Review: Gioteck SC3 Pro Wireless Controller
One of the great things about the Nintendo Switch is that not only can you use it as a portable gaming console while on the go, you can also hook it up to a TV/monitor and sit back and enjoy some big screen gaming. In both instances the included joy-cons are serviceable enough, but to […]
Review: The Big Gundown
Blu-ray: The Big Gundown (1967)Released the same year as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Big Gundown has Lee Van Cleef once again strapping on a six shooter in the Old West and dishing out vengeance in his own inimitable style.Making his first ever starring role, Van Cleef is Jonathan ‘Colorado’ Corbett, a […]
Review: Renegades
DVD & Digital: Renegades (2022)Allow me to begin by first listing some of the cast members in Renegades: Lee Majors, Patsy Kensit, Danny Trejo, Michael Paré, Stephanie Beacham, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Ian Ogilvy, Nick Moran…a veritable cornucopia of acting talent that I’ve enjoyed watching for many years. So putting them all together in the same […]
Live Event: Derren Brown: Showman, Apollo Theatre, London.
It’s a hard task to write a review about a Derren Brown show, even before you’re asked to keep the secrets of the show… secret.Forgoing the temptation to simply write “it was good” and send this article to Dave, I will try and elaborate on that the best I can. I first saw Derren Brown a […]
Review: 8BitDo Ultimate Controller
Already being the owner of both the 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ and 8BitDo Pro 2 controllers, I was very excited when an 8BitDo Ultimate controller arrived here at 60MW Towers for review.There are three versions of 8BitDo’s Ultimate Controller, the bluetooth version that also has 2.4g connectivity, a separate wireless 2.4g version (no bluetooth…and the version which […]
Review: ‘The Film Vault’ Goodfellas 4K UHD Limited Edition
4K UHD & Blu-ray: Goodfellas (1990)What can I say about Goodfellas that hasn’t already been said before!?A cinematic classic that is still just as powerful 30+ years since it first hit the big screen and is surely a part of any cinephiles collection.Well 1 thing I can confidently say is that this ‘The Film Vault’ […]
Review: The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Blu-ray: The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)Conscientious factory worker Ludovico ‘Lulù’ Massa (an intense and hypnotic performance by Gian Maria Volontè ) devotes all of his energy to his monotonous piece work job, where he stands at a lathe all day cutting out pieces of metal.Blinkered to the factory bosses way of working and a […]
Review: Married to the Mob
Blu-ray: Married to the Mob (1988)Directed by ex-Roger Corman employee Jonathan Demme, 1988’s Married to the Mob stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Angie De Marco; curly, dark haired ‘Noo Yawrk’ wife of Alec Baldwin’s Frank ‘The cucumber’ De Marco. Along with Dean Stockwell as Tony ‘The Tiger’ Russo; the mafia Don and Frank’s boss, Mercedes Ruehl as his […]
Review: Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors
Blu-ray: Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)After boarding a train carriage already occupied by five other people, Dr. Terror, AKA Dr. Schreck (Peter Cushing) begins to foretell their futures using Tarot cards and five possible futures unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a huge flesh-eating vine takes […]
Review: Mad God
Blu-ray: Mad God (2021)30 years in the making and painstakingly put together frame by frame by visual effects maestro Phil Tippett, Mad God is a visual and aural assault on the senses that keeps you wondering just what the hell is going to happen from minute to minute…and anything can happen in this (make sure […]