Neil G

About Neil G

Multiple award-winning radio and audiobook writer, producer and director, best known for producing Doctor Who audiobooks. Loves LEGO, sci-fi, Ghibli and cats. Find him on twitter as HokusBloke

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season 5 Review

9 Oct, 2013 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD tagged Darth Maul / Jedi / star wars / The Clone Wars Review / The Phantom Menace by Neil G

From Up On Poppy Hill – Studio Ghibli Movie

26 Jul, 2013 in Cinema tagged From Up On Poppy Hill / Goro Miyazaki / Hiyao Miyazaki / Keiko Niwa / Studio Ghibli by Neil G

Evil Dead 2 Special Edition Blu Ray — There are some films which are considered cult classics. And then there are some cult classics that are considered all-time greats. And then there are some all-time greats which are considered the perfect example of their type. Evil Dead 2 (Dead by Dawn) sits comfortably in this final category, and […]

Evil Dead II – Blu-ray Review

7 Apr, 2013 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD tagged Bruce Campbell / Evil Dead / EVIL DEAD II / Sam Raimi by Neil G

Looper arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on 28th January 2013 (in the UK) covered in countless 5-star reviews and glowing superlative-heavy review quotes. Starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, and directed by Rian Johnson, it is a time-travel action thriller mystery something-or-other that is both genuinely original in […]

Looper Blu-ray Review

27 Jan, 2013 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD tagged Bruce Willis / Emily Blunt / Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Looper / Pierce Gagnon / Rian Johnson by Neil G

It is Sunday evening at 6pm, and for most of the afternoon I have been sitting uncomfortably in the Odeon Leicester Square in London watching a screening of Peter Jackson’s new LOTR movie, The Hobbit. Uncomfortably not just because the film is long (too long by far), and not just […]

The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey – Review by Neil ...

9 Dec, 2012 in Cinema tagged An Unexpected Journey / Andy Serkis / Christopher Lee / Hugo Weaving / Lord of the Rings / Peter Jackson / Sylvester McCoy / The Hobbit / WETA by Neil G

The second Hi-Def helping from Studio Canal and Ghibli in November is not a Ghibli film at all, it is an earlier work, directed by Miyazaki-san called “The Castle of Caglisotro”, aka Lupin III. Made in 1979, it is Miyazaki’s first full-length anime film, and features Wolf (or Lupin in […]

The Castle of Cagliostro – Bluray Review

4 Nov, 2012 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD tagged anime / Ghibli / Kazuo Kazuhiko / Monkey Punch / The Castle of Cagliostro by Neil G

SF comedy legend Red Dwarf returns to our TVs, courtesy of a new commission by DAVE. Following on from the much-hyped but pretty terrible Back To Earth, this new 6-part series arrived with a whole heap of expectation. Could it return the series to its heyday? Would it put to […]

Red Dwarf X – Review So Far

26 Oct, 2012 in TV tagged Back to Earth / Chris Barrie / Craig Charles / Danny John Jules / red dwarf / Red Dwarf X / Robert Llewellen / Robert Llewellyn by Neil G

Once again the lovely folk at Studio Ghibli and StudioCanal spoil us rotten with new Bluray releases of classic Ghibli films this month. First up is my all-time favourite film (ever!)… “My Neighbour Totoro”. Ostensibly a children’s movie, but a film so magical, wonderful, intelligent and moving that anyone of […]

My Neighbour Totoro Bluray Review

24 Oct, 2012 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD tagged Hayao Miyazaki / My Neighbour Totoro / Studio Ghibli by Neil G

Livid Review by Neil Gardner French fantasy horror film ?Livide? by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury is out now on DVD (titled ?Livid? in the UK) in a fanfare of positive reviews. But does it live up to its reputation as an original, scary modern horror? The horror film world […]

Review of French Fantasy Horror Film Livide

13 Aug, 2012 in DVD / Blu Ray / VOD by Neil G

StudioCanal are making a bit of a habit of releasing classic British comedies, the one?s you used to see on Sunday afternoon TV. On DVD from 9th July comes the UK premiere of 1964 caper-comedy ?Crooks in Cloisters? starring Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbens and Ronald Fraser (among a host of […]

Crooks In Cloisters ? DVD Review

9 Jul, 2012 in Blogs tagged Barbara Windsor / Bernard Cribbens / comedy / Crooks In Cloisters / Ronald Fraser by Neil G

Time for another nosedive in to the world of home 3D cinema, this time in the hands of top notch director Martin Scorsese. ?Hugo? is a sci-fi lite/steampunk-esque family movie based in a post-World War 1 Paris with a seemingly endless supply of top British thespians. From Sir Ben Kinglsey […]

Hugo 3D Blu-Ray Review

7 Jul, 2012 in Reviews tagged 3d / blu ray / Christopher Lee / Frances de la Tour / Hugo / Martin Scorsese / Ray Winstone / review / Richard Griffiths / Sasha Baron Cohen / Sir Ben Kinglsey / Steampunk by Neil G

I honestly didn?t know what to expect as I settled in to watch the Wachowski?s much-derided hyper-real live-action love letter to the Japanese anime ?Speed Racer?. I only saw a few eps of the original TV series and didn?t really like it that much, and I had been disappointed with […]

Speed Racer Blu Ray Review

3 Jul, 2012 in Reviews tagged Christina Ricci / John Goodman / Roger Allam / Speed Racer / Susan Sarandon by Neil G

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