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Back To The Future Trilogy Review

This week marks 40 years since the time-travelling classic Back To The Future was released on July 3, 1985. So it’s been the perfect excuse for me to watch the trilogy again recently, starring Michael J. Fox as young Marty McFly, alongside Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric Doc Brown with his DeLorean time machine. Created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, with impressive special effects for the time by Industrial Light & Magic, beautiful scores by Alan Silvestri, and great songs by the likes of Huey Lewis & The News and ZZ Top, the films are all very entertaining and still hold up really well today.

A couple of years ago I saw the musical, which was fun apart from missing out on the touch tour, and I rewatched the first film online back then to refresh my memory. But I haven’t seen the other 2 instalments since my youth and didn’t really remember them after all this time. So I’ve revisited them all at last by watching the trilogy on Blu-ray, which I bought a while ago but ended up setting aside for this big anniversary to go through it all. All of the films have been remastered of course, so they all look and sound really good.

This therefore marks the first time in decades I’ve seen all three films, and the first time ever that I’ve watched any of the bonus material. And it’s been a lot of fun. So I hope you enjoy this little run-through of it all as my tribute to this timeless trilogy.

Back cover of the Blu-ray for Back To The Future - The Ultimate Trilogy, showing four small screenshots from the films and an extensive list of special features.

Doctor Who Review – Season 2

Note: This post was updated in August 2025 with details of the Blu-ray steelbook, and in November with deleted scenes and an update on the future of the show.

Twenty years after its revival, Doctor Who recently returned for its 15th series of the modern era, named Season 2 as part of the BBC’s collaboration with Disney+. I discussed that partnership and other aspects of the show’s latest revamp in my Season 1 review last year, so I don’t need to go through the same preamble here. They did change the time that the episodes are dropped online, from midnight to 8am on the day of broadcast, after the feedback they got last year, but that didn’t bother me.

Once again we’ve had an hour-long Christmas special and 8 regular episodes (which is far too few), including a 2-part finale, all overseen by Russell T Davies as showrunner, who wrote 4 of the episodes and co-wrote another. Ncuti Gatwa is back in the lead role as the Doctor, in what sadly turned out to be his final series, but Millie Gibson only appeared in a couple of stories as Ruby Sunday, as we had a new companion in the form of Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu. As with all new arrivals I was unsure what to make of Belinda at first, but she grew on me as the series went on. She never really got the time and opportunity to flourish in the way that Ruby did though, which was a pity as she did have some good moments. Still, overall this series is better than the previous one I think, as the storylines have felt stronger.

So I hope you enjoy my review of this latest series. I also have a long playlist of videos on Youtube as usual, including highlights, behind the scenes material, interviews, reactions and more, if you want to check that out as well.

May 2025 Favourites

Hello again, I hope you’re all doing well. For me this has been a very difficult month to be honest, as my mother’s had a decline in her mental health due to issues relating to her blindness and sleep, and naturally that’s had a big impact on me too as her son and carer. We’re in the process of having appointments to try and get her some help though, and I’ll keep you posted.

Suffice to say, I haven’t been able to go out and do as much as I’d planned this month. I did meet a close friend for a good catchup, and I did manage to have a few walks, but there’s nothing for me to write about on that front. So this post is purely going to be about the entertainment I’ve been enjoying at home, which has been a good distraction for me.

My situation also means that I’m going to stop making videos to go with these Favourites posts for the time being, as I don’t have the time, privacy or mindset to film and edit them at the moment. Writing’s much easier, so I’m going to focus my efforts on that for now. I’m sorry to those who enjoy watching or listening to me ramble on, but I will get back to making videos when I feel ready. That might be in one or two months, or it could well be longer, I just don’t know yet. I’ll try and make little vlogs here and there though, just to quickly share how I’m doing.

So with all that said, let’s get on to nicer things with the TV shows and DVDs I want to talk about, none of which is sponsored as usual, and I hope you enjoy!

March 2025 Favourites

Hey there, hope you’re doing alright, and welcome to my latest roundup. March has been a bit of a mixed month for me, what with losing our Virgin Media service for almost a week (thankfully now fixed), and hearing about the government’s plans to cut disability benefits (which I’ve talked at length about in a separate post).

But there have been good things too, as I saw a couple of my favourite entertainers live for the first time, and enjoyed a variety of bits and pieces at home. So I’m going to focus on all of that in this post and video, which is relatively short I know, but I hope you find it interesting as usual!

Doctor Who Review – Torchwood – Series 3 & 4

Welcome back to my final set of reviews for Doctor Who’s adult spin-off Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as the wonderful Captain Jack Harkness. I’ve already reviewed Series 1 and Series 2, but these later series are rather different.

Whereas the previous 2 series each had 13 episodes covering a variety of different storylines, Children Of Earth and Miracle Day each revolve around a single epic story that plays out across the entire series, with 5 episodes in the former and 10 in the latter. Children Of Earth is easily the best, and is where Torchwood really peaks, while Miracle Day is the weakest of all 4 series, but still has plenty to enjoy as long as you relax your expectations a bit.

So this is my review of both of those series, including the Blu-ray extras, and I hope you enjoy!

