Review: The World at War
Blu-ray: The World at War (1973) There are certain documentary television series that made an impact on me as a kid: Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and The World at War. My father, born in 1934 and interested in WW1 and WW2 would sit and watch, and I vividly remember sitting with him, hearing […]
Review: Kes
Blu-ray: Kes (1969) Little Billy Casper; poor, working class and always in trouble with the police, finds a Kestral and trains it. Bullied by the lads at school, tortured by the PE teacher, abused by his older brother and his mum (well she doesn’t give a shit about him) Billy knows his future is down […]
Retro Review: Body Harvest
Body Harvest Released: 1998 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Gremlin Interactive Developer: DMA Design For my second Halloween themed review I wanted to revisit a game that I played a lot when it was originally released. Although Body Harvest isn’t a traditional horror game, it does share a lot in common with 50’s B-movie science fiction, […]
Review: Luke Cage
Streaming: Luke Cage (2016 – ) Fresh from his success in the Jessica Jones series on Netflix, former Power Man Luke Cage gets his own Netflix series and 60 Minutes With sent Steve Woolley on a 13 episode trip to Harlem to check it out and to get his damn hair cut while he’s there. […]
Review: Cosmos
Blu-ray: Cosmos (2015) Cosmos, directed by the late Andrzej Zulawski, tells the story of two young men; Witold (Johnathan Genet) and Fuchs (Johan Libereau) who arrive for a few days away at a family run guest house in a rural area of France. Witold has just failed his law exams and Fuchs has just quit his […]
Review: The Fall
DVD: The Fall (2013 – ) The beauty of Allan Cubitt’s The Fall is the backbone of all great television; the arc the characters live through and the unravelling of motives and actions that are subtle, and take time, but in the end allow the viewer to make sense of what’s happened. Over 3 series […]
Review: The Killing of America
Blu-ray: The Killing of America (1981) Often (and unfairly) compared with the Faces of Death series of movies, The Killing of America is a somber look at how the American populace have been subjected to various killers and killings throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and up to its release in 1981. As relevant now (if not more […]
Review: Christine
Blu-ray: Christine (1983) Under the thumb of his parents at home and insecure in High School, Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) is taken under the wing of his confident and popular school friend Dennis (John Stockwell). It is when Arnie is at his lowest ebb, both mentally and physically, that he spots an old run down […]
Review: Pro Strategy Football 2016
I’ve been a huge American Football fan since 1982 when I first caught a game on television over here in the UK. That very same year Addictive Games released Kevin Toms Football Manager on the ZX Spectrum. This game consumed many hours of my life, but with my love of the NFL slowly overtaking any interest I […]
Movies For Juniors – The Secret Life of Pets
Cinema: The Secret Life of Pets (2016) Stay at home dog, Max, is very happy with his life. He loves his owner and is surrounded by an assortment of animal friends including an obese cat, a squirrel hating dog and an adrenaline junkie budgie. Max’s comfortable life is threatened when his owner brings home a boisterous […]