DVD Reviews
We believe the at-home movie experience should be nothing less than sensational. Here we review DVD releases of both new and old films, and let you know just what's available in the ever ambiguous 'DVD extras.'
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Dvd ReviewsAmerican Mary
Perhaps those willing to endure cold steel against warm flesh for aesthetic self expression are the ultimate fashion victims. Yet twisted twin directors Jen ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
This gentle Japanese film starts out as a nice guy, and nobody really likes a nice guy; they never get the girls. A meandering story of love, dogs and ... Read more »| 10 Jan 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Woodsman and the Rain
When a film crew arrives in a small town in rural Japan, Katsu, a recently bereaved lumberjack, is initially unimpressed. But, after he is drafted by the ass... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Half a decade since his hypnotic feature debut Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais’ latest reverie dissects many of the same themes: love and death, per... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Forbidden Games
When five year old Paulette, traumatised by witnessing the violent death of her parents only a short time before and still clutching the corpse of her little... Read more »| 02 Jan 2013 -
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Dark Nature
The novelty value of a slasher film set in Scotland isn't enough to save Marc de Launay's confusing misfire. A sour-faced family of luvvies have a miser... Read more »| 25 Dec 2012
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Electric Man
Electric Man is a micro-budget feature shot in Edinburgh which follows Jason and Wolf, two hapless comic shop owners, on the trail of a rare and valuable com... Read more »| 14 Dec 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsBaytown Outlaws
The Baytown Outlaws is one of those films that come trailing the epithet "Tarantino-esque." The common denominator here is a cast of lowlifes waving their gu... Read more »| 12 Dec 2012 -
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Zombie Flesh Eaters
Fulci's legendary gore-filled video nasty finally shambles on to a UK Blu-ray release just in time for Christmas. Make no mistake, this is one for the zombie... Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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Ninja Scroll
After making short - and bloody - work of a squad of ninjas, a monstrous ogre takes the sole survivor, a female ninja named Tagero, back to his lair to have his wicked way with her. Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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Code Name: Geronimo - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
Airing in the US just days before last month’s election, SEAL Team 6 (as it was then titled) caused a minor outrage, attracting accusations that distri... Read more »| 01 Dec 2012 -
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Polisse
A vérité-style drama based on the daily work of Paris’s ‘Brigade de protection des mineurs,’ Polisse’s treatment o... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
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Margin Call
"Remember this day, boys, remember this day." When a young analyst at a sleek, Wall Street investment firm discovers that the mathematical model they have ba... Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
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A Simple Life
In perhaps the ultimate example of method acting, Andy Lau has spent his life as godson to Deanie Ip before playing opposite her in a dramatic role that mirr... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Santa Sangre
Jodorowsky's unforgettable masterpiece of the macabre finally gets a welcome Bluray release, fully restored and remastered for UK cinephiles. Traumatised by... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012