Jake West's Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023)
The name Cliff Twemlow may not be exactly recognisable to most moviegoers. Something of a cult figure, especially in his native...
The Wonderful World of DTV: Edward Drake's Detective Knight: Redemption (2023)
With the announcement earlier in the year of Bruce Willis’ retirement due to his diagnosis of Aphasia, it became clear why there had been...
Late Night Horror: October 2023 Horror Fest
I had initially put up these small capsule reviews on my Facebook page, with me deciding to watch and review a horror film each night...
The Wonderful World of DTV: Neil Jordan's Marlowe (2023)
Created by crime writer Raymond Chandler, Private Detective Philip Marlowe has been solving big screen mysteries since the early 40’s. Portr
Top Ten Movies of 2022
The list below isn’t really in any specific order, other than perhaps Limbo which comes first which was truly one of the best crime...
Further Afield: Stephen Fung's The Adventurers
In regards to his personal life, this hasn’t exactly been the best year for actor Andy Lau. At the start of the year Lau was filming a...
The Wonderful World of DTV: Mark Savage's Bring Him Back Dead (2022)
Whilst he never became an A lister the likes of Jean Claude Van Damme, British Martial Artist Gary Daniels still managed to rack up quite...
The Wonderful World of DTV: Mark Neveldine's Panama (2022)
Recently the majority of Mel Gibson’s movies have been going the DTV route. Like his contemporary Bruce Willis, these films all feature...
Further Afield: Yoon Young-bin's Paid in Blood a.k.a Tomb of the River
Initially called Tomb of the River when released in its native South Korea, Paid in Blood (2021) has gone through something of a name...
John Mackenzie's Just a Boys Game (1979)
Made as part of the BBC’s Play for Todays, Just a Boys Game (1979) marked the third and finest collaboration between director John...
Further Afield: Renat Davletyarov's The Pilot (2021)
I must admit, I wasn’t exactly aware of the Russian WW2 movie The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021) before being offered the...
Further Afield: Herman Yau's Shock Wave 2 (2020)
When it comes to sequels, there are those that standout as being equal if not better than the original. Some of the more obvious choices...
The (Not so) Wonderful World of DTV: Nico Sentner's Atomic Eden (2015)
Made over seven years ago, it isn’t hard to see why it took so long for Nico Sentner’s Atomic Eden (2015) to be released stateside. Made...
Late Night Horror: Tommy Lee Wallace's Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Ah, Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), the bastard stepchild of the Halloween franchise. Unfairly maligned upon release it has...
Late Night Horror: Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II (1981)
Michael Myers returns for more of his crazy adventures in Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II (1981), with him seemingly brushing off the six...
Late Night Horror: John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)
With the upcoming release of Halloween Kills (2021), I thought this would be the perfect time to revisit one of the most influential...
The Wonderful World of DTV: Andrew Lawrence's Money Plane (2020)
The world of wrestling seems to be a fine brewing ground for action stars. The most obvious recent example would have to be Dwayne “The...
Further Afield: Takeshi Miike's First Love (2019)
Harkening back to the likes of Dead or Alive (1999) and City of Lost Souls (2000), Takashi Miike returns once again to the Yakuza genre...
The Wonderful World of DTV: John Hyams Alone (2020)
Disclaimer: I had originally written this review last year for another website as pat of its coverage of the virtual Fantasia 2020 film...



















