Coffy, 1973. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Sid Haig, William Elliot, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes and Carol Lawson. SYNOPSIS: A nurse takes matters into her own hands after her sister is given some bad junk by local drug dealers. Having released Jack Hill’s 1974 blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown on Blu-ray […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Wendy Phillips and Philip Baker Hall. SYNOPSIS: Ex-cop-turned-bounty-hunter Robert De Niro has to escort a bail-jumpig Charles Grodin across the country with the FBI, a rival bounty hunter and the mob on their trail. […]
DVD Review – Beneath (2013)
Beneath, 2013. Directed by Ben Ketai. Starring Kelly Noonan, Jeff Fahey, Brent Briscoe, Kurt Caceres, Eric Etebari, Molly Hagan, Larry Moran and Joey Kern. SYNOPSIS: A team of miners get trapped 600 feet underground after the mine collapses, and as the air runs out so does their sanity. In Beneath, Jeff Fahey (Machete) stars as […]
Movie Review – True Story (2015)
True Story, 2015. Directed by Rupert Goold. Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, and Ethan Suplee. SYNOPSIS: When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. For better or worse True Story is a subversive […]
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘New Business’
Martin Burgoyne reviews the ninth episode of Mad Men season 7… ‘New business’ is the very apt title for this latest episode of Mad Men. Whereas the previous episode was trying very hard to cover all bases on the goings on at Madison Avenue, this episode seems to focus primarily on three main storylines… Firstly we have Don and his […]
Daredevil Episode 10: “Nelson v Murdock” – Review
Luke Owen reviews the tenth episode of Daredevil… Forget Batman v Superman, this is the comic book moment we’ve been waiting for. Okay that’s a lie, but this is still a really great episode. At the end of the last episode, we got the shocking twist that Foggy Nelson had discovered a beaten and bloody Daredevil […]
Movie Review – Cry of the City (1948)
Cry of the City, 1948 Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring Richard Conte, Victor Mature, Berry Kroeger, Shelley Winters and Debra Paget. SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the novel The Chair for Martin Rome by Henry Edward Helseth, the film tells the story of a charismatic criminal and his nemesis, Lieutenant Candella… Remember Barzini? The old-crone who was taken out on the […]
Movie Review – Unfriended (2015)
Unfriended, 2015. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. Starring Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, Courtney Halverson and Heather Sossaman. SYNOPSIS: A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend. Do you like gimmicks in your movies? How about […]
Daredevil Episode 9: “Speak of the Devil” – Review
Luke Owen reviews episode nine of Daredevil… If there is one thing to be said about “Speak of the Devil” (and there is a lot to say), it’s that it doesn’t hold back. Kicking you in the face from the moment the Netflix logo disappears, “Speak of the Devil” is a violent, violent episode and can […]
Movie Review – Last Knights (2015)
Last Knights, 2015. Directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Cliff Curtis, Dave Legeno and Ayelet Zurer. SYNOPSIS: Academy Award Nominee Clive Owen delivers an electrifying performance as a fallen warrior who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master, Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman in this […]
