Michelle Herbert reviews 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough… 13 Minutes, the new novel by Sarah Pinborough, will probably be classed as a YA novel, due to the fact that the main protagonists are teenagers. Although that doesn’t mean that the contents of the novel are childish, instead I would say this is a book for […]
The Overlooked and Under-Appreciated – Demolition Man
Tom Jolliffe kicks off a new series looking at the overlooked and under-appreciated by revisiting the 1993 action classic Demolition Man… I found myself thinking recently about films that have been repressed to the dark recesses of forgotten cinema. The sort of films where you find yourself snapping a finger and exclaiming “oh yeah…I remember […]
Blu-ray Review – Deep Red (1975)
Deep Red, 1975. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai. SYNOPSIS: After a psychic is murdered a witness teams up with a reporter to catch the killer. For anybody already versed in the works of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento then Arrow Video releasing a 4K restoration […]
Blu-ray Review – The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1973. Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos and Mitchell Ryan. SYNOPSIS: After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid […]
Steve Rogers returning as Captain America in new ongoing Marvel series
Revealed last night on ABC’s Captain America: 75 Heroic Years, Steve Rogers is once again set to don the red, white and blue to continue the adventures of Marvel’s Sentinel of Liberty in the upcoming series Captain America: Steve Rogers, which comes from the creative team of Nick Spencer and Jesus Saiz. “It’s an exciting […]
Bryan Cranston joins James Franco’s The Disaster Artist
Fresh from his Best Actor nomination for Trumbo, it has been announced that Bryan Cranston has joined the cast of James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, which is based on Greg Sestero’s book about the making of the cult film The Room. Sestero broke the news on Facebook (via AV Club) with a post that has […]
Blu-ray Review – Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
Aaaaaaaah!, 2015. Directed by Steve Oram. Starring Steve Oram, Toyah Wilcox, Noel Fielding, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lucy Honigman, Julian Barratt, Tom Meeten and Holli Dempsey. SYNOPSIS: I’m not sure… A quick look at the detailed plot synopsis above won’t give away anything but it also says a lot about Steve Oram’s directorial debut, because Aaaaaaaah! – […]
Blu-ray Review – Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, 1970. Directed by Russ Meyer. Starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Duncan McLeod, Michael Blodgett, Erica Gavin, Phyllis Davis, Edy Williams, Harrison Page, David Gurian, Jim Inglehart, Charles Napier. SYNOPSIS: An all-girl rock band arrive in Hollywood with dreams of stardom but find themselves sucked into […]
Book Review – Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
Michelle Herbert reviews Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan… Whilst reading Occupy Me, I really enjoyed how indescribable it is. An Angel and a man that may or may not have split personality issues set themselves on a path that may or may not help humanity. There is time displacement and higher dimensions that sit outside […]
Movie Review – Dragon Blade (2015)
Dragon Blade, 2015. Directed by Daniel Lee. Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody. SYNOPSIS: Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An (Chan), an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. Soon thereafter, however, he meets a Roman soldier in Cusack’s Lucius and the […]
