Reviews

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Critters Attack! (2019) Continuing the story of the ‘Krites’ from outer space, which began back in 1986 with the original Critters, this 5th entry into the movie series once again has the rolling balls of fur with the ‘killer’ appetite once again invading small town America in an effort to take […]

Blu-ray: The Missionary (1982) Written by and starring Michael Palin, The Missionary tells the story of the timid Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin), who returns to London in 1906 after 10 years as a missionary in Africa and is tasked with saving the ‘fallen women’ of Soho. Charles fiancee Deborah (Phoebe Nicholls) is innocent to the […]

Blu-ray: Marlene Dietrich & Josef Von Sternberg at Paramount, 1930-1935 Gosh how I love Indicator box sets, they give us beautifully restored films with the most amazing extras. So being able to experience this particular collection featuring the six Hollywood films made between 1930 and 1935 by Josef von Sternberg and starring his ‘creation’ Marlene […]

Blu-ray: In Bruges (2008) Imagine the joy I felt on seeing Colin Farrell as Ray in ‘In Bruges‘, excitedly run over to a film-in-film set with a delighted (Irish accented) cry of ‘Midgets! They’re filming fuckin MIDGETS’! Some films just have it, you know it’s going to be a belter and as the voiceover starts […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Big Bad Wolves (2013) Big Bad Wolves is a nerve jangling, buttock tightening, Israeli thriller that throws pitch black humour and bloody torture at you, all wrapped in a narrative that centres around pedophilia and murder. Sounds like fun, yeah? While not actually being a ‘fun’ watch, Big Bad Wolves does have […]

Blu-ray: Crack in the World (1965) Despite warnings from his fellow scientists, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews) plans to use the geothermal energy from the Earth’s interior by detonating a thermonuclear device deep within the Earth’s core. Think of it as ‘extreme fracking’. Of course things don’t go exactly as planned and a huge crack […]

Blu-ray: The Colossus of New York (1958) Jeremy Spensser (John Baragrey) is an esteemed humanitarian who has just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Happy and content with his work and his family life with his wife and son, everything is shattered into pieces when he is killed in a freak accident while trying to retrieve […]

Blu-ray: Being John Malkovich (1999) Now 20 years old (can you believe it?) Being John Malkovich was, and still is, a ‘one off’ kind of film. Very surreal, yet understandable. This was the first script made into a film by Charlie Kaufman, who is now seen as one of THE American writers of modern times. […]

Blu-ray & DVD: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a hard hitting story set at the end of the 19th century, about a young indigenous man pushed to his breaking point and beyond. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is an Aboriginal half-caste and […]

Cinema: Charming (2018) Prince Philippe Charming has a problem. Every woman he meets falls head over heels in love at the very sight of him. ‘Why is this a problem?’ I hear you say. Surely every man would love women to fawn over them? The issue is that all the men in the kingdom don’t appreciate […]