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Blu-ray review: Battle Royale
The Japanese movie Battle Royale was originally released in 2000 and is based on the 1999 novel by Koushun Takami. Over the years it has seen a release, whether theatrically or for home entertainment,...
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Blu-ray review: Immortals
Immortals is a movie that is cut from the same sweaty loincloth as 300 and Clash of the Titans (2011), in fact it could be said that it has taken elements of both and squeezed them into one snarling...
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DVD review: Carnage
Controversial Polish director Roman Polanski is not the most prolific director working in cinema today, quite possibly due to not being allowed into the United States in which many of his cast...
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Blu-ray review: The Sitter: Totally Irresponsible Edition
Until recently Jonah Hill has been seen mainly in supporting roles, in movies such as Superbad, Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and more often than not his performances have been incredibly...
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Blu-ray review: In the Land of Blood and Honey
When Angelina Jolie set out to write and direct her feature length debut, the world was probably expecting a multiplex friendly movie that would be sure to rake in a few dollars. What is probably also...
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DVD review: Tyrannosaur
Paddy Considine has always been a versatile actor, appearing in such varied faire as Hot Fuzz, Dead Man’s Shoes and Submarine, so it was always going to be interesting to see where he would take his...
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Blu-ray review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
The two previous movies in this franchise, Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), took well over $400 million at the Box Office in the U.S. alone, so there...
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Blu-ray review: The Fields
When a film release is accompanied with the words “based on actual events” it is always very easy to take it with a pinch of salt. Quite often it is nothing more than a marketing gimmick used...
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DVD review: Domain
French actress Beatrice Dalle first came to the public’s attention in the 1986 Jean-Jacques Beineix directed movie Betty Blue, which itself is an excellent movie. Since then she has starred in around...
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Blu-ray review: Men in Black
Director Barry Sonnenfeld had scored moderate to high box office success with his films The Addams Family (1991), the follow-up Addams Family Values (1993) and the terrific Get Shorty (1995), but it...
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Blu-ray review: Men in Black 2
With the amount of money taken at the box office by 1997’s Men in Black, there had to be no surprise that a sequel would be made. It might be a little surprising that it took five...
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DVD review: The Vow
Hitting Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Mother’s Day is this romantic drama, from director Michael Sucgy, in which the events portrayed on screen were inspired by true events. Now, as with most...
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DVD review: Michael
For his feature length debut, director Markus Schleinzer has pulled no punches in the subject matter of the film, or indeed the content of it. Michael is a film about child abduction and pedophilia,...
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DVD review: 'Plot of Fear'
The world of Italian Giallo cinema is a truly fascinating area of film, which boomed in the 1960’s and 1970’s, and was probably most famous for the films of such directors as Dario Argento, Mario...
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DVD review: 'The Woman in Black'
Hammer horror films were a staple for many fans of the genre through the 50s’, 60s’ and 70s’. For many, it was their introduction to the world of horror (myself included), the British company putting...
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Blu-ray review: 'We Need to Talk about Kevin'
The nature versus nurture debate, regarding human behavior, has raged on for years. Are people molded by external influences or are they born the way that they are? It is a debate that will no doubt...
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DVD review: '96 Minutes'
The film "96 Minutes" follows the story of four lives as they all come together one night. It does not take place over a time span of 96 minutes, in actual fact the 96 minutes of the...
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Blu-ray review: 'Gone'
Jill (Amanda Seyfried) is a young woman with a troubled past. She is haunted by an event in her past in which she was abducted by a serial killer, or was she? Therapy has not done much to help her...
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DVD review 'Knockdown'
Some films must have seemed like a good idea on paper, yet when translated to screen left a lot to be desired. Unfortunately, "Knockdown" is one such movie. Originally entitled "The Bad Penny", of...
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Blu-ray review: 'Monster Brawl'
The monster mash-up has been a popular style of entertainment for many years, in different formats. From the "Godzilla" movies starting back in the 1950s’ through to more recent movies such as "Freddy...
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