Blu-Ray Review – The Dead And The Deadly

The Dead And The Deadly (Cert 12) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: Eureka Entertainment) Running Time: 99 minutes approx. Loyalty from friends is something most people hope for but only a few really enjoy. I’m not talking about giving you a lift somewhere or buying nice presents for your birthday, but being there for in the …

Blu-ray Review – Thor: Love And Thunder

  Thor: Love And Thunder (Cert 12) 1 Disc DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Disney Pictures) Running Time: 119 minutes approx. “Eat my hammer!” Like it or not, the MCU is going to keep rolling as long as there is an audience to please, stories to tell, and studio producers to keep in gold plated tooth picks, it …

Blu-ray Review – A Fugitive From The Past

A Fugitive From The Past  (Cert 15) 1 Disc Blu-ray (Distributor: Arrow Video) Running Time: 183 minutes approx. You can never escape your past. You can bury it, run away from it, change your name, and hope it never catches up with you, but it will never leave you. For some, this is their fate …

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 …

VOD Review – Theo And The Metamorphosis

Theo And The Metamorphosis (Cert 18) (Distributor: Sovereign Film Distribution) Running Time: 96 minutes approx. The Kafka-esque title might alert the more learned among you as what to expect from French director Damien Odoul’s latest offering. It’s not just the title, the entire film is rife with vignettes that could easily have come from the …

Blu-ray Review – The Batman

The Batman (Cert 15) 1 Disc DVD/2 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: Warner Bros.) Running Time: 176 minutes approx. With comic book movie fatigue setting in and box office disappointment in recent years, I’m sure most people were asking, “Do we really NEED another Batman film?” After two outings for Zack Snyder’s joyless take on the Caped …

VOD Review – Cop Secret

Cop Secret (Cert 15) (Distributor: Vertigo Releasing) Running Time: 100 minutes approx. The life of a cop according to cinema is one of testosterone, swagger, and breaking the rules with the same fervour they go after the criminal rule breakers! Love and romance is collateral damage where protecting the law comes first, either a lost …

Blu-ray Review – Twisting The Knife: Four Films by Claude Chabrol

Twisting The Knife: Four Films by Claude Chabrol (Cert 15) 4 Discs Blu-ray (Distributor: Arrow Video) Running Time: 106/113/101/105 minutes approx. One the most prolific and celebrated of the French New Wave directors, Claude Chabrol enjoyed a career spanning over 50 years before his death in 2010. Arrow have collated some of Chabrol’s films into …

Blu-ray Review – Flee

Flee (Cert 15) 2 Discs DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Curzon Artificial Eye) Running Time: 89 minutes approx. “What does the word home mean to you?” A question many of us don’t think to ponder too much, generally accepting that home is the bricks and mortar edifice we live in. For many, this is a question that engenders …

Blu-ray Review – Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Cert 12) 1 Disc DVD/Blu-ray (Distributor: Sony Pictures) Running Time: 148 minutes approx. There’s never a superhero around when you need one then three show up at the same time, or in the case of a Marvel film, a whole gang of them. It seems almost rare now for a superhero …