Sometimes a film stays with you for reasons that have very little to do with whether the film is technically perfect or not. Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter is one of those films for me. I originally reviewed Neil Johnson’s science fiction adventure a few years ago and looking back at that review now, it’s interesting…
For many people, the first time they heard the name of Shane Meadows’s would have been when his 2004 tour-de-force revenge thriller Dead Man’s Shoes blasted onto screens. Over 20 years later Dead Mans Shoes is still in the conversation when the topic of ‘Best British films ever made’ comes up and deservedly so. For me the first…
As those who know me already know, im definitely more of a movie watcher than a book reader, and so I do love when a famous book is turned into a movie (or a television series) so that I can catch up on a well written story without having to struggle to find the spare…
Whether its the Sharknado franchise, or Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies or Transmorphers, you will have heard of a film that was produced by Asylum. Whilst Asylum aren’t likely to be standing on the Oscar podium anytime soon no one can deny that the team over at Asylum have created some highly entertaining movies over the…
I sat down last night and rented indie scifi film Star One, as a bit of a treat to myself. Scifi is a tricky thing nowadays and often feels like its been taken over by the massive films such as the Star Wars franchise, or Star Trek or even groundbreaking films such as Dune and…
Second Sight Films have once again brought movie gems to our home screens with the release of Norwegian style as the Cold Prey, Cold Prey 2 and Cold Prey 3 arrives in a glorious Limited Edition Cold Prey Trilogy Set, the latest classic horror collection to get the Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set treatment complete with the obligatory…
Its been a while , actually a long while since I found a TV show that I started and finished within the same 24 hour period. But no matter how long its been. The latest show that I have done that with is Talamasca: The Secret Order which I recently added to my bluray collection.…
What struck me straight from the start of House of Glass was the feeling of ‘oh- what am I about to experience’ emotion that I love from a movie. The film starts with the shot that you see on the poster art. Alex (played by Jenny Shakeshaft) is standing in front of a home swimming…
Studiocanal’s latest 4K UHD release brings David Mackenzie’s much loved 2016 crime drama Hell or High Water to physical media collectors, and for me, it was a blind buy and a first-time watch. Sometimes those purchases can be a gamble. In this case, it paid off brilliantly. Oddly enough, Hell or High Water had long…
Another evenings film watching and another indie gem discovered. I love it when that happens. Finding a gem of a film that many others may not have seen or heard of and then being able to share my thoughts and shine a spotlight on that film is the reason I created this site in…
Robert LaSardo is always a guy I enjoy seeing on screen and over the years I have seen him pop up many times on the big screen and on the small screen. Robert has one of those faves (and awesome beards) thats instantly recognizable First showing up in Abel Ferrara’s 1987 film China Girl…
The latest outing from Shogun Films has arrived and is out now on Digital as well as a Region Free bluray (which you can import from the US) Doctor Plague centres around a group of characters but front and centre of these is Detective John Verney, (Martin Kemp) who is trying to hunt down…
Every now and again you find a film (or a film finds you) that fits perfectly into the list of ‘well that was a really weird film’ and for me Possession is one of those films. I had heard of the film over the years, mainly because it popped up on those lists that were…
When a group of online gamers are pitted against each other in a real world death-match based on their computer game after their cyber bullying causes a suicide of a classmate. Things are about to get deadly! Welcome to Backlash, from director Jon Cohen Starring Elke Hinrichsen, Alyson Rudlin,Lexie Rose , Jesper Stenberg Marnie, and her…
Only a week after the release of the 4K bluray of Diva (You can read that article HERE) Studiocanal and Vintage Cinema have another great French release lined up for film fans and film history fans. Following on from its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, STUDIOCANAL released a brand new 4K…
It’s been a while since I treated myself to a new box set. I love a good box set — anyone who follows my channel knows that. This month, I finally bit the proverbial bullet and picked up something I’ve had my eye on: The Dollman Toy Box – Dollman X Demonic Toys Collection…
Earlier this year Severin Films announced the Worldwide UHD Premiere of Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1978 British action classic The Wild Geese with a new 4K restoration (scanned from the original camera negative) The film was theatrically rereleased for the first time and had fans of the film smiling from ear to ear. After its theatrical run its…
Out now from STUDIOCANAL is a new 4K restoration of 1981 French neo-noir cult hit DIVA – the audacious debut feature and visual masterpiece from visionary director Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue). I have seen Betty Blue, its not a film that’s fresh in my mind though as it would have been on VHS when I saw it,…
Who is Carl Cane? Well there are several answers to that which are unveiled in the latest Shogun Films production Helloween which has now arrived here in the UK on Digital and which was released earlier in September in the US. In the latest film from writer/director Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) we first meet…
Another film gem has been found! Deadly Justice which I watched recently on Prime Video. I did complete a non spoiler review video over at the frompage2screen YouTube channel and ill post that video at the bottom of this article but for those who would rather read my thoughts then please do carry on with…
