Review: Columbia Noir #2
Blu-ray: Columbia Noir #1 (1947 – 58) Following on from the great Columbia Noir #1 box set released late last year, Powerhouse Films once again delves into the Columbia film archives for 6 more noir movies, all of which are are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, with The Mob, Tight Spot and […]
Review: Pang Adventures
Pang (AKA Buster Bros) has been around for years. My first memory of playing it was on an old arcade machine in a dodgy kebab shop a long time ago. Like the best games, the idea is simple. You control one of the Buster Bros who can move left and right. You have a hook […]
Review: The Nightingale
Blu-ray: The Nightingale (2018) Imagine if awards ceremonies weren’t absolute shite. If only truly really GOOD films were allowed to be entered and then won. The Nightingale, an Australian film written and directed, by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), would win best film, best screenplay and stars Aisling Franciosi as Clare and Sam Claflin as Hawkins would […]
Review: Demons 1 & 2 Limited Edition UHD
Demons is a film that I’ve loved since I first rented it on VHS many years ago, and then bought the ex-rental VHS for a price that would now get me this fantastic 2 disc UHD blu-ray set from Arrow Films. So the fact that it (and its sequel) is now available in the best […]
Review: Overcooked – All You Can Eat
I’m going to go on record now and say Overcooked is absolutely evil! I have a theory that the devil cooked up this game (pun very much intended) to torment the world of gamers. Forget games like Demon’s Souls or Cuphead, because Overcooked will test your patience to the limit. I’d go as far and […]
Review: Land of the Dead
DVD & Blu-ray: Land of the Dead (2005)George Romero’s original ‘Dead Trilogy’, consisting of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (make sure to hear my interview shows with Scott Reiniger and John Harrison for some inside stories about it) and Day of the Dead (myself & Tina chatted with Lori Cardille too,) […]
Batman: Arkham VR Revisited
Batman: Arkham VR RetrospectiveIn my latest quest to get 100% trophies, I decided to revisit Batman: Arkham VR to grab a few which I missed when I last played it in 2016. I’ve been playing quite a few PSVR games lately, so I was looking forward to diving a bit deeper in the world of The […]
Review: The Buddy Holly Story
Blu-ray: The Buddy Holly Story (1978)Made just 19 years after Holly’s tragic death aged 22 in a freak crash along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, The Buddy Holly Story is a surprise, and perhaps one of the best music biography’s I’ve seen. This is largely due to an Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey, and […]
Review: Van Helsing
DVD & Blu-ray: Van Helsing (2004)When Van Helsing came out, despite it starring Hugh “gorgeous” Jackman, I thought ‘Nah, there’s only ONE Van Helsing, and that’s Peter Cushing’. So this was a first watch for me.Directed by the King of ‘those sort’ of films; Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, GI Joe), you know, those bonkers CG […]
Review: Raw Force
Blu-ray: Raw Force (1982)A group of American martial arts students find themselves trapped on ‘Warriors Island’…how they got there is a story in itself, and all you need to know is that it involves a ship catching fire that is captained by Cameron Mitchell.Warriors Island is inhabited by a band of strange monks who buy […]