Review: Recon
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Recon (2019) Based on the critically acclaimed novel Peace by Richard Bausch, four American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of an Italian mountain-side during the final days of the Second World War. Aided by an Italian civilian (Franco Nero) after witnessing the murder of an innocent woman by their Sergeant, the soldiers physical […]
Review: Oldboy (UHD Blu-ray)
UHD Blu-ray: Oldboy (2003) Based on the Japanese manga of the same name, Oldboy tells the story of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) who is taken from the streets after a drunken night out and finds himself locked up in a sparse single room apartment. Not knowing who did it, why they did it, or how […]
Review: The Valachi Papers
Blu-ray: The Valachi Papers (1972) Starring Charles Bronson (as Valachi) and directed by Terence Young, The Valachi Papers tells the true story of Joseph Valachi; a bag man for the New York Mob who first made the term “Cosa Nostra” known. In the early 1960s he testified to court that there was such a thing as […]
Review: Geronimo – An American Legend
Blu-ray: Geronimo – An American Legend (1993)Geronimo: a name that most people are familiar with (usually as a loud shout before jumping off something), but whose life may not be so well known.Geronimo – An American Legend takes up the story of the Apache chief as the Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on […]
Review: Relic
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD: Relic (2020) This debut feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James is a hard watch, and although it comes under the banner of ‘Horror’, it’s not so much a horror film than an allegory for the real horror of Alzheimer’s disease. When Kay’s (Emily Mortimer) mum Edna (Robyn Nevin) goes missing, […]
Review: Rob Halford – Confess
There are few ‘rock’ biographies I’d be interested to read, mainly because the author tends NOT to include the gritty, dirty, sex and drugs bits. Okay Motley Crue are an exception, but they couldn’t exactly get away with NOT telling the truth, likewise with Metal God, Rob Halford. However, he could have taken the easy […]
Review: REC
Blu-ray: REC (2007) Angela (Manuela Velasco) is a young television reporter, and along with her lone cameraman are following a local fire station crew on its nightshift in the hope that something will happen to give them an exciting bit of footage to air on their show “While You Were Sleeping”. Hoping for something a […]
Review: Erik the Viking (Special Limited Edition)
Blu-ray: Erik the Viking (1989)Loosely based on Terry Jones book for his son Bill, Erik the Viking is a sort of childrens film with a lot of grown up themes, like… rape and death.Originally released in 1989 it had a running time of 107 minutes, but being unhappy with the film’s slow pacing, director Jones cut it […]
Review: Commandos 2 – HD Remaster
I played Commandos 2 on PC almost 20 years ago and had fond memories of it, so when offered a review code to play the HD remaster on Nintendo Switch, I quickly put on my camouflage gear and got ready to dive back into the skirmishes of WWII.The first thing to do was to try […]
Review: Twelve Monkeys
DVD: 12 Monkeys (1995)Back in the days when Bruce Willis was seen as guaranteed big box office return in his cinema releases (before he started dialling in performances in direct to video fare), and when Brad Pitt was just hitting his stride at also being a big movie star, they were thrown together under the direction of […]
