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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After Tony Manero and Post Mortem assayed General Pinochet’s dictatorship through the lenses of discomforting murder drama and icy satire respecti... Read more »| 24 Jun 2013 -
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The Parade
With equal marriage on the way, it’s easy to forget that in parts of the world being gay can mean daily abuse, violence and even death. Gaybashing in S... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsTo the Wonder
The golden hour, that hour before sunset when the humdrum world is transformed by the warm, suffuse light of the dipping sun, has long been a favourite of Te... Read more »| 09 Jun 2013 -
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Blow Out
"So, you’re an ear-witness to an assassination.” Terry is a soundman working on exploitation films who, out one night in the countryside to recor... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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Cría Cuervos
Three years after her precocious debut in The Spirit of the Beehive, Cría Cuervos (1973) confirmed Ana Torrent a young actress of remarkable... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsI Wish
Hirokazu Koreeda's Nobody Knows (2004) is one of the saddest films ever made about childhood, but his latest, I Wish, feels like the optimistic fli... Read more »| 22 May 2013
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Dvd ReviewsSacrifice
If there's one thing that we learn from this historical epic from director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine), it is that if revenge is a dish best served co... Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
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The Last Stand
"I'll give the sheriff a call to tell him to get out of the way." When a psychopathic cartel boss is sprung from custody in Las Vegas and races towards the M... Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
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Gangster Squad
Not much liked by the critics on its theatrical release, Gangster Squad's account of the creation of an extra-legal LAPD team to take down mob boss Mickey Co... Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
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The Unbelievable Truth
Audry feels, and looks, like the heroine of a Nouvelle Vague film who is trapped in the very ordinary surroundings of a Long Island suburb in the late 1980s.... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
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Hors Satan
No one goes to French filmmaker Bruno Dumont for easy answers or anything approaching ‘fun.’ His oeuvre is marked by an ascetic aesthetic, employ... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
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Quartet
Dustin Hoffman's shameless Bafta-bait arrives on DVD and is a pleasant diversion, if ultimately lacking in substance. Maggie Smith leads an all-star cast as ... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
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Knightriders
Knightriders opens with a wonderful visual gag. Through a gauzy lens we see a naked Ed Harris awake with his lady friend in sylvan glade. After bathing in th... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
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The Collection
A sequel of sorts to The Collector, from 2009, The Collection opens with an entertaining scene in which a gimp-masked serial killer takes out an en... Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
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Vulgaria
A gross-out comedy from Hong Kong, the well named Vulgaria pushes the boundaries of taste in its dialogue and storyline while coyly keeping what appears... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013