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 Reviews
Kamikaze Girls
Edited at a frenetic pace, trawling through Japanese sub-cultures and using lurid, intense cinematography, Kamikaze Girls is a female buddy movie re-invented... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
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The Army of Crime
The Army of Crime joins a roster of recent European films exploring the continent’s wartime past from a fresh perspective. French realist Gu&e... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
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Warhol
Invaluable for students of sixties counter-culture, this intimate and controversial collection of documentaries by David Bailey has his titular pop artist pr... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
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The Queen of Spades
Based on a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin and championed by Martin Scorsese (who provides an enthusiastic introduction to this DVD), this obscure 1949 fant... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
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The Secret People
Most of what you need to know about Dickinson’s spy story can be found in the title: despite the pulpy connotations, it’s actually an exi... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
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Afghan Star
Havana Marking’s film documents the journey of four young hopefuls in the final stages of a reality singing show. But forget The X-Factor: this is abou... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009
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District 9
With a formal approach in keeping with the Youtube era of digital filmmaking, Neill Blompkamp’s debut is an exciting and provocative rush, its success ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
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The Beast Stalker
Opening with a thrilling police chase which results in an impressive slow motion pile-up, director Dante (The Twins Effect) Lam’s latest is a stylish b... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
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Chef's Special
Maxi (Cámara) is a foul-mouthed, flamboyant and mostly unlikable chef in Madrid, whose professional and personal lives are thrown into disarra... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
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1941
This rare misfire from cinema’s greatest entertainer was one of several productions to mark the end of the New Hollywood era. 1941 is a mess of a movie... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
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Kim Ji-woon Double Bill
Two movies from one of South Korea’s most versatile filmmakers: A Bittersweet Life is an ultra-stylish, fatalistic gangster thriller with all t... Read more »| 08 Dec 2009 -
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All Over Me
Anyone who grew up during the 90s may recall seeing this during Channel 4’s Queer Street strand. Teenage Claude is a music loving skater who can’... Read more »| 27 Nov 2009 -
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Upon its cinema release, many called this cynical toy commercial “the live action Team America”. This is unfair: that movie had more wit and idea... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
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Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino’s superb genre pastiche is the cinematic equivalent of Woody Guthrie’s guitar case: a defiant, aggressive and life-affirming two-finger... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
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Just A Question of Love
Made for French TV, this run-of-the-mill coming out story centres on Laurent, an agriculture student whose female flatmate poses as his girlfriend to... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009