Film
Blu-ray Review: Dillinger
America has a long and complex history with its outlaws. This fascination dates back all the way to the time of colonisation and the Old West. The likes of Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy wrote their own legends and captured the public’s imagination. As the wild frontier was replaced by urban sprawl …
Blu-Ray Review: Hiroshima Mon Amour
In the final year of World War II, mankind did something which, in retrospect, seems almost unthinkable. The dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945, resulting in the instant death of 80,000 people (many more were injured or subsequently died from the fallout), highlighted why we should never play god. Originally commissioned …
Blu-Ray Review: Stagefright
The thought of standing on a stage and performing is terrifying, to me at least. Indeed, as someone who has had to do precisely that on one of the biggest stages, it’s a nerve-wracking experience. I can only imagine what it’s like to appear in a production and having to perform in-front of live audiences, …
Blu-ray Review: Session 9
When people discuss their favourite or the ‘best’ horror films it’s normally the same usual suspects that come to the fore. However, as those who delve a little deeper will know, there are so many great movies which have flown under the radar over the years. For obvious reasons, they tend to emanate from outside …
Blu-Ray Review: Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy
While Disney has been popular with cinema audiences for generations, the last few decades have seen the likes of Pixar, Studio Ghibli and DreamWorks enter the market and become popular with children and adults alike. However, we’re seeing a number of smaller animation studios, such as Aardman Animations, LAIKA and Studio Ponoc, coming into the …
Film Review – Margrete: Queen of the North
Europe has a long and eventful history, much of which is shared, but we only tend to learn about the important kings and queens growing up. These are almost always, our own, or those who have been at war with us. As a consequence, I know very little of Scandinavia’s past, outside of those elements …
Film Review: The Scary of Sixty-First
If you’ve not heard about the case of convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, then you’ve probably been living under a rock for the last few years. Despite his death before a full case could be made against him, the trial of his close friend Ghislaine Maxwell means he’s back in the news once …
Blu-ray review: Hungarian Masters
Despite the political and economic factors which have blighted its film industry over the decades, Hungary has always been a powerhouse of Eastern European cinema. Since the dawn of the twentieth century, the country has produced a number of notable personalities who’ve had a huge influence on domestic and world cinema. However, most of its …
Film Review: Blanco en Blanco
The concept of the innocence of childhood has troubled countless men down through history, often manifesting itself in sinister and dangerous ways. While the advent of the internet has brought the problem into stark relief, the likes of Vladimir Nabokov with his novel Lolita has tried to put this obsession in writing. Even Lewis Carroll’s …
Film Review: Hope
Anyone who has ever waited for results from a medical investigation knows that nagging anxiety. The fear of the worst. Of receiving that news you’ve always dreaded. That prognosis telling you how long you have left to live. Facing up to your own mortality and wondering how you’re going to spend your limited time left …