Breakout is a film from the early '70s that had an extraordinary cast, including Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid. The film's big problem was that it didn't know what to do with the talent assembled for what was in actuality a very bland prison-break action flick. It … Continue reading Breakout – Blu-Ray Review
Waterworld is often slated as one of the biggest flops of all-time, but that's actually completely false: it's been in profit for at least two decades at this point, and its box-office takings were far better then has often been reported. It's a film that reunited the director and star of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and, more … Continue reading Waterworld – Blu-Ray Review
True Stories is the one and only film that David Byrne has directed. Made at the tail end of his time with Talking Heads, which had basically fallen apart at that point. Although they did release a few more albums, Byrne and his bandmates had fallen out. The divide could already be seen in the … Continue reading True Stories – Blu-Ray Review
The Predator is the most unfairly maligned film of last year for several reasons. It ended up being a bit of a bomb. It’s by Shane Black, one of my favourite writers and directors, who actually appeared in the first Predator. That’s because he could do rewrites on-set, a sort of two-for-one deal that Joe … Continue reading The Predator (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
A Simple Favor is a noir-tinged black comedy from Paul Feig, and his first film as a director since that much-maligned Ghostbusters 2016 reboot. It's clear that Feig wanted to do something darker after the comedies he has directed, and it was also smaller in budget. Darcey Bell wrote the novel that A Simple Favor … Continue reading A Simple Favor – Blu-Ray Review
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