Doctor Who Review – Torchwood – Series 2

Welcome to the second part of my review binge of Torchwood. This is the brilliant Doctor Who spin-off for adults starring the magnificent John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, the handsome, funny, courageous, flirtatious and immortal hero whose team investigate aliens and other strange phenomena that have fallen through a rift in space and time over Cardiff.

I recently reviewed Series 1, where I also discussed Torchwood’s origins and early references in Doctor Who. So now I’m moving straight onto the second series, which stepped things up a gear and gave us some excellent storylines, as they had really found their feet by this point. Plus I’ll mention the Blu-ray extras and a lot of the music as well. I hope you enjoy!

February 2025 Favourites

Hello again. After a nice quiet January, this has been a slightly busier month for me, as I paid a visit to Kew Gardens to see their Orchid Festival, and I went to the cinema with a couple of friends. The latter in turn led to me watching a few more animated films at home, which has been a bit of a theme recently given my previous reviews of Wallace & Gromit and other Aardman productions, although this time they’re Disney films. So there are a few bits and pieces to mention in this month’s post and video, none of which is sponsored or gifted as usual, and I hope you enjoy!

Doctor Who Review – Torchwood – Series 1

Welcome to the next in my series of Doctor Who reviews for the modern era. Following on from my reviews of The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1-2 & Series 3-5, I’m now going to revisit Torchwood, the other much more adult spin-off created by Russell T Davies. The show includes sex, violence, swearing and topics that wouldn’t be at all suitable for Doctor Who. But it’s a lot of fun, with some really interesting stories, distinctive characters, great action, enjoyable humour, a solid soundtrack and beautiful high definition visuals.

I saw it on TV when it first came out and originally bought the DVDs, before I then got all 4 series on Blu-ray. So I already know I like the show, but it’s been quite a while since I last put time aside to watch it. Hence it’s nice to go back through it again, especially as I don’t remember all of the stories vividly. I’ve also compiled big Youtube playlists for Series 1-2 and Series 3-4, with episode clips, behind the scenes footage, music tracks and much more, as I’ve done for my other Doctor Who reviews.

So let’s get on with my in-depth review of the first series, and I hope you enjoy!

Disney Reviews – The Lion King & Aladdin

For several years now, Disney have been remaking and adapting some of their old animated films with live action or photorealistic animation for modern audiences. Beginning with The Jungle Book, there were a small number of these remakes produced between 1994 and 2010, but since 2014 it’s become a regular occurrence, with one or two films released every year. And there are at least 8 more in the pipeline.

Until recently I hadn’t seen any of those remakes (nor the original films either in some cases), because I just haven’t been interested in checking them out, and I’m perfectly happy with the classic movies I’m familiar with. The one exception was Beauty & The Beast that I saw in 2017, and that was only because I was taking part in a trial of an audio description app that happened to be using that film.

However, this month I decided to do an old vs new comparison of two of my all-time favourite Disney movies that I did watch in my childhood – The Lion King and Aladdin – both of which had remakes released in 2019.

This came about because I recently visited the cinema with a couple of friends to see the Mufasa prequel to the modern Lion King. So it made sense to watch the original Lion King again and compare it with the remake that I’ve never seen before. That meant I had to reactivate my Disney+ subscription for a month, so while I was there I thought I would check out Aladdin as well. And in both cases I discovered that Disney+ has extra features and even the direct-to-video sequels of the original films. So I figured I may as well look through all of that stuff.

As a result I then ended up buying the original films and their video sequels on Blu-ray and DVD, because having rewatched them after all these years I still find them enjoyable, especially the originals. I haven’t got the editions with the most extra features on them, partly because they’re not widely available now but also because I don’t need them anyway. I just went for the editions that were easiest to get hold of and I’m perfectly happy with those. And I’m not interested in owning the remakes, because while they’re interesting to see once out of curiosity, they simply aren’t as good or necessary.

So with all that said, here are my reviews of the films, along with their sequels and extras, and I hope you enjoy!

January 2025 Favourites

Well, hello there, and welcome to my first roundup of the year – which has got off to a very cold, wet and windy start here in the UK. We’ve been better off staying cosy and warm indoors, so I haven’t done anything really notable out and about this month. I did buy myself a lovely new winter coat in M&S though, plus I got a much-needed haircut and had a few little walks, but that was it really. I have plans for the months ahead though, so I’m not concerned about that.

Besides, a quiet start to the year is quite welcome, especially after a busy and somewhat stressful Christmas thanks to our old cooker breaking down. But thankfully the new Beko cooker we had installed this month is working wonderfully. It took a little bit of getting used to at first, as the numbers on the dials go in the opposite direction than we’re used to, and the method of ignition using a button while pushing in the dials is slightly different to our old cooker. But we soon got the hang of it, and it cooks everything really well, better than our old appliance did. We’ve done meat joints, steaks, pizzas, fish, etc in the oven, which have all come out perfectly when following the packaging instructions, I’ve become a dab hand at doing delicious cheese on toast under the grill, and the hob heats things like vegetables and gravy very efficiently. So we’re happy with it, and let’s hope that remains the case for a while!

So with all that said, there are just a few bits of entertainment to mention in this month’s post and video. I did consider holding back my next update until February, but after an epic Christmas roundup, followed by a couple of lengthy reviews that I’m going to highlight here, it’s nice to do something a bit shorter. So I’m sorry it’s relatively brief, but nevertheless I hope you enjoy!

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