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 ReviewsRosalie Goes Shopping
A quirky, kooky, colourful American indie about a family of endearing eccentrics? That’ll be about half of all US films released in the last de... Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
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The Cry of the Owl
This low-key adaptation of one of Patricia Highsmith’s lesser-known stories finds a troubled divorcee (Considine) becoming obsessed with a pretty young... Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
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Raging Phoenix
Thailand continues its dominance of the martial arts genre with this latest effort from the producers of Ong-Bak. Deu (Chocolate star Yanin) is a rock drumme... Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsSex Life In L.A.
Made in 1997 and 2004, this excellent two-part documentary exposes a world far removed from the big money cosmeticism of mainstream hetero skin flick... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
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The Greatest
When titular champ Bennett Brewer (Aaron Johnson) dies in a car accident, his family – including the high-school sweetheart carrying his unborn child &... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
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Talk To Me
The name Petey Greene won’t ring many bells this side of the Atlantic, but the outspoken DJ was big enough in his hey-day to garner an invitation to Ca... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010
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Dvd ReviewsSalvage
In pursuit of ratings, Channel 4’s flagship soap Brookside went to desperate measures, from helicopter crashes, religious cult suicide pacts, i... Read more »| 15 Mar 2010 -
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George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
Number six in Romero’s flesh-eater franchise, this latest opus of the undead is a pretty moribund effort. Things kick off nicely with a group of soldie... Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
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Don't Worry About Me
Produced for the stage by its two out-of-work stars, actor David Morrissey (Red Riding, Blackpool, The Deal) adapts a slight but affecting drama into a kind ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsEdward II
“When truth becomes legend, print the legend,” said John Ford, and while he couldn’t have been further as a filmmaker from the dire... Read more »| 27 Feb 2010 -
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We Live In Public
Ondi Timoner is perhaps best known for her 2004 documentary DiG!, which followed the tumultuous relationship between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestow... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
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Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat
It can be quite refreshing to watch a film that is exactly what you might imagine and more besides. In this respect, Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat can be vie... Read more »| 03 Feb 2010 -
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Mad Monster Party
Jules Bass’ 1967 stop-motion cult classic Mad Monster Party is a ghoulish treat, and an inspiration for Tim Burton’s own darkly comic ani... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
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The Stranger (Agantuk)
From 1991, Satyajit Ray directed this, his final film, from inside an oxygen tent. It doesn’t show. Based on one of his own short stories, it may not b... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
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Crazy Horse, Paris with Dita Von Teese
Featuring Dita Von Teese's routines and the cabaret set-pieces from the famous French night-club the Crazy Horse, this DVD presents burlesque as a mixture of... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010