Friday, 1 April 2016

Every Movie I Watched During March 2016


"Inside Out" (2015)
Pete Docter
Disney, DVD, UK



"Man With a Movie Camera (Cinematic Orchestra Score)" (1929)
Mikhail Kaufman
Ninja Tunes, DVD, UK



"Deathgasm" (2015)
Jason Lei Howden
Studio Canal, Blu-ray, UK



"Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend" (1985)
Bill L. Norton
Mill Creek, Blu-ray, USA



"Valentino" (1977)
Ken Russell
British Film Institute (BFI), Blu-ray, UK




"Equilibrium" (2002)
Kurt Wimmer
Dimension, DVD, USA



"The Premonition" (1976)
Robert Allen Schnitzer
Arrow Video, Blu-ray, UK



"The Beastmaster" (1982)
Don Coscarelli
Umbrella Entertainment, Blu-ray, Australia



"The Adventures of Mark Twain" (1985)
Will Winton
Eureka, Blu-ray, UK



"Whiskey Galore!" (1949)
 Alexander Mackendrick
Universal, VHS, UK




"Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" (1942)
John Rawlins
Optimum Releasing, DVD, UK



"First a Girl" (1935)
Victor Saville
Connoisseur Video, VHS, UK




"Lost Horizon" (1937)
Frank Capra
RCA/Columbia, VHS, UK




"The Mutilator" (1984)
Buddy Cooper
Arrow Video, Blu-ray, UK




"Rare Exports" (2010)
Jalmari Helander
Icon, DVD, UK




"Nemesis" (1992)
Albert Pyun
101 Films, Blu-ray, UK




"The Cabin In the Woods" (2012)
Drew Goddard
Lionsgate, DVD, UK




"The House That Dripped Blood" (1971)
Peter Duffell
Anchor Bay, DVD, UK




"Escape From New York" (1981)
John Carpenter
Optimum Releasing, DVD, UK




"Foodfight" (2012)
Lawrence Kasanoff
Boulevard Entertainment, DVD, UK




"Sinthia the Devil's Doll" (1970)
Ray Dennis Steckler
Something Weird Video, DVD, USA




"Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014)
James Gunn
Marvel/Disney, DVD, UK




"Hell Comes To Frogtown" (1988)
Donald G. Jackson and R.J. Kizer
Arrow Video, Amazon Video Stream, UK




"The Muppets Most Wanted" (2014)
James Bobin
Disney, DVD, UK



"The Rocketeer" (1991)
Joe Johnston
Touchstone, DVD, UK




"Cloverfield" (2008)
Matt Reeves
Paramount, Blu-ray, UK




"The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands" (1927)
Walter Summers
British Film Institute (BFI), Blu-ray, UK




"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005)
Tim Burton
Warner's, DVD, UK




"Nemesis 2: Nebula" (1995)
Albert Pyun
101 Films, Blu-ray, UK




"Love Is Colder Than Death" (1969)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Arrow Films, DVD, UK




"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne" (1981)
Walerian Borowczyk
Arrow Academy, Blu-ray, UK




"Eastern Promises" (2007)
David Cronenberg
Pathe, DVD, UK





"Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?" (1974)
Yoshio Inoue
Eureka, DVD, UK




"Burial Ground" (1981)
Andrea Bianchi
88 Films, Blu-ray, UK




"Godzilla" (2014)
Gareth Edwards
Warner's, DVD, UK




"John Carter" (2012)
Andrew Stanton
Disney, DVD, UK




"Get Carter" (1971)
Mike Hodges
Warner's, DVD, UK




"By Our Selves" (2015)
Andrew Kotting
Soda Pictures, Blu-ray, UK



"Strings" (2004)
Anders Rønnow Klarlund
InD DVD, DVD, UK




"Boys In Brown" (1949)
Montgomery Tully
Strawberry Media, DVD, UK

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Every Movie I Watch During February 2016


"The Man From Nowhere" (1975)
James Hill
DVD
British Film Institute (BFI), UK



"Oasis of Fear" (1971)
Umberto Lenzi
DVD
Shameless Screen Entertainment, UK



"The Signal" (2014)
William Eubank
DVD
Entertainment One, UK



"Some People" (1962)
Clive Donner
DVD
Network, UK



"Zombie Flesh Eaters 2" (1988)
Lucio Fulci
Blu-ray
88 Films, UK



"Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (1989)
J.F. Lawton
Blu-ray
88 Films, UK



"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Thomas Harris
DVD
Criterion Collection, USA



"The Corpse Bride" (2005)
Tim Burton
DVD
Warner's, UK



"SS Experiment Camp" (1976)
Sergio Garrone
Blu-ray
88 Films, UK



"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006)
Adam McKay
DVD
Sony, UK



"Dead End Drive In" (1986)
Brian Trenchard-Smith
DVD
Arrowdrome, UK



"Scarface" (1983)
Brian De Palma
DVD
Universal, UK



"Iron Sky" (2012)
Tino Vuorensola
Blu-ray
Revolver, UK


"X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014)
Bryan Singer
Blu-ray
20th Century Fox, UK



"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007)
Jake Kasdan
DVD
Sony, UK



"Robogeisha" (2009)
Noboru Iguchi
DVD
Cine Asia, UK



"Malatesta's Carnival of Blood" (1973)
Christopher Speeth
Blu-ray
Arrow Video, UK



"Murder At the Cathedral" (1951)
George Hoellering
Blu-ray
British Film Institute (BFI), UK



"Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2014)
Joss Whedon
Torrent



"The Witch Who Came In From the Sea" (1976)
Matt Cimber
Blu-ray
Arrow Video, UK



"Compulsion" (1959)
Robert Fleischer
Blu-ray
Signal One, UK



"The Wind Rises" (2013)
Hayao Myazaki
DVD
Studio Canal, UK



"Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014)
Michael Bay
DVD
Paramount, UK



"Nightmares in a Damaged Brain" (1981)
Romano Scavolini
Blu-ray
88 Films, UK



"Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12" (2005)
 R. Kelly and Jim Swaffield
DVD
Sony, UK



"Paul" (2011)
Greg Mottola
DVD
Universal, UK



"Spectre" (2015)
Sam Mendes
Torrent



"Super" (2011)
James Gunn
Blu-ray
Koch Media, UK



"Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1992)
James Cameron
DVD
Artisan, USA

Friday, 5 February 2016

"Some People" (1962)
Clive Donner
Network, DVD, UK

Despite what it's misleading trailer would have you believe, a trailer that makes out this British "musical" to be something akin to "The Wild One U.K.", this film is ultimately little more than crude propaganda for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards youth scheme.

That said, despite a story obviously steeped in the UK class system, filled with stereotype characters and tropes (regretful father looking back on a youth he'll never again experiece, angry young loner, token black who doesn't say or do much) and side plots that go nowhere (the business with the experimental jet plane, don't ask, being the obvious example) this is still an engaging 90 minutes. Shot it seems entirely on location in and around Bristol, with it's rear loader "Corporation" buses, coffee shops, roller rinks, teens lusting over newsagent windows full of (not so dirty) dirty magazines, people openly smoking everywhere, this movie's worth a watch as a time capsule of not so swinging life in early-60's Britain.