TITANIC (1953) – REVIEW

7/10 Finally, after years on my watch list, I've finally tackled this film. The reason I waited so long, was because I knew that this was going to be more of a melodrama, than a Titanic disaster movie; and I was right. But, that is not nesserily a bad thing. This film was made in…

TURBINE.DE 3D

German company Turbine, have begun to fill the 3D Blu-ray gap left by the top distributors who have abandoned the format. So far, I've only picked up the first 3, but quality is perfect, and they play in 2D if needed. https://turbine-shop.de/en/ Check these out... Jurassic World: Dominion Minions: The Rise of Gru The Bad…

IN HARM’S WAY (1965) – REVIEW

5/10 This was a film that I had never heard of until a couple of months ago. Thanks to Facebook, I was scrolling through the shorts one night and started to see clips from this John Wayne/Kirk Douglas movie. A US naval epic, following the attack of Pearl Harbour in December 1941. An epic I'd…

STAR WARS: A MUSICAL JOURNEY (2005) – REVIEW

8/10 DVD MUSIC VIDEO How would you watch this disc, you may ask? What is it? WHERE is it? Well hidden within the Star Wars Episode III CD Soundtrack is this bonus DVD, containing a compilation of music from the entire Saga (up to that point) in 5.1 surround and taking us on journey through…

ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950) – REVIEW

5/10 None Came Back... Released just weeks before George Pal's "Destination Moon" (1950), Rocketship X-M (Expedition Moon) had claimed to be the first "Realistic" portrayal of space travel. It sometimes asserted this, predating the actual space-race by 7 years with the USSR's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. Whilst some of this is true, with…

BLACK WIDOW (2021) – REVIEW

6/10 After a year of delays and derailment, Marvel is back, along with it's claims of commanding the box office efficency being true, it is somewhat misleading, given that there are very few Blockbusters to compete with. Having said that, there's little doubt that even with fair competition. Black Widow would undoubtedly have faired well…

MIRROR MIRROR (2012) – Review

2012 DIRECTOR: Tarzem Singh 70/100 I finally got around to watching this 2012 Snow White adaptation after 8 years an was pleasantly surprised. I missed it at the time, put off by what appeared to be a kids movie, favouring the mediocre Snow White and the Huntsman, in the Cinema instead. I misjudged both films…

KURSK (2019) – REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg 70/100 I, like many people, remember this as it was happening at the time back in 2000. The Kursk, a state of the art Russian nuclear submarine sinking in the Black Sea, was left on the sea bed just long enough for whole crew to die, seemingly because the Russian navy…

CHAPPiE (2015) – REVIEW

2015 DIRECTOR: Neill Blomkamp 75/100 Robocop meets Short Circuit, Chappie is Neill Blomkamp's follow up to District 9 (2010) and Elysium (2012). Both of which have starred Sharlto Copley. Here, he voices Chappie, a defunct police robot which has been programmed with a new A.I. system. But soon, falls into the hands of some punk-ass…

THE DUELLISTS (1977) – REVIEW

1977 DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott 60/100 Recounting either the anecdotal or true story of two French army officer's 16 year series of duels during the Napoleonic Wars (Spanning 1800 - 1816), Ridley Scott's first real feature film left me wanting. Wanting for drama for a start. Following a duel in which Harvey Keitel's, Feraud was victorious,…