Live Event: An Evening with Frank Bruno – The Tivoli, June 3rd, 2016.
I’ve documented my long history with The Tivoli many times during various reviews I’ve written on gigs there, but in all my years of frequenting this great venue, this was the first time that I’d ever been to ‘An Evening With’ event there, and what a fantastic guest they had with Frank Bruno. During the […]
Review: 5 Dolls for an August Moon
Blu-ray: 5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) There are times when I start watching a film to review and I already think, “what the hell am I going to write?” Or, “this seems like a Tina kind of film, I wish she was reviewing it” (sorry Tina!). ‘5 Dolls for an August Moon‘ is […]
Retro Review: Night Trap
Night Trap Released: 1993 Platform: Sega Mega CD Publisher: Sega Developer: Digital Pictures There are a lot of words that could be used to describe Night Trap; camp, boring, cheesy, hilarious, or just plain crap, but words like shameful, ultra violent, sick and disgusting simply don’t fit the profile of this game. Yet, these were […]
Review: Janis: Little Girl Blue
DVD: Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) Janis – Little Girl Blue is a new documentary about the life and death of much loved hippie icon Janis Joplin. Janis was the original ‘rock chick’ that blazed a trail across the cultural landscape of 1960’s America. This documentary, narrated by musician Cat Power, is told through a series of letters […]
Review: Audition
Blu-ray: Audition (1999) ‘To live means to approach death gradually’. Arrow’s newly restored release of Audition was my baptism of fire into Japanese horror. Made in 1999 and directed by Takashi Miike, Audition has shocked audiences with its graphic and grotesque scenes since its release and has become a critic’s favourite, winning various accolades and being listed […]
Review: Tigertailz – Blast
After the 2013 release of the 5 track EP ‘Knives’ (which I absolutely loved) Tigertailz were already planning a follow-up EP entitled ‘Daggerz’, but as has often been the case with ‘Tailz throughout their career, the bands future has not gone as planned due to various unforeseen events. A change of personal (something which ‘Tailz are […]
Review: Respectable – The Mary Millington Story
DVD: Respectable – The Mary Millington Story (2016) Britain in the 1970’s must have been a really fascinating time in history. In particular the sex trade and distribution of obscene material was so different by today’s standards, it is barely recognisable. The rise of pornographic material led to the rise of Mary Whitehouse and her […]
Review: Every Home Should Have One
Blu-ray: Every Home Should Have One (1970) Mention Marty Feldman to me and immediately a plethora of quotes from Young Frankenstein always spring to mind (I still can’t pass a horse without wanting to say “Frau Blücher” to it). For me he was a comedy genius as both a writer and an actor, specifically in […]
Review: Hired To Kill
Blu-ray: Hired To Kill (1990) There have been some iconic opening shots in movie history; the camera panning down amongst the stars before a huge spacecraft appears from over our heads in Star Wars. Hitchcock’s masterful direction at the beginning of Rear Window which sets up all you need to know about L.B. Jefferies without […]
Live Event: Goblin – Gorilla, May 11th, 2016
Dawn of the Dead (1978) is my all time favourite movie and one which I have literally seen over 100 times (a friend and I once went 24 hours watching it non-stop on VHS back in our youth). The European version of the movie (for there are many) is scored by Goblin, a band that performed […]