As someone who grew up watching Sesame Street and The Muppets, these wonderful puppet creations pioneered by Jim Henson have been a huge part of my life. I used to watch Sesame Street almost every day, I had books of Sesame Street, and I enjoyed the antics of Kermit the Frog and gang. Continue reading
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DVD Review: The Kid With A Bike [M15]
The story is simple for The Kid With A Bike, it isn’t something that over complicates itself and it manages to tell its story successfully in under 90 minutes. Continue reading
Blu-ray Review: The Raid [MA15]
Dir: Gareth Evans Starring: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya, Ray Sahetapy The Film: The Raid is a film right up my alley, a mixture of action/martial arts/horror/thriller are all the elements that really make me tick as a film fan. There had been nothing but positive reviews and … Continue reading
DVD Review: Treasure Of The Black Jaguar [MA15]
Dir: Mike Bruce Starring: Cameron Van Hoy, Michael Drayer, Timothy V. Murphy The Film: Treasure Of The Black Jaguar is quite the journey; it’s a rather different film and a modern type of grindhouse one. For me this was a rather cool film, one that just does not come up very often. The driving force … Continue reading
Blu-ray Review: Merantau [MA15]
Merantau was the first film in many years produced in Indonesia and it brought forth their martial arts Pencat Silat. That is a key component in this film, and I think after seeing this film many people will certainly want to know more (seek out Gareth Evan’s documentary Pencat Silat: The Martial Arts of Indonesia for more). The story here is about the ancient rite of passage known as ‘merantau’, which is from native Sumatra. Continue reading
DVD Review: Rabies [MA15]
Dir: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Danny Geva, Ania Bukstein The Film: Rabies (Kalevet) was a film I had heard about some time ago, it was being billed as the first Israeli slasher film. This certainly got my attention, and I wondered whether I would get to see it and how it would … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Guest Room [MA15]
Dir: Henry Olek Starring: Ross McCall, Susan Priver, Jude Ciccolella The Film: The Guest Room (aka Serving Up Richard) is an odd gem of a film, and it is surprisingly engaging despite being labelled as a cannibal film. Now I have nothing against cannibal sub-genre films, this element worked well for Hannibal Lector for example, … Continue reading
DVD Review: Passion Play [M15]
Dir: Mitch Glazer Starring: Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox, Bill Murray, Rhys Ifans, Kelly Lynch The Film: Passion Play has a bit of a reputation behind it, it was panned by critics when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2010 and it hasn’t quite recovered since. It has that reputation of being … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Innkeepers [M15]
Dir: Ti West Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis The Film: I just want to get this out of the way now – I love Ti West! He really is a fantastic recent addition to the horror genre, he keeps things interesting and inventive. The Innkeepers which is his latest is no different, this … Continue reading
DVD Review: Troll Hunter [M15]
Dir: André Øvredal Cast: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Mørck, Tomas Alf Larsen. The Film: When I first heard about TROLL HUNTER, I started to become really excited. I thought that it was the long-awaited follow up to my all time favourite so-bad-it’s-good film TROLL 2, which I imagined the story was about how the … Continue reading
DVD Review: We Are The Night [MA15]
Dir: Dennis Gansel Starring: Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich The Film: Right off the bat I have to say We Are The Night was an incredibly entertaining film, and certainly one of the better vampire films I’ve seen out of the recent crop. It had elements of The Lost Boys and Near Dark, as … Continue reading
DVD Review: Jay And Silent Bob Get Old – Tea Bagging In The UK [MA15]
This DVD features the three sold out shows that Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes did in the UK (London, Manchester and Edinburgh). If you are big fans then you know what you’re in for, if you are uninitiated then you are in for a real treat! Continue reading
DVD Review: In The Name Of The King: Two Worlds [M15]
Dir: Uwe Boll Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Natassia Malthe, Lochlyn Munro The Film: Out of all the films of his that Uwe Boll could have made a ‘sequel’ to, In The Name Of The King wasn’t one I would have expected. This really is an in name only sequel, where his BloodRayne series shared the same … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Hunter [M15]
Dir: Daniel Nettheim Starring: Daniel Nettheim, Sam Neill, Frances O’Connor The Film: A merc named Martin David is hired by a mysterious scientific corporation to head into the wilds of Australia to hunt down the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger. Martin’s presence in the area attracts the attention of more than a few locals who are … Continue reading