Review: Birdy
Blu-ray: Birdy (1984) The book ‘Birdy’ is based in WWII but director Alan Parker took William Wharton’s story and set in 1960s Philadelphia. The story follows two unlikely friends; Al Columbato (Nic Cage) a gawky, good looking, over confident shagger, and Birdy (Matthew Modine) a quiet odd lad who’s obsessed with Birds. It’s one […]
Review: Plebs Series 5
DVD: Plebs Series 5 (2019) Last year Tina reviewed the series 1-4 boxset of Plebs, so it was great to sit down again and follow the continuing adventures of Marcus, Grumio and Jason as they invariably cause havoc in ancient Rome. Series 5 sees some new characters once again being introduced, among them is Amanda […]
Live Event: For The Love of Sci-Fi, BEC Manchester, Dec 7th – 8th, 2019
Has it really been a year since I first attended For The Love Of Sci-Fi !? Not only was it my first FTLOS event, it was also the first time I’d attended something run by Monopoly Events, and in the subsequent 12 months it has been an absolute joy to not only attend many more […]
Review: The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Blu-ray: The Amazing Mr.Blunden (1972)It was several year after its cinematic release that I saw The Amazing Mr Blunden. Definitely on the telly, probably at Christmas, but I have no recollection of when. The only thing I could remember about it was being terrified of Diana Dors’ Mrs Wickens and somewhat confused by Bella (Madeline […]
Review: Rage 2
Rage 2 should be brilliant! It’s made by Avalanche Studios who developed the excellent Mad Max. It’s co-developed by id Software who were responsible for the fantastic reboot of Doom. It’s also published by Bethesda who have pedigree, releasing the superb Wolfenstein games. It has brash colourful graphics, an open world to explore, car combat, […]
Review: Young Winston
Blu-ray: Young Winston (1972) Richard Attenborough continued his war journey after ‘Oh, What a Lovely War!’ with his 1972 Young Winston (Churchill) based on Churchill’s book My Early Life: A Roving Commission, the movie gives young Winny the Hollywood treatment and examines his early life from an unhappy time at boarding school and ending his election […]
Review: Prom Night
Blu-ray: Prom Night (1980) A group of children are playing ‘killer’ in an abandoned building when the game gets out of hand and a girl falls through a window to her death. The remaining children panic and run away, leaving a local paedophile to be the main suspect. He is hounded by the police and ends […]
Review: Badge 373
Blu-ray: Badge 373 (1973) Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) is a tough New York city cop who gets suspended after a police bust ends with him being accused of the death a suspect. Now working as a barman, Eddie discovers that his ex-partner on the force has been killed under suspicious circumstances, which draws him back […]
Review: Time Without Pity
Blu-ray: Time Without Pity (1957) Alec Cowen is on death row after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend in her family home, and it is left to his alcoholic Father to try and prove Alec’s innocence and unravel a suspicious series of events surrounding her death. Directed by Joseph Losey, with photography by Freddie […]
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1
Blu-ray: Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1 (1969 – 70)Released in both Standard and Deluxe Editions, Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series 1 is the result of nearly 10 years work by Network’s award-winning in-house restoration team, working from the best available materials – from first generation 2-inch videotape masters to surviving […]
