Nosferatu The Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) Germany (1979) Dir. Werner Herzog Remakes have recently become the bane of film fans, not just due to the alarming rate at which they appear but the choice of classic or fondly remembered favourites being “rebooted” into inferior versions. To remake a revered classic is often considered borderline … Continue reading Nosferatu The Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht)
Kung Fu Killer
Kung Fu Killer (Cert 15) 1 Disc (Distributor: Signature Entertainment) Running Time: 100 minutes approx. With Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Sammo Hung all supposedly hanging up their martial arts boots, it has befallen to Donnie Yen to be the last big name bastion of the genre while we wait for the next generation to … Continue reading Kung Fu Killer
Marnie
Marnie US (1964) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock Reuniting with Tippi Hedren after The Birds and recruiting Sean Connery fresh off the success of the first James Bond film Dr. No we find Hitchcock switching gears after his run of horror based film to present us with the this psychological drama, based on the 1961 novel of … Continue reading Marnie
El Niño
El Niño Spain (2014) Dir. Daniel Monzón It’s been five long year since Daniel Monzón broke through on an international scale with the tense and fiery prison drama Cell 211, but he returns in a big way with this blockbuster crime thriller, that lacks the overall intensity of its predecessor but shows Hollywood doesn’t hold … Continue reading El Niño
Tsuritama
Tsuritama (Cert 15) 2 Discs (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 281 minutes approx. In the great and wonderful milieu that is anime we’ve followed a number fantastic adventures in which the fate of the world is in the hands of an unlikely source - from dimension travelling demons to giant robots, magical schoolgirls to killer notebooks, … Continue reading Tsuritama
Compassion
Compassion Korea (2014) Dir. Shin Sung-Sub Bullying, especially at school, seems to be a hot topic for Korean filmmakers of late with a number of films on this very topic appearing one after another. And it’s not a new subject either as 2013’s Pluto and 2011’s Bleak Night demonstrates. Adding his voice to this contentious … Continue reading Compassion
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey UK (1968) Dir. Stanley Kubrick When it comes to classic films one has never viewed before, the totem apparently is Star Wars (Episode IV for you pedants out there). However there is a sci-fi film that precedes - and indeed heavily influenced - Star Wars which carries an even greater onus … Continue reading 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Liebster Award #2
Once again I am humbled to have been nominated for second time for The Liebster Award, a round robin way for bloggers to recognise fellow bloggers. For this second award I give my most sincere thanks to the beguiling enigma that is the Duchess of Prunes for the nomination, and I urge you all to … Continue reading The Liebster Award #2
On The Waterfront
On The Waterfront US (1954) Dir. Elia Kazan With eight Oscars to its credit and boasting an incendiary central performance from Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront stands as one of the more daunting classics I am viewing for the first time. Based on a real life situation, this tale centres around Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), … Continue reading On The Waterfront
WWE – Destruction Of The Shield
WWE – Destruction Of The Shield (Cert 15) 2 Discs Blu-ray / 3 Discs DVD (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 68 minutes approx For a group that was only in existence for roughly eighteen months The Shield made one hell of an impact, which not only gave a stale product a huge kick up the … Continue reading WWE – Destruction Of The Shield
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