Reviews

Blu-ray: Putney Swope (1969)Putney Swope is one of ‘those’ films…normally at 60MW towers before we watch a film we head over to YouTube and check out the trailer. Having seen the trailer for Putney Swope, I was NOT looking forward to seeing it…very 1960s, and… hummmm. Seeing Robert Downey Sr. directed it gave it some novelty value but […]

Blu-ray: Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)While I abhor bullfighting, I recognise its place in the culture and history of different countries. Your views on bullfighting will colour your enjoyment of Bullfighter and the Lady, especially in the longer (and recommended) 124 minute version included in this release which features a lot more actual bullfighting.American clay […]

Blu-ray: Munster, Go Home! (1966)The 2 most infectious laughs when I was a kid belonged to the animatronic laughing man outside the Funhouse in Blackpool, and Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne). The laughing man (and the Funhouse) went many years ago, but thanks to this blu-ray release by Fabulous Films, I now have another way to […]

Blu-ray: Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)Never-before released on blu-ray in the UK, Diary of a Mad Housewife is one of those films you’ve heard about, but never got to see.Directed by Frank Perry (The Swimmer, Trilogy, Mommie Dearest) it stars Carrie Snodgrass as Tina the ‘mad’ housewife and the whole film is interestingly and unflinchingly […]

TENEBRAE dual format 4K UHD + Blu-ray – Limited Edition (1982)Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) is an American pulp-fiction author who arrives in Rome to promote his latest book “Tenebrae”.Unfortunately for Peter, upon his arrival a series of murders begin to take place, all of which copy murders from his book, along with pages of it […]

DVD: Embattled (2020)Much like Rocky isn’t a boxing movie (it’s a wonderful love story), Embattled (despite the DVD cover) is not a movie about MMA fighting, although there is a great fight at the end of it…much like the aforementioned Rocky.Embattled centres around the life of Cash Boykins (Stephen Dorff), an MMA champion estranged from […]

Blu-ray: Red Sonja (1985) Red Sonja, directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Clive Exton & George MacDonald Fraser, is based on the character Red Sonya of Rogatino created by Robert E. Howard (who also wrote Conan the Barbarian). This was Brigitte Nielsen’s first film (just before she married Sylvester Stallone) and also stars  Sandahl Bergman (who was also in […]

Blu-ray, DVD & Download-to-Own: Corrective Measures (2022)Based on the graphic novel by Grant Chastain, Corrective Measures is set in San Tiburon; a maximum security prison which houses the world’s nastiest superpowered criminals which were created by “The Pulse”. Amongst those created is Payback (Dan Payne), a vigilante mutant who hunts down mutant criminals and shows no remorse when […]

Blu-ray: Burn After Reading (2008)Written and directed by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading features an ‘A’ list ensemble cast and is as funny now as it was in 2008.CIA analyst, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) has ‘a drinking problem’ and is sacked. Osbourne is married to Katie (Tilda Swinton) who wants to leave him […]

Blu-ray: Hell High (1989)Released at the tail end of the 1980’s horror movie “slasher” obsession, Hell High spins things a little differently to keep you interested. Just don’t go into this expecting the usual “killer on the loose and high body count” excesses brought to you by the likes of the Friday the 13th and […]