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 ReviewsThe Passion of Joan of Arc
A silent film from 1928 depicting the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy is never going to be the first choice for a Saturday night's viewing, but this stark, t... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 animated film from Hayao Miyazaki, the anime maestro who would later direct such Studio Ghibli classics as Spirited Away a... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
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The Fairy
La Fée is the third feature from a three-way filmmaking partnership, in which each member shares three roles: writer, director, and performer. It&rsqu... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsMoonrise Kingdom
Like Wes Anderson's previous films, Moonrise Kingdom is located in a place that is at one remove from reality, where he can create a jewel-like world with a ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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The Landlord
In his directorial debut, the great Hal Ashby tackled race relations head on with this fable of gentrification and radical chic. Elgar (Beau Bridges) is a sp... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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Some Guy Who Kills People
Everyone wants revenge on the assholes from high school, especially Kevin Boyd (Kevin Corrigan). When he's released after 11 years in the mental institution ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012
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Dvd ReviewsThe Arrival of Wang
Not, as one might initially guess, a top-shelf title heralding the debut of a new adult entertainment star, The Arrival of Wang is a low budget sci-fi thrill... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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The Devil Rides Out
As an 11 year old boy I used to tape late night Hammer horror films on VHS and watch them in awe before school. Fast forward to present day and viewed throug... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Breathing
Roman Kugler (Schubert) is a 19-year old orphan locked up in a juvenile detention facility. As part of the requirements for his parole he is offered a job at... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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The Aggression Scale
Didn't you sometimes wish when you watched Home Alone that Macaulay Culkin would get a little more psycho? Make the burglars really suffer? Make them bleed? ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Shooters
The antithesis of the all too common ‘balletic’ form of cinema violence, Dan Reed’s 2001 feature Shooters is a raw slice of brutality set i... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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War Trilogy
Aleksandr Dovshenko may not carry the same name recognition as contemporaries like Sergei Eisenstein or Dziga Vertov, but eighty years on his best work remai... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out follows the prolific Dutch photographer and filmmaker (Control, The American) whose unique visual style helped to define an era in ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD
The sadist in me wants to meet Thom Tuck on the last day of the Fringe - just to check for any remaining vital signs. The former Penny Dreadful has embarked ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
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Rumble Fish
When it was released in 1983 Rumble Fish was met with near universal critical incomprehension. It seemed another deliberate step by Coppola on his road to ca... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012