Danny Says is a documentary on the life of Danny Fields, about whom you could certainly make a case that without him the development of punk rock may not have happened. If you are a fan of the Velvet Underground, The Stooges or The Ramones, you may have seen this picture before. The Ramones even … Continue reading Danny Says – DVD Review
Tomboy premiered at the Toronto film festival and it was instantly controversial. It's about a hitman who involuntarily is given gender reassignment surgery. It was accused of being "transphobic" and all this crazy stuff when in reality it's a fairly pro-transgender trashy b-movie. Michelle Rodriguez plays Frank Kitchen who is hired to kill the brother of Dr. … Continue reading Tomboy – DVD Review
Snowden arrived in the UK last December after its September US release got mixed reviews. It was inevitably unfavourably compared to Laura Poitras' real-time documentary Citizenfour, which plays like the most intense paranoid thriller imaginable. The reality is that both films are great in their own right, Snowden is a much more personal film, and the viewer really grows to understand where … Continue reading Snowden – Blu-Ray Review
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore remains a massive turning point in the career of Martin Scorsese. It was the first Hollywood film he directed after a string of independent films, his previous film Mean Streets blew him up as a director to watch. It still remains as one of Scorsese's lesser known works probably down to the … Continue reading Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – DVD Review
Takashi Miike in the space of 26 years has directed over 90 films, TV projects etc. which gives Fassbinder a run for his money if he had lived long enough to made films for 26 years. The Dead or Alive Trilogy came out at the point when he was beginning to gain attention from overseas with … Continue reading Dead or Alive Trilogy – Blu-Ray Review
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