Review: Effects
Blu-ray: Effects (1979) This is a treat for all fans of George Romero and his “Dead trilogy” of movies, as it stars Tom Savini, Joe “Captain Rhodes” Pilato and John “Screwdriver Zombie” Harrison (make sure to listen to my interview show with John) in a very low budget movie about a group of drugged up filmmakers […]
Review: The Fan
Blu-ray: The Fan (1996) The San Francisco Giants baseball team pay Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) $40M to hopefully lead them to a World Series title, and nobody is happier at this news than superfan and knife salesman Gil Renard (Robert De Niro). Gil likes to phone into a sports talk radio show hosted by Jewel […]
Review: Jakob’s Wife
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Jakob’s Wife (2021) Anne (Barbara Crampton) is married to Jakob (Larry Fessenden); a minister in a small town, but after 30 years together she is feeling bored and wants some excitement back into her life. Her life changes drastically though after a chance meeting with “The Master”, and after discovering bite […]
Review: The Gunfighter
Blu-ray: The Gunfighter (1950) Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) is a notorious gunfighter and widely known as the deadliest shot in the old west. This notoriety though brings with it a constant stream of gunslingers wanting bragging rights about being the one who finally managed to kill him. While Jimmy wants an end to his days […]
Review: Session 9
Blu-ray: Session 9 (2001)Gordon (Peter Mullan) is the boss of an asbestos removal company, and while suffering with his own personal demons, he is desperate to win the contract to clean up an abandoned State Mental Hospital.The rest of his crew have their own personal foibles that they bring into the project, but none of […]
Review: Before We Leave
If you’ve ever wanted to get into some video game world building and the likes of Cities: Skylines or the Civilisation series were too complicated for you, or maybe at the other end of the gaming complexity, you found Islanders too simplistic, then Before We Leave could well be the game you are looking for.The […]
Review: Shawscope Volume One (Limited Edition)
Hong Kong’s film industry in the 1960s was dominated by Shaw Brothers (the studio founded by real-life brothers Run Run and Runme Shaw), but as the 60s turned into the 70s, other studios began to attract a slice of their audience.Undeterred by this new competition, Shaw Brothers upped their game even more and released hundreds […]
Review: Lawn Mowing Simulator – Ancient Britain DLC
After being pleasantly surprised with Lawn Mowing Simulator (review here), I was very much looking forward to jumping back onto my favourite mower for the new Ancient Britain DLC.There are no new huge additions to the gameplay; no Battle Royale mode where you’re mowing an ever decreasing garden space against other mowers, or no ‘capture […]
Review: Beyond a Steel Sky
Set 10 years after the 1994 game ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’, you are once again placed into the shoes of Robert Foster and have to revisit Union City to try and track down some children after a mysterious machine kidnaps them.A huge graphical upgrade from its predecessor (no surprise there after an almost 30 year […]
Review: ‘Cotton 100%’ & ‘Panorama Cotton’
In my recent review of Gynoug I said despite playing many videogames over the past 40 years, I haven’t played everything that has ever been released. So, I look forward to playing something retro that I’ve never played before. So, like buses, along come Cotton 100% and Panorama Cotton for me to check out.Before I […]