Videodrome, 1983. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Les Carlson, Peter Dvorsky and Jack Creley. SYNOPSIS: A cable TV channel owner wants to broadcast ‘Videodrome’, the most extreme programme on the network, but discovers that the show is front for a sinister global conspiracy. Videodrome was the right film at […]
Blu-ray Review – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. 2015. Directed by Andy Fickman. Starring Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough, Daniella Alonso, David Henrie, Gary Valentine and Ana Gasteyer. SYNOPSIS: After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to […]
DVD Review – The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 2014. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Edward Herrman, Travis Tope, Gary Cole, Spencer Treat Clark. SYNOPSIS: 65 years after a spate of murders in a small town the killings start up again, but how could it be the same killer? This trend of delving […]
Blu-ray Review – My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Darling Clementine, 1946. Directed by John Ford. Starring Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt and Ward Bond. SYNOPSIS : A Western retelling of the shoot-out at the OK Corral. John Ford’s classic Western gets a prestigious release on Blu-ray containing a stagecoach load of extras and features uncovering the […]
Movie Review – Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon, 2018. Directed by Greg Berlanti. Starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Keiyan Lonsdale, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., and Tony Hale. SYNOPSIS: Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face […]
Second Opinion – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 2015. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to […]
Movie Review – Absolutely Anything (2015)
Absolutely Anything, 2015. Directed by Terry Jones. Starring Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Rob Riggle, Robin Williams, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. SYNOPSIS: A group of eccentric aliens give a man the power to do absolutely anything in order to determine if the Earth is worth saving. The premise of Absolutely Anything will be familiar to fans […]
Movie Review – Precinct Seven Five (2014)
Precinct Seven Five, 2014. Directed by Tiller Russell. Featuring Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw and Dori Eurell. SYNOPSIS: Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, […]
Movie Review – Pixels (2015)
Pixels, 2015. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Brian Cox, Sean Bean and Jane Krakowski. SYNOPSIS: When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games. Sometimes you just can’t put […]
Blu-ray Review – The Burning (2014)
The Burning (El Ardor), 2014. Directed by Pablo Fendrik. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Diaz, Claudio Tolcachir, Jorge Sesan, Ivan Steinhardt, Julian Tello and Lautaro Vilo. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer after mercenaries murder her father and take over his […]
