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 ReviewsMarley
"What do Jamaicans love more than a man who's just survived a gunfight?" asks Bob Marley's elegant, dreadlocked lawyer as she recalls the aftermath of the at... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsMonster Brawl
At some point every horror fan has wondered who'd win if two headline monsters got to duking it out. Writer/director Jesse T. Cook takes that to the next lev... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsKosmos
Applied to arthouse films the phrase 'beautifully shot' can make the blood run cold, bringing to mind tedious hours spent in the company of pretty visuals an... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
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Delicacy
Delicacy offers two love stories for the price of one: a marriage cut short by a traffic accident, and the tentative relationship between widow Nathalie (Tau... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
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Airborne
Airborne opens with the UK gripped by severe storms: shop fronts blown out, transport networks gubbed – typical summer weather basically. It’s th... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsLicense to Drive
In 1988 Corey Haim and Corey Feldman were bigger than high tops and heroin. License to Drive sees the two at their most potent. When 16 year old Les (Haim) f... Read more »| 13 Jul 2012
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21 Jump Street
I had a dream. Not the usual one where I'm sent back to school with – for an unexplained but apparently plausible reason – no clothes on. No, thi... Read more »| 27 Jun 2012 -
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Rampart
A sinking familiarity greets Rampart’s setup. From its plot (corruption in the LAPD) to its players (internal affairs, district attorneys and no-good h... Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
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The Lost Weekend
From its elegant, telling opening shot – a slow pan across the New York skyline ending at an open window with a bottle suspended on a rope below &ndash... Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
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The Squad
The military-horror genre is a tricky nut to crack. Reducing hardened combatants to blubbering wrecks is an effective way of fostering fear in an audience, b... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Catch .44
Bruce Willis' latest vehicle is a dismal, cliched gangster flick that fails to entertain on any level. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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War of the Dead
Uninspiring low-budget zombie horror fails to excite. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Cold War-era Russian Sherlock Holmes adaptation with fantastic performances and bleak, beautiful scenery. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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You Only Live Once
A classic performance from Henry Fonda and the masterful touch of director Fritz Lang make this a classic of the film noir genre. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directorial debut is a grim, gritty and challenging adaptation of a lesser-known Shakespeare play. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012