16th Feb2014

‘Alice Sweet Alice’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstark, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, Brooke Shields | Written by Alfred Sole, Rosemary Ritvo | Directed by Alfred Sole 88 Films expand their DVD repertoire with their first non-Full Moon flick Alice Sweet Alice (aka Communion), the 1970s “killer kid” proto-slasher […]

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15th Feb2014

‘Games of Thrones: The Complete Third Season’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

When looking at Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season for review the question has to be what can I say what people don’t already know? If they are going to watch the third season they already will have seen the other seasons and know what is to come.  In looking at the complete season […]

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14th Feb2014

Competition: Win ‘WWE Survivor Series 2013’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

Survivor Series 2013 features John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Championship against the man he took it from at Hell in a Cell, Alberto Del Rio! Meanwhile WWE Champion Randy Orton defends his Championship against the world’s largest athlete, The Big Show! Survivor Series also saw the long awaited return of the high flying former […]

14th Feb2014

‘The To Do List’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rachel Bilson, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Andy Samberg, Donald Glover, Connie Britton, Clark Gregg | Written and Directed by Maggie Carey Brandy Klark (Plaza) is an intellectually successful but socially inept student at an Idaho high school in 1993. This differentiates her starkly from her popular sister […]

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13th Feb2014

‘Nothing Left to Fear’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Clancy Brown, Anne Heche, Rebekah Brandes, Ethan Peck, James Tupper, Jennifer Stone | Written byJonathan W.C. Mills | Directed by Anthony Leonardi III Nothing Left to Fear is the first terrific terror tale from Slasher Films (founded by Guns N’ Roses rock legend/horror nut Slash), directed by Gore Verbinski’s visionary protégé Anthony Leonardi III. The film stars James Tupper […]

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12th Feb2014

‘Mara’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Angelica Jansson, Cecilia Samuelsson, Emelie Frantz Nilsson, Martin Brandt, Philip Hansell, Mia Möller, P.O. Möller, Pidde Andersson | Written and Directed by Jacob Kondrup, Ake Gustadsson, Fredrik Hedberg Three first time directors, Jacob Kondrup, Ake Gustadsson and Fredrik Hedberg, who also penned this film, have created an unusual little horror movie here, in the guise […]

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12th Feb2014

‘Reel Evil’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Jessica Morris, Kaiwi Lyman, Jeff Adler, Jamie Bernadette | Written by Danny Draven, Shane Bitterling | Directed by Danny Draven Danny Draven, who some genre fans will know as the director of Hell Asylum, Deathbed and other low budget fare, is back behind the camera for this 2012 horror flick entitled Reel Evil. The cast […]

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11th Feb2014

‘Muirhouse’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Iain McDonald, Kate Henderson, Steve Lynch, Libby Ashby, David Saporito, Jordie McKay, Lewis Ryan, Jacob Turner, Jack Walsh | Written and Directed by Tanzeal Rahim Ghosts always catch people’s interest whether it be a “live investigation” or the latest found footage horror film that promises to be the scariest thing you’ve ever seen.  Muirhouse is a […]

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10th Feb2014

‘WWE Superstar Collection: Sheamus’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Today as well as the release of WWE Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan, we also have WWE Superstar Collection: Sheamus which is yet another collection of matches all connected by the “Superstar” from the WWE.  With the quality of the release being down to the selected match I always start to watch these with trepidation as […]

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10th Feb2014

‘WWE Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

I’m not really a fan of the WWE Superstar Collection releases, but to be fair I guess it’s the choice of matches that are important. The collection picks a superstar and then gives a series of matches from their history that feature them. With the WWE Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan release for the most part […]

06th Feb2014

Competition: WIn grisly horror ‘Frost’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of the highly suspenseful horror that’s “Guaranteed to deliver chills” (Dread Central) – Frost out on DVD 10th February through Entertainment One – we have a copy to give away to one brave winner! ‘The Thing’ meets ‘The Blair Witch Project’ in this terrifying tale of arctic survival. ‘Frost’ keeps the […]

