Checked out ‘Blackbird’ starring Michael Flatley.


  I actually held off for a few days before typing up my thoughts on Blackbird as I wasn’t sure what I watched and in many ways, why I watched it in the first place. Blackbird, produced, written, directed and starring Michael Flatley  who is of course most famous for Riverdance’ plays Victor Blackley an…

Checking out Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ on Apple TV+


From writer David Scarpa (The Last Castle,All the Money in the World) and director Ridley Scott (where do you even start with the list of Ridley’s great films. Well lets go Gladiator, Alien, Blade Runner) comes Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon, and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine Bonaparte.Sir Ridley’s latest film takes us back to…

Swipe left? Swipe right? Nah just Swipe ‘rent’ or Swipe ‘buy’ and treat yourself to ‘Soul Mates’ from Director Mark Gantt, & Writers Joe Russo & Chris LaMont. Available to rent and purchase on Video on Demand


Swipe left. swipe right. I’m sure many of you who use or have used dating apps are familiar with the world of swiping, but one dating agency you don’t want to get involved with is the Soul Mates dating agency who promise you ‘Where The One Is One Swipe Away’  I checked out Soul Mates,…

Severin Films Brings hardcore horror ‘Bad Biology’ To Special Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray. Out Now


After a 17-year break in filmmaking, splatter maestro Frank Henenlotter– writer/director of Frankenhooker, Brain Damage and The Basket Case Trilogy – returned with the most graphic, transgressive and jaw-droppingly depraved weird as hell black comedy shocker of his career… Bad Biology which I watched earlier this week and I think my brain should be okay in a day or two…

Severin Films brings notorious video nasty ‘Nightmares In A Damaged Brain’ to Special Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray. Out Now ( @SeverinFilms )


Hailed as ‘brutally effective’ (Screen Rant), ‘a forgotten classic’ (Horror News) and ‘graphic and unapologetic’ (Sex Gore Mutants), Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (also known as Nightmare) remains one of the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre films of the 1980s. Banned as part of the video nasty campaign here in the UK in the 80s…

Get ready for Birth/Rebirth. Super creepy, unsettling & highly recommended. Now available to rent and own


      Independent Spirit ‘One To Watch’ Nominee, Laura Moss makes their standout feature directing debut with BIRTH/REBIRTH, with such a contemporary understanding that it is both exciting and terrifying in equal measure which New York Times describes an ‘ultrasmart, ferociously feminist take on the Frankenstein myth’ (New York Times)  Fresh off the film festival circuit, having…

revisiting Alleycats (2016)


This year is a year of nostalgia for me, and whilst I of course  will a great deal of films released in 2024, Im also enjoying selecting films from my physical media collection, popping them into my player and revisiting old friends. Today I revisited 2016’s Alleycats, a film which I hadn’t rewatched since 2018.…

Horror anthology ‘Midnight Peepshow’, takes us into the dark web and the dark side of humanity. Arrives on Digital 13th of February 2024.


From Directors Airell Anthony Hayles (Werewolf Santa, Spider Inside Her) Andy Edwards (Graphic Desires, Ibiza Undead), Jake West (Doghouse, Evil Aliens), and Ludovica Musumeci (Through His Eyes, Mens Sana) comes Midnight Peepshow, arriving on Digital 13th of February 2024. In Midnight Peepshow we are introduced to an unnamed Madame who owns and operates a Soho…

From Director Natalie Kennedy comes a tale of how an author battles writers block. ‘Blank’. Out now on Digital ( @Nat_filmmaker )


Available on UK Digital Download from Now  Amazon Prime (link ), it’s also available on Google Play, Itunes, Rakuten, Sky Store, Virgin and Youtube Sparky Pictures, in association with Templeheart Films and Kenmor Films brings you ‘Blank’ from Writer Stephen Herman and Director Natalie Kennedy (Trauma, Down & Out) ) Blank is  the tale of…

Scott Adkins returns as NAVY Seal Jake Harris & this time, the stakes are even higher. In ‘One More Shot’ from Director James Nunn. Now Airing on Sky Cinema .


Mid 2022, I watched the James Nunn directed film ‘One Shot’ starring Scott Adkins (Avengement, The Debt Collector) and telling the story of a squad of Navy SEAL’s, who during a prisoner transport find themselves pinned down in a CIA black ops site by insurgents. Its a film I really enjoyed and you can read…

Psychological Thriller SCREWDRIVER Twists Its Way onto VOD November 10


  Buffalo 8 have announced the North American VOD release of Screwdriver, the first full-length feature from writer-director Cairo Smith. AnnaClaire Hicks headlines the eerie slow burn as Emily, a trusting woman who ends up in the potentially nefarious clutches of an old friend (Charlie Farrell) and his gracious and accommodating wife (Milly Sanders). Screwdriver…

Sam Fox’s Fck’n Nuts is Fck’n so much fun!


I woke up, I got up, I had a cup of coffee, and then thought about what my day would bring.  So far my day has started off wonderfully. I sat down with my second cup of coffee and checked out Fck’n Nuts, a short film by writer-director Sam Fox (Bad Acid) and which took…

Pit Stop (1969), a film by Jack Hill


  Last night I decided to watch one of the many Arrow Video purchases that Ive made over the past couple of years but hadn’t yet gotten around to watching. That film was Pit Stop (also known as The Winner) from 1969 (but which was filmed in 1967) by writer/director Jack Hill (Coffy, Foxy Brown).…

OPPENHEIMER now available to own on 4K, Blu- ray, DVD & Digital from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, with over 3 hours of bonus features. 


From  writer and director Christopher Nolan comes the must-see masterpiece about the man and the moment that changed the world forever (and you can double up with Barbie if you wish) OPPENHEIMER is now available to own on 4K Ultra HD, Blu- ray, DVD & Digital from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.   With an all star…

From director Philip Barantini (Boiling Point, Villain) comes Accused, a tale of just how dangerous social media can be. ( @PhilipBarantini @netflixuk)


  From director Philip Barantini (Boiling Point, Villain) and writers Barnaby Boulton and James Cummings comes Accused, a new film currently streaming on Netflix. Following a terrorist attack in London, social media quickly decides to turn ‘amateur detective’ and try to find the bombing suspect before the police do and wrongly identifies Harri (brilliantly played…

Revisiting British prison thriller ‘Offender'(2012)


Continuing my walk down movie memory lane, next up was 2012’s Brit Prison thriller Offender from director Ron Scalpello ( My Name is Lenny) and starring Joe Cole (TVs Peaky Blinders), Vas Blackwood (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Mark Harris (Anuvahood), and Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging)     The film starts with…