The Greasy Strangler, 2016. Directed by Jim Hosking. Starring Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo. SYNOPSIS: Ronnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy woman takes the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her love. It also signals the arrival of an oily […]
DVD Review – Rabid Dogs (2015)
Rabid Dogs, 2015. Directed by Éric Hannezo. Starring Lambert Wilson, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Gouix, François Arnaud, Franck Gastambide and Laurent Lucas. SYNOPSIS: After a botched robbery attempt, the criminal gang kidnap three hostages and take to the road. It’s a brave move to try and remake a movie by a cinematic master such as Mario […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #6 – R-Type
After reaching the heady heights – in numerous landscapes – then proclaiming yourself The Sentinel, our calling in the Your Sinclair Top 100 now sees us return to the inky black. Number Six from Electric Dreams Software sees us going nose-to-nose against Bydo, as we take control of R-Type. R-Type began its life in the […]
Ninja Rap: A Production History of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
In the second part of his three part series, Luke Owen sits down with producer Tom Gray, Donatello suit actor Leif Tilden and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman to discuss the Heroes in a Half-Shell’s second big screen adventure… If you missed Turtle Power: A Production History of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), […]
Unsurprisingly, the Ben-Hur remake bombs at the box office
This will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but the remake of Ben-Hur did not have a good opening weekend at the box office. With a production budget of $100 million, Ben-Hur managed to earn the least of the new releases over the weekend, and was also toppled by Suicide Squad in its […]
DVD Review – Tank 432 (2016)
Tank 432, 2016. Directed by Nick Gillespie Starring Rupert Evans, Deirdre Mullins, Steve Garry, Gordon Kennedy and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: A group of British mercenaries transporting human cargo through the countryside come under attack from a strange enemy, forcing them to hide inside a old, abandoned tank… After watching Tank 432 aka Belly of the […]
Video Game Review – Karlos on the ZX Spectrum
Villordsutch reviews Karlos on the ZX Spectrum… On today’s Homebrew Review we take our ZX Spectrum into the deepest, darkest Peru in search of lost Inca idols. Karlos wanders into the great unexplored with nothing more than his trusty hammer and a certificate in Moving & Handling. Karlos was originally published by the Perspective […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
The Bloodstained Butterfly, 1971. Directed by Duccio Tessari. Starring Helmut Berger, Evelyn Stewart, Wendy D’Olive, Günther Stoll, Giancarlo Sbragia and Wolfgang Preiss. SYNOPSIS: A TV sports presenter is arrested for the murder of his lover but while he is in custody the killer apparently strikes again. The Bloodstained Butterfly is essentially a giallo picture in […]
John Boyega gives a brief update on Pacific Rim 2
Not content with just his movie about the Detroit riots or that little-known sci-fi saga Star Wars, John Boyega is gearing up to jump in a Jaeger and battle Kaiju in Pacific Rim 2 (at one point was titled Pacific Rim: Maelstrom). Though it won’t go into production for a while yet, the actor took to […]
Comic Book Review – Superzero Vol. 1: The Beginning
Tai Freligh reviews Superzero Volume 1: The Beginning… Collecting the first six issues of the hit series SUPERZERO, from Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael De Latorre. Meet Dru Dragowski, a nineteen-year-old comic book fan who yearns to escape the normalcy of teenage life. Dreaming to become a real-life superhero for as long as she can […]
