Steven ‘The Butcher’ Soderbergh Part 1 – Psychos
Welcome to the first part of a series on Steven ‘The Butcher’ Soderbergh, wherein I take a look at Steven Soderbergh‘s online video releases. Throughout these features I will not only look at the way in which these films do, or do not, work but also try to understand Soderbergh’s possible motivations. The first of Steven Soderbergh’s published experiments, … Read more
The Man with the Iron Fists 2 review
RZA has always seemed to be preoccupied with empire building. As a founding member and essentially the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, RZA has not just shepherded that group to success but also been responsible for many of its offshoots and several ancillary businesses that stretch beyond the music industry. One area that has always interested … Read more
The Offence Blu-ray review
The Offence was made as part of deal with Sean Connery, an effort to keep him happy about returning to James Bond for Diamonds Are Forever. Under this agreement, United Artists would fund two projects of the actor’s choosing, as long as their combined cost did not exceed $2 million. If the second of these was ever made it … Read more
The Jinx review
The following is a review is of the entire The Jinx miniseries, and therefore discusses events that occur in later episodes. True crime documentaries on television tend to focus on the most salacious aspects of the cases. There often seems to have been a definite attempt to, if not quite glamorise, then at the very least, … Read more