Review: The New Kids
Blu-ray: The New Kids (1985)Directed by Wes Craven’s mate and horror producer/director/writer Sean S. Cunningham, The New Kids is a quintessentially 80’s film. When Abby (Lori Loughlin) and Loren McWilliams (Shannon Presby) parents (a very brief appearance fromTom Atkins) are killed in an accident, they are forced to move in with their uncle who runs a petrol […]
Review: Force 10 From Navarone
Blu-ray: Force 10 From Navarone (1978)After a gap of 17 years Force 10 from Navarone is the sequel to The Guns of Navarone, both based on a fictional Greek island in Alistair MacLean novels. The original stars of Mallory (Gregory Peck) and Miller (David Niven) are now played by (Mallory) Robert Shaw, who died before the […]
Review: Crushed Velvet & the Velveteers – “Good Thang feat. Kim Dawson”
“Ouch!” this one smacks you around the head and makes you sit up and take notice. Kim Dawson gives this 3 minute, deep slice of funk, plenty of attitude. Comparisons with Aretha and the late great Betty Wright are inevitable as Alan Evans’s production has added on some classic southern soul. As writer/producer/multi-instrumentalist and founder […]
Review: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Digital HD: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)Trying to clearly articulate what Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is all about is akin to trying to herd cats…blindfolded…while drunk.It is a mis-mash of genres and visual styles, with a narrative that happily makes abrupt tangents and asks you to hold […]
Review: Britannia Hospital
Blu-ray: Britannia Hospital (1982)Britannia Hospital is the final part of Lindsay Andersons’ trilogy about how weird and shit Britain was/is. It features Anderson’s ‘everyman’ character Mick Travis, and to really get a grip on Britannia Hospital it helps to know about Mick and the films that came before.Mick is played by Malcolm McDowell and features in […]
Review: Flevans – Realisation (feat. Laura Vane) Remixes
Taken from the excellent Accumulate album (see 60 Minutes With review) with 4 banging (as no one says anymore) mixes from likes of Re-Tide, Lonely Boy and Supermini. Good to see they have all left Laura Vane’s excellent vocals still shining through. The mixes are all absolutely danceable with Supermini’s just edging it, though I was […]
Review: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Blu-ray: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is based on Laurens van der Post’s trilogy of books that detail his experiences as a Japanese prisoner war in World War II and was the first English language film by Japanese Auteur Nagisa Oshima. Based in a Japanese P.O.W. camp in 1942, it tells the […]
Review: The Haggis Horns – Stand Up For Love
If you’re new to the name it doesn’t mean you ain’t heard of ’em. Long regarded for their tighter-than-tight sound, the much sought after funk for hire Haggis Horns have worked with the likes Mark Ronson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse, Martha Reeves, Jamiroquai, John Legend & The Roots, & The Cinematic Orchestra. Two years […]
Review: The Teskey Brothers – Live at the Forum
Thankfully I finally took notice of my “Themed Tunes” co-host Steve constantly going on about how wonderful The Teskey Brothers are. After recording a show a few weeks back I went on YouTube and watched them play the song “Hold Me” (see below) from the ‘Live at the Forum’ album. Now those of you who […]
Review: The Beast Must Die
Blu-ray: The Beast Must Die (1974)The Beast Must Die is a big screen adaptation of the popular British parlour game “Guess the Werewolf”, played in country estates across the land every full moon.Okay, so while the above may well be a frivolous way to begin a review, and also not entirely accurate, it does reflect […]