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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Compulsion
Compulsion is an enjoyable period thriller from 1959. It dramatises a famous 1920s crime which saw two rich law students trying to commit the perfect... Read more »| 10 Sep 2010 -
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Sons of Cuba
Joyce Carol Oates has written that whilst life could be considered as a metaphor for boxing, “boxing is only like boxing.” But for the yo... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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Robin Hood
In their version of the classic English myth Scott and Crowe choose to explore their hero's origins in the way that has proved so popular of late wit... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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Eyes Wide Open
It’s often said about religion that people get in the way of a nice idea. It’s certainly true in Israeli filmmakers Merav Doster and Haim Tabakma... Read more »| 04 Sep 2010 -
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Breathless
Godard's first and most accessible film is many things: a studied homage to his beloved Hollywood gangster films; a pioneering piece of guerilla film-making;... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
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The Edge of the World
Released for the first time on Blu-ray, The Edge of the World was Michael Powell's first major feature. Filmed in 1937 on the Shetland island of Foula and us... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010
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Gay Sex in the 70s
The blunt title of this documentary accurately captures the spirit of its subject: the period after Stonewall and before AIDS when gay men in New Yor... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
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The Lair: Season 3
A new series is a welcome chance for gleefully supernatural cheesefest The Lair to clean house and sort out the problems that plagued the previous year. At i... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
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Daybreakers
As Stephen Fry has noted, one of life’s great pleasures is when something is better than it needs to be, and that’s exactly the case with Daybrea... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
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World On A Wire
Shown in a brand new Michael Ballhaus approved print at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, World On A Wire is one of Fassbinder’s less seen but mo... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
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Newcastle
Being a teenager is an emotional battleground when you have to face expectations from your family, your friends, your own potential... Jesse is a typical tee... Read more »| 08 May 2010 -
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Departures
When newly-unemployed cellist Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Matoki) answers an advert titled ‘Departures’, he’s unsettled to discover himself n... Read more »| 29 Apr 2010 -
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Phobia
What is it with ghosts these days? At least Beetlejuice kept his sense of humour. The traditional portmanteau chiller is resurrected and given an Asian twist... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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Clandestinos
One of very few films released on these shores addressing the Basque conflict, Clandestinos is an engaging if slight drama. Xabi (Rodríguez) pulls off... Read more »| 12 Apr 2010 -
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Bitch Slap
Boobs, bullets and blood burst out of the screen in Xena alumnus Rick Jacobson’s patchy tribute to the Russ Meyer exploitation movies of yester... Read more »| 07 Apr 2010