Road Rash Reviews

Flashback Memories 3D Review ***--

Cert U | 72 mins | 2011

3 Star Documentation of a life lost.
Director Tetsuaki Matsue (Annyong Kimchi) puts together what didgeridoo artist Goma has forgotten.
This documentary charts the career of a 20 year old didgeridoo player, using photo’s and home-made film footage as well as his live performances and his busking around the globe.
This film is for the serious percussion fans, as the entire 72mins…more

Passion Review ****-

Cert U | 83 mins | 2010

4 Star Mongolian Documentary.
Passion, is an in-depth film about Binder Jigjid, a man struggling across Mongolia trying to show his film “Human Traffic” as they follow in the footsteps of his father. Binder is a man that has truly suffered for his craft, after spending a whole day in a freezing river led to him becoming a hunchback. A great story…more

Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets *****

Cert 15 | 240 mins | 2015

5 stars for this compelling and highly educational insight into British history.
Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets is directed by James Tovell and presented by Dan Jones, the author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England, the book upon which the series is based.
It documents the rise of the Plantagenet Dynasty to the throne, right through two hundred and fifty…more

Erebus: Into the Unknown Review ****-

Cert 15 | 67 mins | 2014

4 Star Documentary, Ice, Mountain, Isolated.
Director/ Executive producer Charlotte Purdy (60 Minutes) brings us the chilling tale of Air New Zealand’s DC-10 flight 901, a sight seeing flight over Antarctica.
On the 28th of November 1979 the Dc-10 was flying over the ice sheets of the Antarctic, we hear the co-pilot asking his superior where is Mount Erebus, the pilot to…more

Seve The Movie DVD and Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert PG | 119 mins | 2014

4 stars for this fascinating docu-drama about the great Severiano Ballesteros.
This latest biography is written by Tom Hodgson and directed by John-Paul Davidson (Stephen Fry In America, Brazil With Michael Palin).
The way in which it is presented is quite unusual, but very interesting and works really well. It takes the form of stock footage of many of Seve’s finest performances…more

The Notorious Mr. Bout Review ****-

Cert 12 | 91 mins | 2014

4 Star Documentary of Entrepreneur Vs the US DEA
Directors Tony Gerber, (Full Battle Rattle) and Maxim Pozdorovkin, (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer) know how to do an in-depth documentary and this delivers the story of a man languishing in a US prison for 25 year for intending to do something (I think something we are all guilty of).
A story of…more

Road DVD Review *****

Cert PG | 100 mins | 2014

5 Star History of the Dunlop Dynasty.
After working together on Sisters of Science (Deirfiuracha na hEolaiochta) Michael Hewitt and Dermot Lavery come together again to bring us the brilliant story of a family that has hit the dizzying heights of success and the ultimate low of losing a family member. Narrated by the husky voice of Liam Neeson (Taken).
This documentary follows…more

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