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 →

George Cukor directed Born Yesterday in 1950, at the height of his fame. He is probably best-known to modern audiences for his version of A Star is Born (the Judy Garland one) and his comedies with Katherine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib. From the ‘30s into the '60s, Cukor was the unofficial head … Continue reading Born Yesterday (1950) – Blu-Ray Review →

Opera is the final entry in the run of films that Argento made in the '70s and '80s, a series that cemented him as a master of horror. His best film by leaps and bounds was Suspiria, and none of the others came remotely close to the hallucinatory, operatic nature of that film. But despite … Continue reading Opera – Blu-Ray Review →