Review: The Strange One
Blu-ray: The Strange One (1957)Powerhouse Films and their Indicator label seem to find the most interesting(ly odd) films to release, lost ‘classics’ of cinema that have passed most film fans by. The Strange One, adapted from Calder Willinghamis’ novel and stage play, was made in 1957 and was the film debut of Ben Gazzara and […]
Review: We Summon the Darkness
Digital HD & DVD: We Summon the Darkness (2019)Three young female friends are on a road trip to watch a heavy metal band in the late 1980s, when en route they are passed by a van who inadvertently throw a discarded chocolate milkshake onto their car.Arriving at the gig and seeing the aforementioned van parked […]
Review: The Night Clerk
Blu-ray & DVD: The Night Clerk (2020) Bart (Tye Sheridan) works the night shift at a local motel, and during his shifts he spies on guests by watching video feeds from camera’s fitted in some rooms. Creepy? Yep, however Bart has an excuse; he’s watching to learn how to be ‘normal’ as he has Asperger’s. […]
Review: Sea Fever
Blu-ray & Digital HD: Sea Fever (2019)Graduate student and oceanographer Siobhán (Hermione Corfield) boards an Irish trawler in preparation of studying some aquatic lifeforms. Little does she know that the tables are about to be turned on who will be the dominant species.Immediately putting the crew in a state of unease due to her being […]
Review: Why Don’t You Just Die
Blu-ray: Why Don’t You Just Die (2018) Wide eyed Matvei (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) turns up at a door in a Russian apartment block, hiding a hammer behind his back. He’s nervous, he’s there at the behest of his girlfriend Olya (Evgeniya Kregzhde) and his intent is murder. Andrei (Vitaliy Khaev) answers the door, he’s a burly, […]
Review: Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil games are like buses. You wait ages and then two turn up in quick succession! Last year saw the release of Resident Evil 2 remake. You can read my full review here, but in short, I thought it was incredible! The big question is, can Capcom deliver the same excellence again with the […]
Review: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Blu-ray: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) is a man obsessed with expanding the powers of human sight. Not content with his experiments on animals, he tries his serum on his own eyes.The initial results of his self-testing are positive, allowing him to see a far greater spectrum of light, […]
Review: A Bigger Splash
DVD: A Bigger Splash (1973)A Bigger Splash was filmed in 1973 and is a British biographical documentary film about David Hockney’s breakup with his then partner Peter Schlesinger from 1970 to 1973. Directed by Jack Hazan, and featuring many of Hockney’s circle including designers Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark, artist Patrick Procktor, gallery owner John Kasmin […]
Review: The Windsors (Series 3)
DVD & Digital: The Windsors (Series 3) (2020) The Royal Family: loved by millions the world over, perhaps not so much in Britain. Obscenely wealthy, out of touch with 99.9% of people, entitled, thick as shit and all of them pointless, headed by a monarch who has never done anything of note, whose contribution to […]
Review: Hammer Volume 5 – Death & Deceit
Following on from Volume 1: Fear Warning, Volume 2: Criminal Intent, Volume 3: Blood & Terror, and Volume 4: Faces of Fear, it was once again an absolute pleasure to sit down with the latest Hammer Films boxset release from Powerhouse Films in their ‘Indicator’ series. The movies are: Visa To Canton (1961) Though better […]