Movie Review – I Want To Know Your Parents

I Want To Know Your Parents (Ni Boomo Eolgooli Bogo Shipda) Korea (2022) Dir. Kim Ji-Hoon Every parent wants to think the best of their children so when they are confronted with accusations of wrongdoing, the immediate reaction is denial and pinning the blame on outside influences. How deep the denial goes says more about …

Movie Review – The Love Of Jeanne Ney

The Love Of Jeanne Ney (Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney) Germany (1927) Dir. G.W Pabst Never fall in love with a Bolshevik. I realise that is increasingly unlikely in this day and age but it’s sound advice all the same. At the time of the Russian Civil War, this wasn’t so easy to avoid for …

Anime Review – Free! The Final Stroke Movie Double Bill

Free! The Final Stroke Movie Double Bill (Cert TBA) Limited Theatrical Release (Distributor: Anime Ltd.) Running time: 85/107 minutes approx. If you weren’t aware that Free! is about swimming, the subtle of The Final Stroke might encourage some suspect ideas as to what it refers to. Or maybe it is just me, despite already knowing …

Movie Review – Once Upon A Time In China V

Once Upon A Time In China V (Wong Fei Hung chi neung: Lung shing chim pa) Hong Kong/China (1994) Dir. Tsui Hark You get the impression film producers can’t see past their own delusion when it comes to milking a franchise dry. When the fourth instalment of the Once Upon A Time In China series …

VOD Review – Samaritan

Samaritan (Cert 15) (Distributor: Amazon Prime) Running Time: 101 minutes approx. They say you should never meet your heroes as they tend to disappoint, although this isn’t true of every fan encounter with those they idolise. Superheroes however, should be different, by nature of their position of virtue, yet one could argue this is down …

Anime Review – Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga Collector's Edition (Cert 15) 3 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: MVM) Running time: 627 minutes approx. “We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow” With its pulsating galloping rhythms, chugging guitar riff, and banshee vocals, it is hard not to envision a Viking longboat …

Movie Review – The Quiet Girl

The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) Ireland (2022) Dir. Colm Bairéad “The county air will do you good,” we urbanites are told whenever we are required to leave our comfy mod con dominated lives behind for a brief period of time. Doctors have been known to prescribe this too, so there must be something in …

Wrestling Review – WWE – Summerslam 1992 30th Anniversary Edition

WWE – Summerslam 1992 30th Anniversary Edition (Cert 15) 1 Disc DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Fremantle Media) Running Time: 165/193 minutes approx. On September 3rd 2022, the WWE will hold a live PLE as part of their regular US canon in the UK for the first time since 1992 when Clash At The Castle emanates from Cardiff. …

Movie Review – Lola And The Sea

Lola And The Sea (Lola vers la mer) Belgium/France (2019) Dir. Laurent Micheli Relationships between parents and children can deteriorate for a number of reasons, which will change as society changes. Quite often, how the parents sees things is not how the child sees things because of growing up in a different time and environment, …

Movie Review – The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again UK (1976) Dir. Blake Edwards We’ve all upset people in our time, but hopefully not to the point that they would want to kill us. Generally, we never know just how badly we have upset them or how fragile their psyche is that they would want to exact such extreme …