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05th Feb2014

‘How I Live Now’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy, Anna Chancellor, Corey Johnson, Jonathan Rugman, Darren Morfitt, Stella Gonet, Des McAleer | Written by Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni, Penelope Skinner | Directed by Kevin Macdonald War is something that changes lives forever, whether you be fighting in it or just a citizen.  It […]

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04th Feb2014

‘Not Another Happy Ending’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Iain De Caestecker, Amy Manson, Kate Dickie, Freya Mavor, Gary Lewis, Henry Ian Cusick | Written by David Solomons | Directed by John McKay When I decided to review Not Another Happy Ending the reason for this was pretty obvious, as a Doctor Who fan I was interested in a movie where […]

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03rd Feb2014

‘The Complex’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya, Masanobu Katsumura, Naomi Nishida, Kanau Tanaka | Written by Jun’ya Katô, Ryûta Miyake | Directed by Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is well known in the horror world for his work, directing Ring, Ring 2 and Dark Water, among others, so it wasn’t unwelcome to see a new release from Nakata that […]

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02nd Feb2014

‘Dracula: The Dark Prince’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Luke Roberts, Jon Voight, Kelly Wenham, Ben Robson, Holly Earl, Stephen Hogan, Richard Ashton, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Vasilescu Valentin | Written by Pearry Teo, Nicole Jones, Steven Paul | Directed Pearry Teo Dracula is one of the most prolific, some would say overused, characters in fiction – from literature, to theatre, to cinema and television, […]

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01st Feb2014

‘Banshee Chapter’ DVD Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Katia Winder, Michael McMillian, Ted Levine | Written and Directed by Blair Erickson The Banshee Chapter follows journalist, Anna (Winter) who is investigating the disappearance of her friend James (McMillan). James has been experimenting with strange drugs that the US military used in real life experiments in the 1960s. These experiments had very weird […]

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01st Feb2014

‘The Tenant’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kristen Dalton, David Arquette, Victor Browne, Morissa O’Mara, Alana O’Mara, Franny Hocking, Ken Baumann, Lorraine Nicholson, Bellamy Young, Rome Shadanloo | Written by Nick Antosca | Directed by Chris Jaymes Originally released in the US in 2012 under the title of The Cottage and no doubt renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly themed British film […]

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31st Jan2014

‘Force of Execution’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Steven Seagal, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Bren Foster | Written by Richard Beattie, Michael Black | Directed by Keoni Waxman Steven Seagal has never been a big name in action movies for me.  I’ve seen the popular ones he’s in such as the Under Siege movies but he never caught my interest like somebody like […]

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31st Jan2014

‘Penthouse North’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Andrew W. Walker, Michael Keaton, Barry Sloane, Trevor Hayes, Tilo Horn | Written by David Loughery | Directed by Joseph Ruben Written by David Loughery (Lakeview Terrace, Passenger 57) and directed by Joseph Ruben (Sleeping With The Enemy, The Forgotten), Penthouse North is a thriller, and an old school one at that, mixing elements of […]

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29th Jan2014

‘Bates Motel: Season One’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Some shows come along and you just can’t help being sceptical about them.  Bates Motel Season 1 came with the news that it would be a “modern re-imagining” of the Psycho origin story, putting Norman and his mother in a modern-day setting with an aim of looking at the routes of just what made Norman […]

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29th Jan2014

‘The Selfish GIant’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Ralph Ineson, Ian Burfield, Lorraine Ashbourne, Elliott Tittensor, Siobhan Finneran | Written and Directed by Clio Barnard There is something disarming about stories that deal with childhood friendships, especially ones that are filmed close to where you live.  The Selfish Giant was filmed around the city of Bradford, so there […]

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27th Jan2014

‘Hunt vs Lauda’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

When it comes to Formula 1 as a sport there are certain rivalries that have added drama to the seasons, even now the egos of the drivers and politics of the car companies can sometimes overshadow the action on the road.  Probably the greatest of these rivalries though is way back before some of the […]

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