
Review: Suspiria
Blu-ray: Suspiria (1977) This 40th anniversary edition Blu-ray of the Dario Argento classic ‘Suspiria‘ is an absolute treat in both its picture quality (from a new 4K scan) and content. Having owned various releases dating back to good old VHS and numerous DVD versions, this Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment had me in awe at the […]
Review: Stick it to the Man
Ask people what super power they would like to have and I can imagine a lot of them would say that they’d love the ability to read minds. For any married folk out there, I’m sure you would agree that it would definitely come in handy on occasions! If you have ever had this fantasy […]
Review: Detectorists (Series 3)
DVD: Detectorists (Series 3) (2017) It is with a genuinely heavy heart that I tell you that this series of Detectorists is to be the last. Over the last 2 series (all of which I’ve reviewed) we’ve followed the adventures, or rather middle aged musings of Lance (Toby Jones) and Andy (Mackenzie Crook). Andy and […]
Chris H’s Top 10 Cinema Experiences in 2017
With Christmas and the New Year festivities over, it is time for movie fans to look back over twelve months of highs and lows, blockbusters and flops, high profile disappointments and left-field surprises and compile their own – highly subjective – top ten lists. Please bear in mind that while this is my personal ranking, […]
Retro Review: Sly Spy
Sly Spy Released: 1989 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Data East Developer: Data East The first time I remember playing Sly Spy was during a trip to Alton Towers sometime in the early nineties. I was a huge James Bond fan, so I was instantly drawn to the arcade cabinet which was clearly influenced by the suave […]
Steve’s Top 10 Albums of 2017
It has to be a good year when the likes of Elbow, Sleaford Mods, The War on Drugs, Lorde and Kendrick didn’t make the top 10. Anyways in no particular order: 10: Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears. I don’t think you know who I am….. I would have picked this solely for the opening […]