Review: It’s Complicated
DVD: It’s Complicated (2009)It’s Complicated boasts a stellar cast, and although I hate to begin a review like this, I feel the overwhelming urge to beg God to save me from films like this…the ‘romantic comedy’.Jane (Meryl Streep) is fabulously wealthy and owns a successful bakery in sunny California, and Jake Adler (Alec Baldwin), an […]
Live Event: Tragedy + Nanowar of Steel, O2 Academy, Islington, London, April 27th 2023
A mere 6 weeks after watching Tragedy at a home town gig in New York opening for Steel Panther, I had the pleasure of seeing them again at the o2 Academy in Islington, this time playing a headline set. Before the “Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees and beyond” hit the stage however, was the […]
Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia 4K UHD
4K UHD & Blu-ray: Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia (1977) After the shocking and sudden death of her daughter at the breakfast table due to chocking on a piece of apple, bereaved mother Julia (Mia Farrow) leaves her controlling husband Magnus (Keir Dullea) and moves into an old house in West London. The house has […]
Picnic at Hanging Rock Limited Edition 4K UHD
4K UHD & Blu-ray: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Appleyard College is a Victorian young ladies’ college somewhere in Australia, the students are about to have a Valentines Day treat; a picnic at Hanging Rock. In their cream and white cotton dresses, these beautiful, spoilt girls stuff their faces under the watchful eyes of Miss […]
Review: Dredge
Dredge is the debut game from developers Black Salt Games, and if this is any indication of what they are capable of, then I’ll be watching their output very closely from now on as I am absolutely loving my time with this game.The wonderful branching narrative begins with a fisherman who arrives at the island […]
Review: The Street Fighter Trilogy
Blu-ray: The Street Fighter Trilogy (1974)The Street FighterReturn of the Street FighterThe Street Fighter’s Last RevengeIf you want crazy martial arts action with a regular splattering of blood, then look no further than this Street Fighter set from Arrow Films, it’s one of the most entertaining trilogies you’re ever likely to watch.Shin’ichi Chiba (credited as Sonny […]
Review: The Last Hunter
Blu-ray: The Last Hunter (1980)The first release from new UK boutique Blu-Ray label Treasured Films, The Last Hunter (seen here making its UK blu-ray debut) is just the type of film that I love, and one which I hadn’t watched since on an old VHS copy many years ago. Needless to say, this was a much […]
Review: Moviehouse
The 1980’s, movies and video games: 3 of my passions for many years now, so when we were offered a video game for review that begins in the 80’s where you assume the role of the head of your own movie studio, I was of course immediately intrigued.The premise of it all is a simple […]
Review: The Sword and the Claw
Blu-ray: The Sword and the Claw (1975)I watched The Sword and the Claw just the other day, and yet I’m still processing what played out before my eyes. Just when I thought I’d seen about everything that the 101 Films AGFA releases could throw at me with these low budget indie movies, along comes this […]
Review: Naked Lunch Limited Edition 4K UHD
4K UHD Blu-ray: Naked Lunch (1991) William S. Burroughs’ novel ‘Naked Lunch’ was for many years deemed “unfilmable”, so stepping up to the challenge came director David Cronenberg who intertwined elements of Burroughs’ own remarkable biography with the content of the book, the end result being a cinematic experience that, while occasionally leaving the viewer confused, […]