Review: Kansas City
Blu-ray: Kansas City (1996) In early 30’s Kansas City, Johnny O’Hara (Dermot Mulroney) rubs burnt cork on his face, and aided by a taxi driver robs an out of town gambler of his money. Local black gambling boss, Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte) is not happy and holds Johnny hostage while he decides how to kill […]
Review: Chained For Life
Blu-ray: Chained For Life (2018) Mabel (Jess Weixler) is a beautiful young actress who has taken the part of a blind girl in a hospital based horror movie which brings up the subject of bodily abnormalities. It is while on the set of the movie that she meets and befriends her co-star Rosenthal (Adam Pearson): […]
Review: The Pillow Book
Blu-ray: The Pillow Book (1996)Peter Greenaway is well known as a golden director of languid art house movies that enrapture the viewer with their colour, emotion and exceptional mise en scène. The Pillow Book tells the story of Nagiko (Vivian Wu) who becomes obsessed with writing in all its forms after her father (Ken Ogata) […]
Review: Spycies
Vladimir is a super spy cat who loves getting his claws into every mission. During a seemingly routine assignment, things go badly wrong, and Vladimir takes the blame. Because of this he is sent away to a remote rig in the middle of the ocean. Here he meets Hector, who is a whiz with technology, […]
Review: Holiday
Blu-ray: Holiday (2018) Sascha (Victoria Carmen Sonne) is a young and attractive woman caught up in the seedy world of drugs. The trophy girlfriend of a drug lord, she finds herself physically and mentally abused by almost every man that she comes into contact with. This changes when she inadvertently bumps into a friendly gentleman while […]
Review: In The Line Of Duty
While out on a routine foot patrol, policeman Frank Penny (Aaron Eckhart) engages into a foot chase with a perp who is on the run. Facing each other in a dead end alley, Frank is forced to shoot the criminal when he draws a gun on him. Unfortunately for Frank, the now dead criminal had […]
Review: Relaxer
Blu-ray: Relaxer (2018) Lime Wood Media (the people who have the fantastic ‘Indicator’ series of releases…many reviews of which can be found on our website) have launched their “Anti-Worlds” collection, of which the first 3 are available from 24th February 2020, and all will be reviewed here before release day. Set on the eve of […]
Review: Don Jamieson – Denim and Laughter
Many years ago my Dad introduced me to the joys of the comedy album, sitting me down with him and listening to The Goons, Blaster Bates, and Monty Python. Both of us laughing like mad…especially when there was something a bit rude in it. As I grew older I bought albums by Billy Connolly, Derek […]
Live Event: An Evening With Shaun Ryder, The Tivoli, February 1st, 2020.
When ‘Pills an’ Thrills and Bellyaches’ came out in 1990, I was living in Los Angeles writing about whatever new thrash group was around, so the Manchester (“Madchester”) scene with its new wave of music totally passed me by. It was on my return to Wales and seeing my younger brother and sister in dayglow […]
Review: Secret Friends
Blu-ray: Secret Friends (1991)Imagine if you will, that the majority of movies you watch at your local multiplex are the cinematic equivalent of artwork by Bob Ross…easy to look at landscapes that can tell a full story with a few cursory looks.Now imagine the cinematic equivalent of artwork by Jackson Pollock…made while he’s in the […]