Antonio Banderas is one of the great actors of the last 30 years so it's really had to see him submitting himself to schlock like this. It's not unlike the character he plays in the film who is an ex-military captain who has to slum it as a minimum wage security guard. Where is Robert … Continue reading Security – DVD Review
Mark Cousins is a truly lovely guy with such a deep love for cinema that it’s truly infectious. He first became known to the public when he took over from Alex Cox as the host of Moviedrome and later on the exceptional interview series Scene By Scene, which needs a DVD release badly. In the … Continue reading Stockholm My Love – Blu-Ray Review
An American Werewolf in London was a successful film in the cinema, and even more so on video, where it developed a big cult following. But while I like John Landis’s early films, I never quite got the greatness of his werewolf film—especially since Joe Dante’s far superior and more subversive take on the genre, The Howling, came … Continue reading American Werewolf in Paris – Blu-Ray Review
Throughout the '60s, for whatever reason the anthology film was a big thing, especially in Europe. All the great European directors of the time did shorts for these compilation films. Boccaccio ’70 is one that features segments directed by Italian maestros like Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and ... Mario Monicelli. The first three all made … Continue reading Boccaccio ’70 – Blu-Ray Review
Miracle Mile is a quintessential example of what a cult film is. It has rabid fans, but has escaped being spoken of in the same breath as other sci-fi films from the ‘80s. It’s the second and last film that Steve De Jarnatt has directed: he went through many projects in development and ended up … Continue reading Miracle Mile – Blu-Ray Review
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