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 ReviewsPink String and Sealing Wax
Pink String and Sealing Wax's setup suggests a juicy potboiler but this melodrama from Robert Hamer fails to integrate its subplots Victorian Brighton is th... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsMan with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov's uncategorisable masterpiece Man with a Movie Camera comes to Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema Little can be added to the praise heaped upo... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsOnly Angels Have Wings
Cary Grant stars in Howard Hawks' witty and tragic melodrama Only Angels Have Wings, which comes to UK Blu-ray via the Criterion Collection Hollywood giant ... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsRan
Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning take on Shakespeare's King Lear comes to Blu-ray to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death A battle rages and the... Read more »| 02 May 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Released as part of The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection from Arrow Films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is one of the German filmmaker's finest achievments Read more »| 02 May 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsThree Days of the Condor
Sidney Pollack’s paranoid thriller Three Days of the Condor comes to Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema Three Days of the Condor might have been viewed as... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016
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Dvd ReviewsEureka
Nicolas Roeg's underappreciated Eureka, starring Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke and Joe Pesci, comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsRocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti epic family saga gets its first Blu-ray release, from Masters of Cinema Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsSomething Different & A Bagful of Fleas
Two early works by the great Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová come to DVD from Second Run Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsThe City of Lost Children
Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's cult classic The City of Lost Children comes to Blu-ray It’s Christmas Eve and a young child beams as Santa slides ... Read more »| 16 Mar 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsComfort and Joy
Bill Forsyth's Comfort and Joy is full of cherishable moments. Read more »| 29 Feb 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsAudition
Takashi Miike's truly shocking and haunting beauty horror gets a much-needed Blu-ray spit and polish Read more »| 29 Feb 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsAmerican Dreamer
Maybe counter-culture hero Dennis Hopper was full of shit all along... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsHawks & Sparrows / Pigsty
A double-bill Blu-ray release of two Pier Paolo Pasolini classics that show off the controversial director's versatility. Read more »| 23 Feb 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsFixed Bayonets!
Sam Fuller's emotionally intense Korean War thriller comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 08 Feb 2016