Iron Sky: The Coming Race is the long-awaited sequel to Iron Sky, which is everybody's favourite Nazis on the moon film. It's been seven years since the first film, and the world has changed drastically. The sequel is somewhat wide of the mark, but it's not a total dud. However, Udo Kier does return, as … Continue reading Iron Sky: The Coming Race – Blu-Ray Review
Month: May 2019
The Corruption of Chris Miller – Blu-Ray Review
The Corruption of Chris Miller is a Spanish oddity from noted director Juan Antonio Bardem, who is best known for his Hitchcockian neo-realist opus, Death of a Cyclist. It's also one of the last films to star Jean Seberg and you can see on her face the toll that the FBI investigation and smear job … Continue reading The Corruption of Chris Miller – Blu-Ray Review
A Face in the Crowd – Blu-Ray Review
A Face in the Crowd is perhaps Elia Kazan's greatest work, and it is most certainly his most prophetic. The awful truth about Kazan is that he became a better director after he named names in the HUAC witch-hunt. He initially pleaded the Fifth Amendment, but in his second testimony he sang—and he also became … Continue reading A Face in the Crowd – Blu-Ray Review
Au Hasard Balthazar – Blu-Ray Review
Au Hasard Balthazar comes at the tail end of Robert Bresson's black and white films (his last would be Mouchette), which are slightly unfairly more revered by some than his later colour films. Bresson's move to colour remains controversial: some couldn't believe this auteur could even make a film in colour! Au Hasard Balthazar is one of his … Continue reading Au Hasard Balthazar – Blu-Ray Review
Robin Hood: Men In Tights – Blu-Ray Review
Of course it’s the Mel Brooks movie, and sadly it’s his penultimate feature as writer/director. It came out to capitalise on the success of 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. And unsurprisingly, it’s a parody of the source material, with the story pretty much the same. Except that its intentionally funny. It doesn’t reach the … Continue reading Robin Hood: Men In Tights – Blu-Ray Review