Lets venture into Bodysnatch from Writer/Director Louis Benjamin Del Guerico ( Bright Eyes) which has just dropped into Amazon Prime courtesy of Cockerel Entertainment Steve (played by Reese Mishler Fog City & Smiley Face Killers) is a recent college graduate who returns to his hometown to reconnect with his conspiracy loving best friend, Jermey (played…
I hadnt seen Poseidon since it arrived on rental DVD back in 2007 I think it was. It was a film that I didnt see on the big screen and to be honest it wasn’t a film that I was super excited about. I love the original 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure and I…
Yes this is sci-fi but its not spaceships or laser battles type sci-fi. No, Variant is a full on head scratching ‘hmm whats going on’ type sci-fi and its a type of sci-fi I do enjoy. Straight from the opening scene where we meet our main character Aria (played by Ashlynn Yennie), an artist…
Generally its really had to watch a ‘studio movie’ without already knowing much of the plot, what happens to who in certain scenes and also its hard to avoid seeing scenes from the film even if you are the type of person who wants to avoid trailers and marketing. Its not easy to escape knowing…
I’m sort of torn on my thoughts about ‘Flight Risk’. On one hand its a decent enough fun ninety minute thriller which has a super simple plot and premise. A Federal Marshall escorts a key witness to attend a court appearance by grabbing a lift with a private plane. The core cast consists of the…
From Cockerel Entertainment ( cockerelentertainment.com ) and writer/director Brian Reynolds comes ‘The Nanny‘, a dark creepy and unsettling tale of a young girl that takes a Nanny role within the weirdest of families. The Nanny is out now on Digital and stars Georgia Gould as Aino ‘The Nanny’ Phil Abrams (TV’s Parenthood), Hayes Beyersdofer (…
Ive always had a fondness for haunted house movies ever since I first saw 1980’s The Changeling, from Director Peter Medak and starring George C Scott. In that film George C Scott plays John Russell who rents a huge mansion and soon finds weird things going on within the house itself. That film chilled…
From writer Alfie Scattergood (real name: Paul Knight), and director Sherice Griffiths (Hired Gun, A Tidy Robbery) comes Dakota Stone, a short film that takes us into the world of Dakota Stone (played by Nancy Xu in her screen debut), who we learn pretty quickly in this short film- she isn’t someone to be messed…
I do enjoy a good post apocalyptic movie (or tv show) I don’t remember the first one I ever saw but I suspect it would either have been 1979s Mad Max, or perhaps the New York set (but Italian filmed) Bronx Warriors from 1982. Movies set in a hell on earth type setting are pretty…
As the winter weather approaches (really fast) one of the things I want to do through the winter months is spend a little more time playing video games on my PS5. Im not what they call a ‘hardcore’ gamer, but I do enjoy sitting in a nice cozy room playing a fun game and its…
Over the past couple of years Ive become super into revisiting the films I saw as a kid but haven’t seen for years. I have sort of given up trying to keep up with all the new films that are released, way too many and not enough time to try to see them all (and…
From the writer/director of The Ledge, Never Let Go, The Lockdown Hauntings, and Darkgame comes Escape, a belter of a survival kidnapping, trafficking thriller that’s arriving on Digital Download from 30th September 2024. Howard J Ford has earned himself a place on the list of filmmakers who’s films I get excited for even before…
I’m very guilty of owning box sets but not having watched all the films in them. I could list the box sets that I own where I’m guilty of that, but it would be a long list. So I decided that with some free time I would try and watch make the list a little…
Over the past few weeks whilst I’ve been battling one illness or another (I’m on the mend now though! phew!!) I’ve been rewatching a lot of films and shows that I haven’t seen for years (or in some cases decades) and enjoying taking trips down memory lane. One of the shows that I realised I…
I never watch as many short films as I should or could. Short films of course are shorter than feature length which means I could easily watch more films each year if I just watched more shorts. But for whatever reason I don’t. Out of an average of 300 movies I watch each year, perhaps…
The poster sums this film up perfectly. People+Water+Sharks=chaos. Chaos in a good way when it comes to the film Something In The Water, chaos in a bad way for the characters in the movie world itself. Will there ever be a shark movie that is as impressive as ‘Jaws’, perhaps not, but that’s okay. 1975’s…
Spike Lee’s double Oscar nominated biographical epic, Malcolm X, is coming to the UK for the first time in stunning 4K from the 29th of July, courtesy of Icon. The 4K Ultra HD special collector’s edition contains an exclusive, limited-edition poster and four art cards. The film will also be released as a standalone Blu-ray,…
I was about to begin this article with ‘a few weeks ago’ – but I now need to start it with ‘around 8 months ago’ Oh how time flies. So, let me try again. Around 8 months ago John H Shelton & I chatted on John’s YouTube channel for around an hour and a half…
From the writers of The Locksmith, The Au Pair Nightmare, & Soul Mates, Joe Russo & Chris LaMont & from Director Alejandro Brugues (Juan Of The Dead, Nightmare Cinema ‘The Thing In The Woods’) comes The Inheritance which is getting a limited big screen release and also hitting video on demand July 12th 2024. It…
From Director Nicolas Harvard comes The Locksmith, the tale of Miller Graham, a professional safe cracker who is double crossed by a police officer and finds himself in jail for the next ten years. Upon release Miller takes up a job as a handyman for all around nice guy Frank and aims to get…