‘Tainted – A New Musical’
❉ Ange Chan previews a new British musical about friendship, love & survival, set in Soho across 60 years, featuring the songs of Marc Almond and Soft Cell.
Month: October 2018
Blu-Ray: ‘Night Of The Demon’ (1957)
❉ It’s in the trees! Andy Murray pores over Powerhouse’s exhaustive Blu Ray edition of the cult classic, here with a generous section of extras.
‘The Fog’ (1980) 4K Restoration reviewed
❉ 1980 John Carpenter classic returns to cinema screens and home entertainment newly restored and looking better than ever.
‘Doctor Who’ 11.03: ‘Rosa’
❉ ‘The defiantly humanist, brilliantly written series I fell in love with all those years ago is well and truly back’, writes Rob Fairclough.
‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ (2018)
❉ This movie shows that risks can still be taken with the Western, such as giving the genre’s template a South African cultural overhaul.
‘Morecambe & Wise In America’
❉ Morecambe & Wise will be the focus of a brand new documentary series hosted by Jonathan Ross this December. The series also includes the duo’s very first appearances on television in colour.
Nigel Kneale’s ‘The Road’: Toby Hadoke Interview
❉ One of the great missing masterpieces of British television, The Road is rising again at long last, in the form of a new BBC Radio 4 adaptation written by Toby Hadoke.
‘Cock Sparrer: The Albums 1994 – 2017’
❉ This is a highly recommended purchase for anyone into British punk, especially the streetpunk/Oi! genres, writes Brad Shepherd.
Return of the mac: ‘Columbo: Season 1’ on Blu-Ray
❉ 12 hours of one of the greatest detective shows ever to grace our screens and Columbo’s raincoat, cigars and battered Peugeot have never looked better.
‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ (1989) coming to DVD
❉ The BBC’s 1989 adaptation of Philippa Pearce’s much-loved novel is set to arrive on UK DVD in time for Christmas.