Christmas has arrived early this year in the form of a release date change that moved Edgar Wright’s tasty new comedy up to a July release, although as it would have been out in August anyway just forget the Christmas analogy and enjoy the trailer. Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsen and Nick Frost [...]
When Norman Bates popped on his mum’ best frock and went all kinds of crazy in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho it wasn’t just a fear of showers that was born that day. Although the slasher genre would evolve into something far removed from the superior thrills of Psycho, the raw materials that built the foundation of [...]
Although celebrating its 40th anniversary this year if you’ve not seen the film there be spoilers ahead. Mention the name of Steve McQueen and most people will think of The Great Escape. For me his best performance came ten years later when he appeared as the lead in Papillon. Strangely both films are about prisoners [...]
My bike was stolen last weekend. It was seemingly safe, ensconced within the confines of the ‘secure’ building our flat is in, right next to our front door. But off it went, as most things that aren’t nailed down these days do. Damn cheeky rapscallions. The void they have left behind is difficult to fill: [...]
Those yummy people at Network DVD have been rescuing rarely seen films and TV shows from obscurity for years now; this time however they’ve outdone themselves. Released as a part of their ongoing British Collection is a set of saucy British sex comedies that include the rather titteringly titled Keep It Up Downstairs and On [...]
