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The Comedy of Terrors
Farcial comic horror from 1963 with a belter of a cast and directed by Val Lewton graduate Jacques Tournier. Not as funny or smart as it once seemed, it still bristles with energy and is splendidly presented on Arrow's upcoming Blu-ray. Review soon. |
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield sets out to investigate the claims made about the number of people murdered by the serial killer known as 'The Grim Sleeper' and ends up painting a troubling portrait of prejudicial attitudes of the police towards the poor black community in South Central Los Angeles. Review soon. |
Maps to the Stars
Cronenberg's first American film sets Hollywood in its sights and then bites repeatedly and chews on the remains. A film in which just about everyone is seeriously screwed up in some way, observed with same sort of cool clinical distance that made Crash such a treat. |
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Reviewers vs. Blu-ray encryption
news | 24 Nov 2014
In his first blog for a while (he's not particularly talkative), Slarek outlines why for the immediate future at least, our Blu-ray reviews will be bereft of screen grabs. |
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Top 5 Prison and Prison Themed Movies
high 5 | 20 September 2014
Inspired by Arrow’s recent Blu-ray release of Jules Dassin’s superb 1947 Brute Force, genre fans Camus and Slarek each pick five of their all time favourite prison movies and prison-themed dramas. |
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| 20 Jan 2015 |
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| Two for the Road Blu-ray review] |
| Yes, it's been out a few weeks now but if the almost full cinema in which Camus saw The Imitation Game is any indication, the Oscar buzz is giving it legs. The Alan Turing biopic features a superb performance by the actor du jour. |
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| 20 Jan 2015 |
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| The Imitation Game [film review] |
| Yes, it's been out a few weeks now but if the almost full cinema in which Camus saw The Imitation Game is any indication, the Oscar buzz is giving it legs. The Alan Turing biopic features a superb performance by the actor du jour. |
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| 18 Jan 2015 |
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| Thief [Blu-ray review] |
| Michael Mann has always been one of America’s more interesting directors. Thief, an overlooked gem, is Mann’s first feature from the early 80s, now on Blu-ray. Camus revels in a safe cracking example of a 70s-style crime drama, and Slarek reviews Arrow's new Blu-ray. |
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| 11 Jan 2015 |
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Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
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| Colonel Herzog and his brood of undead Nazis are back to wreak even more spectacular mayhem in a sequel that actually surpasses the original in every respect. Gort tools up and joins the Zombie Squad for Entertainment One's Blu-ray. |
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| 6 Jan 2015 |
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| Hours in the day: 2014 in review |
| A few days late and as long-winded as ever, Slarek muses on the future of this very web site and looks back at the a few of his personal favourite film, TV, DVD and Blu-ray experiences of 2014. |
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| 1 Jan 2015 |
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| Perfect! Let's do one more |
| We all know roughly what they do, how dependent on others their work is and any cineaste worth their salt will know the greats from the not-so-greats. But what makes a ‘great’ director? Camus ponders the ineffable. |
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| 29 Dec 2014 |
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| Les Misérables [Blu-ray review] |
| In the second of our catch-up reviews of recent Masters of Cinema releases, Slarek joins the revolution in Raymond Bernard's superb 289 minute adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Misérables. |
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| 21 Dec 2014 |
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Sofia's Last Ambulance
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| In the first of our catch-up reviews of recent Second Run DVDs, Slarek takes a ride on Sofia's Last Ambulance, Ilian Metev's captivating, intimate and revealing documentary portrait of a hard pressed Bulgarian ambulance crew. |
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| 15 Dec 2014 |
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| Spione [Blu-ray review] |
| For the first of our late reviews of recent Masters of Cinema Blu-ray releases, Slarek marvels at the technical brilliance and sheer entertainment value of Fritz Lang's superb 1928 spy thriller, Spione. |
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| 10 Dec 2014 |
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The Haunted Palace
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| For our final review from Arrow's Six Gothic Tales Blu-ray box set, Slarek falls for one of the best but least discussed of Roger Corman's Poe cycle, the seriously unsettling, H.P. Lovecraft inspired The Haunted Palace. |
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| 9 Dec 2014 |
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The Fall of the House of Usher
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| Next up from Roger Corman’s Six Gothic Tales box set is The Fall of the House of Usher, a creepy tale of family madness and hereditary super sensitivity once again starring the inimitable Vincent Price. Camus is spooked. |
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| 7 Dec 2014 |
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| The Tomb of Ligeia [Blu-ray review] |
| In the fourth of our reviews from Arrow's superb Six Gothic Tales Blu-ray box set, Gort recalls what makes The Tomb of Ligeia such a strong film for the Corman Poe series to end on, and salutes another fine set of extra features. |
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