The publisher 2000AD came out of Action Comics, a short-lived comic-book series that was withdrawn from sale in 1976 because of complaints about violence. Its writers and artists then set up 2000AD at the start of punk in 1977, and were very much a part of that era with their series of comic books. It's … Continue reading Future Shock!: The Story of 2000AD – Blu-Ray Review
Wakefield is one of the stranger post-Breaking Bad films of Bryan Cranston. It’s about a guy who hides out in his own garage and ends up staying there while his family lives in the house—without knowing he is there. Wakefield (Cranston), a New York lawyer, was having a mid-life crisis. He slips back into his … Continue reading Wakefield – DVD Review
Peppermint Soda is a real gem which seems to have been lost until now. I hadn't even heard of it before but I'm certain this new BFI release will give the film a new audience. It's directed by actress turned director Diane Kurys and it's loosely based on her adolescence during the early '60s in France. … Continue reading Peppermint Soda – Blu-Ray Review
The year is 1982, and some idiots have decided that it's a good idea to make a sequel to one of the greatest films ever, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Despite the misguided concept, it did attract talented people behind the camera, like the director Richard Franklin and screenwriter Tom Holland, who would go on to write and direct Fright … Continue reading Psycho II – Blu-Ray Review
The '80s was an era that is now seen as when crass commercialisation began to dominate the film world. This has some basis in reality, but as always, plenty of good films came out as well as bad ones. It also marked the time that cross-breeding between genres became increasingly commonplace. Dreamscape is a prime … Continue reading Dreamscape – Blu-Ray Review
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