Svengali tells the tale of Dixie, aka Paul Dean (Jonny Owen), who dreams of coming to London and following in the footsteps of the likes of Brian Epstein and Alan McGee to manage a very …
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Svengali tells the tale of Dixie, aka Paul Dean (Jonny Owen), who dreams of coming to London and following in the footsteps of the likes of Brian Epstein and Alan McGee to manage a very …
Continue readingInside Llewyn Davis starts off at the Gaslight Cafe, 1961, where Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) sings “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”. From there, we follow a week in the life of this struggling folk singer, …
Continue readingX-Men Days of Future Past is the second in what will no doubt end up as a trilogy of ‘young X-Men’ films, where the younger roles of the two lead characters are played by James …
Continue readingThe Beast Within is a film I hadn’t seen before, or even heard of prior to this release, but Ronny Cox was so damn good in 1987’s original Robocop as OCP big cheese Dick Jones. …
Continue readingGodzilla is the monster that just won’t stay dead, or at the very least, attempt to be killed. I enjoyed Roland Emmerich’s 1998 take on the character, as an enjoyable piece of hokum, and while …
Continue readingGregory’s Girl is one of the all-time ’80s classic movies which I watched when growing up and this new Blu-ray released, restored by Pinewood, even starts with the BBFC “A” certificate board which would’ve been …
Continue readingTheatre of Blood is one of the all-time classic Vincent Price movies, in my book. That, and the two Dr Phibes films (also out next month from Arrow) freaked me out as a child big-time. …
Continue readingSisters features Margot Kidder as Siamese twins – yes, double helpings of Lois Lane! After winning some patronising prizes on a cheesy TV gameshow, Danielle (Margot Kidder) – who won some cheesy kitchen cutlery, and …
Continue readingNymphomaniac shows that Lars Von Trier doesn’t do things by halves, as his latest opus makes it to Blu-ray and DVD in a 2-part story totalling a shade over four hours. Vol.I begins with Joe …
Continue readingThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 gives Andrew Garfield his inevitable second appearance as the titular hero, given the success of 2012’s first outing. And given the packed crowds on Good Friday for this sequel, no doubt …
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