Incoming – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless …
Blu-Ray Review: The Woman in the Window
Whilst it might be a slightly tender subject, when a man reaches a certain age he often yearns for his more youthful and carefree years. A midlife crisis can take many shapes and forms but it usually involves one or all of dressing stupidly, chasing ‘girls’ young enough to be your daughter, taking up an …
Incoming: Tucked
Tucked is a raw and tender drama about an ageing 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity & mortality. As they discover more about each other, they realise how to truly be themselves. Tucked is out in cinemas from …
Blu-Ray Review: Beautiful Boy
At the ripe old age of twenty-three, Timothée Chalamet has already cemented his place as one of America’s brightest young actors. After starting out in TV, a few small roles in major films and larger roles in indie films (notably the unfairly overlooked One and Two) didn’t prepare the world for his breakout in 2017. …
DVD Review: The Quake
There’s an annoying tendency for Hollywood disaster movies to increasingly push the limits of realism and believability. The guiding principle is that bigger is better and the more devastation and destruction the more excitement there will be. Whether you agree with this or not is I guess a matter of opinion, but for me, at …
Incoming: Beats
Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head …
Blu-ray Review: Room at the Top
The end of World War II was meant to herald a turning point for British society and the institutionally ingrained class system which harked back to feudal times. In reality, whilst things did start to change, in many ways the rich and privileged just became better off. Young men returned from war to find themselves …
Incoming: Birds of Passage
A film of both gangsters and spirits, corruption and fratricidal war, this is a thrilling depiction of the origins of the drug trade told through the story of an indigenous Wayuu family’s downfall, when greed, passion and honour collide, putting their lives, culture and ancestral traditions at stake. Birds of Passage is out in cinemas …
Blu-Ray Review: The Night of the Generals
It may come as a surprise to many but there were five different attempts to kill Adolph Hitler during the Third Reich. The first was an obsessed Swiss college student in 1938. This was followed by a beer hall bomb, death in a brandy bottle, a suicide mission and a conspiracy of officers. The latter …
Blu-ray Review: November
Eastern Europe is an area of the world which is rife with folklore, legend, myth and fairy tale. These stories are more often than not as bleak and unforgiving as the stark living condition and bitterly inclement climate. It’s fair to say that 19th century Estonia was probably not a great time and place to …