You rarely see any films coming out of Kazakhstan, so when I was given the chance to watch and review a horror/comedy from the region I was intrigued as to what was in store. What we have is a witty Read more…
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This horror movie from first-time director Damian Macarthy has been produced by the streaming channel Shudder and is about a drifter Isaac (Jonathan French) who has memory loss but is given the chance to earn some good cash by babysitting his Read more…
The Rocky franchise has always been an enjoyable ride for the most part and has seen the development of the character and the actor playing Rocky as well as the directorial skills of Sylvester Stallone. Having to rush out the Read more…
From director Phyllida Lloyd come this bittersweet tale of a mother Sandra (Clare Dunne who co-wrote the script) who is trying to escape the clutches of her abusive husband and together with her two daughters leaves her home to try Read more…
Any film fan of a certain age growing up in the mid-1980s in the UK will know of the video nasties debate that raged over a number of years, with VHS tapes being the scapegoat for all manner of crimes Read more…
In the early days of home entertainment, there were movies made that were given the names DTV or direct to video, these were normally low-budget action or horror films that were capitalising on the then-booming VHS / DVD industry. Some Read more…
Sergio Corbucci was one of the other great Italian directors specialising in Spaghetti Westerns and in 1968 after his big hit Django (which was banned and refused a certificate in the UK for many years) he decided to make another Read more…
Second Sight in the UK has released a new 4K/Blu ray of the excellent 2014 thriller The Guest, starring Dan Stevens and directed by Adam Winguard. David is the perfect guest. Friendly and helpful, the charismatic soldier arrives at the Peterson Read more…
A new box set of 3 iconic Spaghetti Westerns from director Gianfranco Parolini, The Sabata Trilogy has recently been released by Eureka Video in the UK starring the late great Lee Van Cleef and Telly Savalas in the title role. Read more…
Director William Friedkin will always be known by film fans as the director of 2 classic 1970s films from totally different genres, The Exorcist and The French Connection. After The Exorcist, he decided to direct an action thriller titled Sorcerer, Read more…
