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| 4 Dec 2019 |
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| Asylum & The House That Dripped Blood on standard Blu-ray in January |
| Following the sell-out success of its Limited Edition Blu-ray releases of Amicus horror favourites Asylum and The House That Dripped Blood, Second Sight have announced that both titles will be re-issued in January as standard edition Blu-rays, but with all the same on-disc extras. |
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| 3 Dec 2019 |
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| Shola Amoo's The Last Tree on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in January |
| Winner of the Most Promising Newcomer (Sam Adewunmi) and Best Supporting Actress (Ruthxjiah Bellenea) at this year's British Independent Film Awards, Shola Amoo's semi-autobiographical The Last Tree comes to UK Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in January from Picturehouse Entertainment. |
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| 30 Nov 2019 |
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| 30 Nov 2019 |
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| Horror tales from three decades on Blu-ray from Arrow in February |
| Three horror releases have been announced for February Blu-ray release by Arrow Video, with director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s recent Daniel Isn't Real, Spanish master of macabre José Ramón Larraz's 80s slasher Deadly Manor, and J-horror collection One Missed Call Trilogy. |
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| 29 Nov 2019 |
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| Knives Out |
| What a refreshing change to go to the cinema and watch a film with (seemingly) no computer generated imagery and a knockout cast bringing a hugely satisfying ‘whodunit’ to life. Camus is royally entertained by Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… |
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| 29 Nov 2019 |
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| A salute to the curious: A tribute to Jonathan Miller |
| In week when the loss of three notable names in their respective fields were announced on the same day, Camus pays tribute to the hugely talented and influential writer, producer, director, presenter, humourist, doctor and humanist Jonathan Miller, who died this week. |
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| 28 Nov 2019 |
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| A bumper crop of Blu-ray and DVD titles from Eureka in February/March |
| Eureka has announced its February and March Blu-ray and DVD titles, which include a Rudolph Valentino classic, a Sidney Lumet adaptation of a Eugene O’Neil play, a timely political thriller, a spiritual fable from King Hu, and a 3-disc Blu-ray box set of Buster Keaton favourites. |
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| 26 Nov 2019 |
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| Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear |
| Over a year after the release of their third Hammer box set, the fine people at Indicator have delivered a fourth, and it may just be the best yet. Slarek finally puts to bed one of his longest reviews yet for a brilliant four-film box set that is loaded to the gills with terrific special features. All cheer the arrival of Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear. |
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| 22 Nov 2019 |
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| 16 Nov 2019 |
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| Costa-Gavras thriller Betrayed on Blu-ray in December |
| Debra Winger is an FBI agent who falls a farmer played by Tom Berenger whom she discovers may be leading a double life in a tense thriller written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras, which makes its UK Blu-ray premiere in December from the BFI. |
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| 15 Nov 2019 |
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| Hôtel du Nord & Manon on Arrow Academy Blu-ray in February |
| Arrow has announced the Blu-ray title it will be releasing on the Arrow Academy label in February 2020, Marcel Carné's haunting, fatalistic melodrama, Hôtel du Nord and Henri-Georges Clouzot's astute portrayal of doomed young lovers in post-war France, Manon. |
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| 14 Nov 2019 |
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| Forty Guns |
| Barbara Stanwyck is a whip-cracking leader of a territory-controlling gang in the town of Tombstone in Sam Fuller's rule-busting 1957 western, which lands a new blu-ray release from Eureka as part of the Fuller at Fox: Five Films 1951-1957 box set. In the last of his reviews from this collection, Slarek revisits a terrific film on another superb disc. |
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| 11 Nov 2019 |
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| Time Without Pity |
| A desperate man has just 24 hours to find evidence that will prevent his son's execution in Joseph Losey's tightly paced, superbly acted and socially conscious drama. Slarek is riveted by the film and as impressed as ever with Indicator's recently released Blu-ray. |
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| 7 Nov 2019 |
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| 5 Nov 2019 |
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| Doctor Sleep |
| It’s not exactly a secret that author Stephen King was not thrilled by Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of his novel The Shining. Anyone taking on the sequel had to get the blessing of both King and Kubrick’s estate. Camus visits Doctor Sleep… |
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| 4 Nov 2019 |
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| The Invitation |
| A man is invited by his ex-wife to a party with a group of his former friends at the house in which a tragedy led to their separation in Karyn Kusama's gripping slow-burn thriller, The Invitation. Slarek revisits one of his favourite films of 2016 on a first-rate new Blu-ray from Second Sight. |
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| 2 Nov 2019 |
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| House of Bamboo |
| In the second of three reviews from Eureka's new Fuller at Fox: Five Films 1951-1957 box set, Slarek takes a trip back to early 1950s Japan for House of Bamboo, a tough and intriguing crime thriller that has more thematic and character depth than surface details might suggest. |
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| 2 Nov 2019 |
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| Nightbreed |
| If not exactly prolific – but when at bat, he always hits a home run artistically if not profitably – writer/director Clive Barker scores another winner with his love letter to the ultimate outsiders, the astounding Nightbreed. Camus knows who the real monsters are… |
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| 29 Oct 2019 |
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| An American Werewolf in London |
| A firm favourite from 1981, John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London is a groundbreaking work famous for showcasing state of the art make up special effects. It's also scary, very funny and surprisingly touching. Camus heeds the five-pointed star… |
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| 28 Oct 2019 |
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| The Painted Bird |
| Jerry Whyte remains haunted by one particular film screened at the London Film Festival: Václav Marhoul's magisterial epic The Painted Bird. He considers the ways it corrects the historical record and defamiliarises the horrors of war. |
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| 27 Oct 2019 |
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| Hell and High Water |
| In the first of three reviews from Eureka's Fuller at Fox: Five Films 1951-1957 box set (only three of the review discs were sent to us) Slarek revisits Sam Fuller's least favourite of his own films, the submarine action-adventure Hell and High Water. |
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| 24 Oct 2019 |
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| Birdy |
| Friendship is a cinematic staple as is madness. In Birdy, director Alan Parker juggles both in spectacular fashion. Fantastic performances, exquisite editing and intelligent direction add up to an 80s classic. Camus lets Birdy fly... |
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| 24 Oct 2019 |
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| Badge 373 |
| Robert Duvall stars as a suspended NYPD detective who embarks on a mission to avenge his murdered partner in Badge 373, a 70s crime thriller that languishes somewhat in The French Connection's shadow. Slarek is not a big fan of the film, but has no problems at all with Indicator's Blu-ray. |
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| 20 Oct 2019 |
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| The Dark Half |
| Tim Hutton plays a writer whose invented alter-ego takes on murderous human form in The Dark Half, George Romero's 1993 film version of Stephen King's novel. Slarek revisits a film he's never quite made his mind up about on Eureka's recent and splendidly featured Blu-ray. |
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| 15 Oct 2019 |
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| Talking About Trees and The Lost Okoroshi |
| Jerry Whyte singles out two African films from the London Film Festival that testify to the resilience of cinema, and the importance of humour under duress: Suhaib Gasmelbari’s Talking About Trees and Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi. |
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