Directed by James Nielson;
Based on a story by Norman A Fox; this James Stewart vehicle revolves around a railroad building settlement and the regular robbery of its payroll. This film contains a few twists and oddities, most notably that one of the members of the robbery gang is played by one of Hollywood?s […]

Directed by Anthony Mann
Based on the novel Bend of the Snake by William Gulick; this is fairly typical ?goodies and baddies/shoot ?em up? western stuff that follows the trials and tribulations of a wagon train of new settlers led by Glen McLintock (Jimmy Stewart) to Oregon around 1880. During their early travels from Missouri, […]

Directed by Anthony Minghella
It took me a while to finally bring myself to sit down and watch ?Cold Mountain?, the 148 minute running time didn?t really appeal and the reviews I had read before its cinematic release didn?t really entice me either. Therefore, I had very low expectations of the film and I would have […]

The story of Simba and Nala continues: the animals have all returned to Priderock following the defeat of Scar, the evil brother of Mufasa. Scar?s loyal followers have been banished from the pride lands, never to return and Simba is proving to be a mighty king. Simba and Nala have a beautiful daughter, Princess Kiara […]

Set in the jungles of India, and based on “The Jungle Book” written by Rudyard Kipling, “Mowgli?s Story” is the tale of a young boy lost in the jungle. The story is well known and this DVD is a reasonably faithful retelling of the book. Shere Khan the tiger attacks Mowgli?s people whilst they are […]

This was a film that grew on me; by the end I decided that I liked it, but the first hour (of a two hour film) left me scratching my head a little, as I didn?t think it was going to be anything more than a rather uninspiring WWII emotional drama, and I?d already figured […]

Sorry folks, but the inevitable comparison with a certain classic film in the sci-fi horror genre is gonna happen repeatedly in this review. I did enjoy this film to a degree, but it still can?t beat the superior suspense of the kick-arse film ?Alien?. ?Pitch Black? tries hard, though, and has far more CGI effects […]

Back in the late 80s Fergus (Jimeoin) and his mate Wesley (Alan McKee) are happily living in strife-ridden Belfast unaware that their run-in with the local bad guy would have consequences on the other side of the world. After Fergus upsets the bad guy Colin, the mates flee Belfast and head to Australia and the […]

Although I was surprised by, and struggled a little with, the length of this musical (almost 148 minutes), the unorthodox ending, the powerful musical score, and the fantastic visual appeal of the film were well worth the effort. I did not have high hopes for it, and I was very pleasantly surprised overall. I had […]

Frances is a Professor of Literature at a university in San Francisco who finds out her writer husband has been cheating on her. After a rather traumatic divorce and a descent into loneliness and despair she finally agrees to take the trip to Tuscany offered to her by her two lesbian friends. She decides on […]