I recently watched the film City Island on DVD, another goodie from Amazon’s Vine programme.  One of the real pleasures of the scheme is that it leads me to films, books or music I might otherwise have never heard of but which end up giving me much more pleasure than ones I have been eagerly […]
Entries Tagged as 'DVD'
Operation:Endgame
March 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Operation:Endgame · Life
This evening we sat down to watch a DVD that Amazon kindly sent us – Operation:Endgame.  Having heard nothing about it, I wasn’t expecting much, but it turned out to be hugely enjoyable with some great performances, notably from Rob Cordory Here is what I wrote about it:
Black
March 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Black · Life
Last week I watched a film called Black. I knew nothing about it beforehand, but really enjoyed it. Plenty of action, and it didn’t outstay its welcome at all. Here is what I wrote about it on Amazon.
The Expendables
February 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Expendables · Life
Following an afternoon spent haemorrhaging money at the opticians, we watched The Expendables on DVD on Saturday evening. It is almost a dictionary definition of ‘star-studded’ and boasts a cast featuring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Micky O’Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham and Steve Austin. An action film with some of the […]
Revenge is sweet
February 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life
Over the weekend I watched two films on DVD which turned out to be variations on the same theme: revenge. Both are stories of somebody left for dead by a group of people, but who survives and returns to get their revenge. The films were I Spit On Your Grave and 22 Bullets. Both were […]
Only a few more hours
February 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Only a few more hours · Life, Music
Only a little over three months after moving house, I finally got round to wiring up my amplifier to the DVD player. Been meaning to do it for ages, but so far I have put up with getting the sound from DVDs through the TV speakers and have not had the urge to listen to […]
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Dead Snow
November 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Life
This evening I grew impatient waiting for the snow that keeps getting predicted here and turned to the DVD for some guaranteed white stuff, in the form of the film Dead Snow. I picked this up a while ago on the strength of the cover. Not that it is a great cover but it had […]
Fanboys
November 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on Fanboys · Life
This evening I watched a film called Fanboys on DVD. This was another film I got through Amazon’s Vine programme, so the least I can do is link to their product page for it. The film is about a group of total Star Wars fanatics so keen to see the Phantom Menace that they decide […]
The Crazies
September 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Crazies · Life
As I had to go into town anyway this afternoon to pay in a cheque, I decided to have a browse in HMV. I came out with a nifty DVD of The Crazies, which has the 1973 original on a second disc. Watched the film tonight and really enjoyed it. I suspected that I would […]
Lock, Stock & Smoking Pipe
May 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Lock, Stock & Smoking Pipe · Life
Jayne bought the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film on DVD today in an attempt to wipe out the memory of the appalling mockbuster version we watched last week. The attempt was only partially successful, not through any great failing of the Ritchie film but because the other one was so memorably bad. Looking at the […]
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