Blu-Ray Review – Zombie For Sale

Zombie For Sale (Cert 15) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: Arrow Video) Running Time: 112 minutes approx. No, this isn’t an ingenious new method of avoiding certain death - and rebirth - at the hands of the flesh eating undead by offloading them onto someone else for a profit, but a new Zom-com from Korea, so …

Dating Amber

Dating Amber Ireland (2020) Dir. David Freyne Our teenage years are that tumultuous period when we discover who we are as people and lay the foundation for how we proceed into the adult world.  For many, it is a linear course with experimentation, ups, downs and many mistakes to learn from; for others, it is …

Killing (Zan)

Killing (Zan) Japan (2018) Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto If you had to list the credentials required to be a Samurai, what would they be? Being handy with a sword? Having a fearless resolve and sense of courage? Filial loyalty to the Samurai Code or your master, where your life is the ultimate sacrifice? Or is it …

WWE – Money In The Bank 2020

WWE – Money In The Bank 2020 (Cert 12) 1 Disc DVD (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 134 minutes approx. The Lockdown era for WWE continues as they present their second audience-free PPV event, the annual ladder-assisted stunt show that is Money In The Bank. Encouraged by the “success” of Wrestlemania 36, eight men and …

Monos

Monos Colombia (2019) Dir. Alejandro Landes In my day, when kids went outside during the summer, instead of loitering outside off licences and terrorising the elderly, they would use their imaginations and play games by pretending to be soldiers fighting a war. In today’s world, it is not uncommon for some countries to have young …

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 – The Complete Series

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - The Complete Series (Cert 15) 4 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 640 minutes approx. Space - the final fron… sorry, wrong show. Or is it? Space Battleship Yamato may have been referred to as the Japanese Star Wars but on closer inspection, at least in the …

Better Days (Shao nian de ni)

Better Days (Shao nian de ni) China (2019) Dir. Derek Tsang As someone who as bullied at school and in my first two jobs, I can say with assurance that it is a truly soul destroying ordeal for anyone to endure. We are always told we should tell someone if we are being bullied but …

My Masterpiece (Mi obra maestra)

My Masterpiece (Mi obra maestra) Argentina (2018) Dir. Gastón Duprat “Art is a fraud” Sometimes it is not hard to dispute this statement when you consider how a messy daub of random blotches or streaks of paint on a canvas can be seen as genius statement and will sell for millions, whilst a delicately detailed …

Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You UK (2019) Dir. Ken Loach After the coruscating attack on the flawed an uncompromising welfare system in his last film I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach returns to highlight another aspect if modern British life that serves only to favour the rich and exploit the poor, the zero hour contract. Struggling with …

Heroic Age The Complete Series

Heroic Age The Complete Series (Cert 12) 3 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Manga Entertainment) Running time: 640 minutes approx. They say too many cooks spoil the broth but that wouldn’t be the case if the cooks didn’t try to undermine the others just to feel like they are the best cook. Heroic Age isn’t a show …