Review: The Men
Blu-ray: The Men (1950)During World War II, U.S. Lieutenant Wilocek (Marlon Brando in his first cinema role) is shot in the back, severing his spinal cord. We next see him alone in his own room, away from the other injured soldiers in a VA hospital and refusing to see his fiancé Ellen (Theresa Wright). Cared for […]
Review: Andro Dunos 2
I enjoy side-scrolling shoot ’em ups, or shmups as they are often referred to, as they remind me of a more innocent time when I played a lot of them in arcades or on my home computer. I’ve reviewed a few of my favourites including U.N. Squadron and Apidya to name a couple.If you’ve played […]
Live Event: Joe Bonamassa, Royal Albert Hall, London, May 6th 2022.
The last time I saw Joe Bonamassa do a solo show was way back in December of 2009 at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. It goes without saying the venue I saw him play this past Friday was quite the step up!A huge crowd had assembled for the second of two nights at […]
Review: Johnny Mnemonic
Number 25 in 101 Films “Black Label” range of releases (make sure to read my review of their previous Black Label release Snowtown), Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 sci-fi/action movie set in the far flung future of 2021…which is scarily accurate at times, with citizens of Beijing all wearing face masks!Keanu Reeves (fresh off the […]
Review: Lawn Mowing Simulator: Dino Safari DLC
After reviewing the original release of Lawn Mowing Simulator last year, then jumping back onto my mowers just before Christmas to review the Ancient Britain DLC, I’m once again risking setting off my hay fever by cutting some more grass in the new Dino Safari DLC.Much like the previous DLC, this adds a few new […]
Review: STANLEY LONG’S ADVENTURES: A Seventies Sex Comedy Threesome
Blu-ray: STANLEY LONG’S ADVENTURES: A Seventies Sex Comedy ThreesomeConsisting of Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), and Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate (1978), these British sex comedies piggybacked off the earlier success of the “Confessions” movies starring Robin Askwith.While not old enough to watch these movies on their original release […]
Review: He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
DVD: He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985) Released too late for me to get into as a child, and too early for my kids to latch onto, my knowledge and viewing history of both He-Man and She-Ra is limited to the 1987 Dolph Lundgren movie Masters of the Universe. So I went […]
Review: Wild Men
Cinema: Wild Men (2021)Lumbering towards a local shop dressed in furs, a Viking enters and fills his shopping basket full of biscuits and crisps. On getting to the checkout he can’t pay because he has no money, and offers the cashier his axe in payment. This isn’t a time traveller, it’s a man called Martin […]
Review: Trolley Problem, Inc
The trolley problem is the paradigm of moral dilemmas. I say this with confidence, because it’s the only one I know, and I know nothing. It’s classic: if a train was barrelling towards five people tied to the tracks, would you pull the lever to move the train onto a different route, killing just one […]
Review: Rogue Cops and Racketeers
Blu-ray: Rogue Cops and Racketeers – Two Crime Thrillers from Enzo G. CastellariFabio Testi stars as inspector Nico Palmieri in Enzo G. Castellari’s (Keoma, Inglorious Bastards) 1976 Italian crime Poliziotteschi drama The Big Racket. Sent to small Italian town, Palmieri and his partner take on a gang of criminals who have a racket demanding ‘safety’ money off […]
