Review: Track 29
Blu-ray: Track 29 (1988) Adapted from Dennis Potter’s BBC TV play Schmoedipus, director Nicolas Roeg crafts a disturbing, and at times head scratching, narrative that often keeps you guessing at what is real and what is imagined. Linda (Theresa Russell) is an unhappy, alcoholic, and possibly delusional, housewife whose life changes when Martin (Gary Oldman) […]
Review: Blue
Digital & DVD: Blue (2017) A fantastic companion piece to the previously reviewed ‘Sharkwater Extinction‘, Sparky Pictures release another documentary that makes you take another look at the human race and the way in which we (mis)treat planet Earth. Beginning with more footage of how the shark population is being decimated for the sake of […]
Review: They Call Her…Cleopatra Wong
DVD: They Call Her…Cleopatra Wong (1978) What is Cleopatra Wong, I hear you say? Well it’s not what you’d expect…and no, it’s not ‘Cleopatra gone wrong’. It’s a 1978 low budget action/martial arts movie. I was listening to Episode 169 (aptly numbered) of the 60 Minutes With podcast (an S.O.S. show with Dave and Tina) […]
Live Event: Comic Con Manchester, June 1st – 2nd, 2019
Regular visitors to our website will already be familiar with Monopoly Events and the great events they put on across the UK (if you haven’t already done so, then spend a few minutes reading my reviews of ‘For The Love Of Sci-Fi‘ and ‘Liverpool Comic Con‘), and of course myself and Thom sang their praises […]
Live Event: Hugh Jackman, Birmingham Resorts World Arena, May 27th, 2019
I’ve always had a bit of a ‘thing’ for Hugh Jackman. You see dear reader, to me, Hugh is the perfect man. Handsome, manly, WOLVERINE, sensitive, can sing, can DANCE, a bit camp, funny, seems sincere, talented, charismatic, a complete package in more ways than one. The perfect man, because he could tap dance up […]
Review: Jupiter and Mars
I am a dolphin on a mission. Heading to the surface I pop my head out of the water and look at the man stood on the edge of the ocean. ‘Squueeak squeeeaky click click squeak‘ (‘Something is wrong my friend, the water levels are rising’) The man bends down and replies: ‘Hi Flipper, would […]
Review: Who?
Blu-ray: Who? (1974) Adapted from the novel by Algis Budry, Who? is a mixture of cold war thriller and sci-fi adventure, where the narrative keeps you guessing as to the final outcome right until the end. When acclaimed American scientist Dr. Lucas Martino (Joseph Bova) is involved in a car accident on the East German […]
Review: Undercover
Blu-ray & DVD: Undercover (1943) Undercover is a fascinating curiosity piece for many reasons, one being that it is the first movie appearance by Stanley Baker as a fresh faced 16 year old schoolboy who wants to help out in the war effort in Yugoslavia. Made by Ealing studios, the movie concentrates on Yugoslav partisans […]
Review: West of Sunshine
DVD: West of Sunshine (2017) Jim (Damian Hill) is separated from his wife and it is his turn to look after their son Alex (Ty Perham) for the day. Unfortunately, this day is like no other as Jim owes $1500 to a loan shark and has to make payment in full by 5pm. So begins a […]
Review: Mary Reilly
Blu-ray & DVD: Mary Reilly (1996) Perhaps I should mention that Julia Roberts who plays Mary Reilly was nominated for Worst Actress by the Razzie Awards, and Stephen Frears was nominated for Worst Director…both lost. However, that should tell you the reader that Roberts performance in Mary Reilly is nothing short of magnificently awful. Reilly […]
