Review: Maneater
DVD: Maneater (2015) A world at the peril of climate change, a remote scientific corporation base, genetic modification gone wrong, a big bad polar bear on the loose with a crazy cocktail of DNA and scared scientists being clawed to death. All of this is set up within the first 5 minutes of Maneater (AKA […]
Review: Eaten Alive
Blu-ray: Eaten Alive (1976) How do you follow up The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? A movie that is widely regarded as one of the best horror films ever made. A movie that still terrifies to this day with its depiction of cruelty, despair and shocking violence. In a era of found footage horror films, Texas Chainsaw Massacre still […]
Review: ITV 60
DVD: ITV 60 (2015) Network may not be a name that you are are au fait with, but I have to admit that they are in my top five companies for releasing real gems, not only in film but in television too. I think I have every box set they’ve ever produced starring Oliver Tobias, and when […]
Review: Sabotage
Blu-ray: Sabotage (1996) Sabotage opens with a tense assault in war torn Bosnia. Mark Dacascos is Mark Bishop, a tough special forces operative who is attempting to rescue a group of hostages before they are brutally executed. Things don’t go according to plan and we cut to three years later where Dacascos has been dishonourably […]
Review: Hard To Be A God
Blu-ray: Hard To Be A God (2013) This film follows the story of Anton and his fellow ‘scientists’, who are undercover operatives from the future planet Earth, on a mission to an alien planet that is populated by human beings whose society has not advanced beyond the Dark Ages. Based on the novel by legendary […]
Review: Crimson Peak
Cinema: Crimson Peak (2015) Guillermo del Toro is a name that movie fans and more so, horror fans, will know very well as the goblin king of gothic horror. I’ve been a huge fan of his work since Cronos changed the vampire mythos back in 1993 and ever since then he has made some stunning fantasy […]
Review: Crazy Six
Blu-ray: Crazy Six (1997) I like Rob Lowe, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles and Burt Reynolds so I was quite looking forward to watching Crazy Six. My thoughts after watching the movie are where did it all go wrong? Rob Lowe and his crew steal a bunch of money from gangster Ice-T. Mario Van Peebles plays […]
Review: Zardoz
Blu-ray: Zardoz (1974) I sat down to watch infamous 70’s sci fi Zardoz for the first time ever and….. hang on… I’m 40 minutes in and I feel like I need to start over…. Right. I’ve now seen Zardoz. It really is crazier than a shithouse rat. I could well leave my review there. You […]
Review: Grace Of My Heart
DVD: Grace of my Heart (1996) Loosely based on Carole King’s life story, Grace of My Heart follows Edna Buxton; (Illeanna Douglas) a singer from a wealthy Philadelphia family, who instead of becoming the musician she wants to be, ends up writing hit records for other artists in the Brill Building in New York. Along […]
Live Event: EGX 2015
Eurogamer Expo is one of the largest exhibitions showcasing the latest video games. It gives members of the public an opportunity to get their hands on all manner of titles from small indie developers to the big AAA games. I’ve been going to EGX for the past few years but the main difference being that this year […]
