On 8th November 2013 John Waters performed his one-man show at Liverpool Philharmonic and was on top form. I attended this show and had a whale of a time. There was a signing session after the show and the line to get stuff signed was HUGE. But not many people knew that there was to …
When you recognise a murder weapon which could implicate a hacksaw wielding murderer who's already killed two other people, what do you do? You go to stay in a remote secluded clifftop villa with your friends, that's what! Nothing could go wrong... This is a fantastic slice of giallo directed by Sergio Martino in 1973. …
One of the earliest British gay-themed films ever made, this tells the tale of June 'George' Buckridge, the soon-to-be eclipsed star on the TV soap opera Applehurst. We see her relationship with the Baby Doll-like Childie and also the interventions of television executive Mrs Crofts. But does Crofts have her own agenda? This lesbian drama …
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I was looking forward to this movie. Someone who had seen it in the States said that it was 'grim'. Another said that it 'stayed with you long after you've finished watching it'. Having watched the movie I can now say that it is grim. But not in a good way. It's the most pretensious, …
Harry is on his way to a country holiday home with his new ex-model girlfriend, Diane when they cross paths with a rowdy car-full of drunken yahoos who try to intimidate them. After the couple run them off the road and ruin the suspension on their car, they are tracked to their country lair with …
More hidden treasures from the local newspapers of the past... Assault on Precinct 13 played for four glorious weeks in Leeds (click on each ad to see it actual size). Later it played in a double bill with the film Halloween.
Happy Friday the 13th! I've been digging through copies of my local newspaper The Yorkshire Evening Post and have exhumed some amazing ads for some of the exploitation films that perverts like me love so dearly. One series of movies that played well in Leeds was Friday the 13th. And the newspaper ads certainly don't …
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I actually went to see Lady Bird because the trailer was so good. Any film that uses 'Days of Steam' by John Cale instantly grabs my attention. Lady Bird is a quirky film that makes me want to punch the air with delight. Thank Christ for all of the filmmakers who see things from a different …
Like many people the only thing I knew about ice skater Tonya Harding before this film was the incident of violence that she inflicted upon Nancy Kerrigan. This film deals with Tonya's upbringing and her life in general leading up to this point. One striking feature of the film is that it well and truly breaks down …
I love it when I know nothing about a film but then discover it on Netflix. Thats what happened here and I wasn’t disappointed. A deaf mute writer lives in her isolated home on the edge of a forest. And then a psycho nutjob comes her way. Its suddenly a case of do or die with …
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