Review: Star Maidens
DVD: Star Maidens (1976) Far away in a distant solar system, the citizens of the planet Medusa have no idea that a comet is on a deadly trajectory that will knock it out of its current orbit and send it spinning through space. The inhabitants are human in appearance (saves on expensive prosthetics) and it […]
Review: Lego City Undercover
Four years after its original release on the WiiU, Lego City Undercover finally makes its way to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch. The WiiU gamepad was maligned by many, and even Nintendo barely used its features towards the end of the consoles life cycle. However, there are some examples where the gamepad was […]
Review: Property is No Longer a Theft
Blu-ray and DVD: Property is No Longer a Theft (1973) Total (Flávio Bucci) is a lowly bank teller, living in borderline poverty with his father who was a bank teller before him. Total is frustrated by the way that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is exemplified by The Butcher (Ugo […]
Retro Review: Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf Released: 1991 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Taito Looking back, I had a strange fascination with guns when I was a child. Watching movies like Commando and Rambo: First Blood Part 2 at the age of 10 probably didn’t help with my obsession with all things that go bang. I know […]
Review: Wolf Guy
Blu-ray & DVD: Wolf Guy (1975) I love bonkers movies, and this is a bonkers movie! This short synopsis will immediately help you to decide if Wolf Guy is for you or not: The only survivor of a werewolf clan massacre uses his once a month werewolf abilities to solve crimes and finds himself embroiled […]
Review: Chucklevision – Series 3
DVD: Chucklevision – Series 3 (1989-90) “You do realise that we’re moving into a new field?” Won’t that be a bit draughty?” “No. A new field…the world of business” And so begins series 3 of Chucklevision, the first which started the now classic format of their shows which continued until the very last episode. No […]
Review: Phenomena
Blu-ray & DVD: Phenomena (1985) Once again Arrow Films release the definitive package of a movie, and this time it’s the 1985 Dario Argento directed classic Phenomena, which comes packaged complete with a host of special features that will keep you entertained and enthralled for many hours. Jennifer (a very young Jennifer Connelly in only her […]
Review: Brain Damage
Blu-Ray & DVD: Brain Damage (1988) An elderly New York couple are keeping something captive in their bathroom and feeding it animal brains, but ‘it’ manages to escape into the nearby apartment of Brian (Rick Hearst). The ‘it’ in question is called Aylmer; an erudite centuries old phallic parasite whose charm and powers of persuasion […]
Live Event: Bernie Marsden – The Tivoli, May 5th, 2017.
There are times in everyone’s life when the stars align and everything is just perfect. Last night at our beloved Tivoli here in North Wales was one of those times. After a 2017 plagued by ill health, I hadn’t been able to visit my favourite gig venue of the past 35+ years for far too long. […]
Review: Line of Duty Series 1-4
DVD: Line of Duty: Series 1-4 (2012 – 2017) Spoilers! How to write a review of a sprawling series that gives away no clues – impossible, so if you haven’t seen Line of Duty right from the beginning (there are now 4 series), do NOT read. In an age of ‘box set TV’, having to […]