Cert 15 | 104 mins | 1974
5 Star
The Audacious Heist Movie!
From the pen of Morton Freedgood (pen name John Godey. Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today) comes the film of the same name, that was so good there have been two remakes. (But never surpassed in my view). Directed by Joseph Sargent (Jaws: The Revenge, Colossus: The Forbin Project) who takes a…more
Cert PG | 131 mins | 1971
4 Star
Not Biology 101.
Arrow Video brings us one of the 1970s best Sci-Fi’s, with ‘The Andromeda Strain’, a film that doesn’t boast big Hollywood names, but delivers a serious punch, in what governments are prepared to do to save us all. Based on the book of the same name by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Westworld) that sees scientists versus an…more
Cert 18 | 153 mins | 2009
5 Star
A Glorious Masterpiece
A fictitious wartime scenario cannot be done better than this story from modern day master of cinema, Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) who takes the fight to the Nazi’s and their high command, as Jewish-American soldiers are drafted into the “Basterds,” a black ops commando unit…more
Cert 15 | 99 mins | 2007
4 Star
No Sleep Till D.C.
After fifty-five years, it was deemed time to do a remake of the 1956 film ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, so in 2007 first time writer David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash) brings the story into a new century and shows its sensibilities. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) who has two…more
Cert PG | 104 mins | 1949
5 Star
What’s That in the Shadows.
This Graham Greene (The Fallen Idol, This Gun For Hire), Orson Welles (A Man for all Seasons, Citizen Kane) written masterpiece has been dubbed the greatest British film of all time, and who am I to argue against the sublime monochrome marvellous feat of cinematography by
Robert Krasker (El Cid, Brief Encounter) and direction by Carol…more
Cert 18 | 98 mins | 1995
3 Star
It’s all in the Eyes.
It’s Cult Classic time as we fly back to 1996s dystopian look at future America. Directed by David Hogan (Batman Forever, (Second Unit or Assistant Director), Alien³ (Second Unit or Assistant Director)), who takes Pamela Anderson (Lee) (Baywatch (TV Series), Home Improvement (TV Series)) at the height of her popularity, in this “Lad’s Mag” sci-fi…more
Cert 12 | 111 mins | 1978
4 Star
Sticking It to the Man
The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song “Convoy” by C. W. McCall ( “Wolf Creek Pass”, “There Won’t Be No Country Music (There Won’t Be No Rock ‘n’ Roll)”). The film was made when the CB radio/trucking craze was at its peak in the United States, which lead to the…more
