Blu-Ray Review – The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle remains one of the most influential crime films to come out of the '70s and...
Film Reviews
GOOD. 2008. REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS.
GOOD. 2008. DIRECTED BY VICENTE AMORIM. BASED ON THE STAGE PLAY BY C.P. TAYLOR. STARRING VIGGO MORTENSEN, JASON ISAACS, JODIE...
Blu-Ray Review – Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Hiroshima mon amour is one of the earliest French New Wave films, it came out in 1959 which was the...
DVD/Digital Review – Last Shift (2014)
According to the horror movie handbook all decommissioned police stations MUST be manned solely by members of the force experiencing either...
Blu-Ray Review – Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
I've always despised the film critic Roger Ebert due to missing the point on most of favourite films such as...
Film Review 2 – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant is not just an outstanding film; it is an experience, an ordeal that has to be seen on...
Film Review – The Big Short (2016)
Never mind betting against the housing market crash of 2007; one thing I would not have risked my money on...
Film Review – Room (2015)
Brilliant performances command this unnerving and claustrophobic drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Room is the screen adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s...
DVD Review – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (18)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl tells the story of fifteen year old artist Minnie Getz (Bel Powley; A Royal...
Film Review – The Revenant (2016)
Variety is the spice of life for Alejandro González Iñárritu who follows last year's satirical showbiz critique, Birdman, with gruelling...
Blu-Ray Review – Straight Outta Compton (2015)
N.W.A. for my money was the last hip-hop group who were interesting and relevant. It's no wonder that somebody might want...
DVD Review – Czechoslovak New Wave, Volume II
This box set includes Miloš Forman’s film A Blond in Love (1965), Jan Němec’s The Party and the Guests (1966)...
Film Review – Joy (2016)
Jennifer Lawrence is superb in this inspiring, but flawed biopic. At the heart of many David O. Russell’s films is...
Blu-ray Review – Love & Mercy (2015)
It's kind of shocking it's took so long for a biopic on the life of Brian Wilson to happen even...