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| 3 Dec 2018 |
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| Charlie Bubbles |
| Albert Finney has only directed a single movie, but it's really something, an imaginative, multi-layered and gorgeously performed tale of a successful writer returning to his Manchester. Slarek adds the 1968 Charlie Bubbles to his list of personal favourites, and adores Indicator's impeccable Blu-ray release. |
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| 1 Dec 2018 |
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| 28 Nov 2018 |
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| The Wrong Box |
| There are more familiar faces than you can shake a stick at in the cast of Bryan Forbes' 1966 farce-tinged black comedy The Wrong Box. Many will and indeed do love the film, but it didn't quite click for Slarek, who still finds things in it to like and one to adore, and finds no fault at all with Indicator's Blu-ray. |
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| 26 Nov 2018 |
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| 26 Nov 2018 |
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| 26 Nov 2018 |
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| 25 Nov 2018 |
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| Who was Nic Roeg? A tribute to a cinema visionary |
| After losing William Goldman last week, this week came to sad conclusion with the news that visionary director and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg
had also passed away. In brief but heartfelt article, Camus and Slarek pay tribute to one of their favourite filmmakers. |
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| 23 Nov 2018 |
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| 21 Nov 2018 |
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| 21 Nov 2018 |
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| Invention for Destruction |
| By air and by sea, Karel Zeman delights us with Invention for Destruction, a timeless blend of live-action and animation based on a Jules Verne story. Adventure awaits clydefro as he reviews the new Second Run Blu-ray release of the film. |
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| 20 Nov 2018 |
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| 14 Nov 2018 |
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| Lucky |
| The late, great Harry Dean Stanton stars as an ageing bachelor in a small desert town who is learning to confront his own mortality in a perfect swan song of a movie that was written specifically for him and based partly on his life. Slarek is seduced by a film that encourages us to face the void with a smile. |
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| 11 Nov 2018 |
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| Candyman |
| Adapted from a short story by Clive Barker, the fifth feature from director Bernard Rose has stood the test of time as one of the finest of all modern horror works. Long-time fan Slarek revisits the superb Candyman afresh on Arrow's recently released and impressively featured Limited Edition Blu-ray. |
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| 7 Nov 2018 |
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| Bohemian Rhapsody |
| After some behind the scenes kerfuffles, we finally get the Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody after a trailer that promised wonders. And if there is anyone who could fill Freddie’s shoes it’s the unerringly brilliant Rami Malek. Camus does the fandango. |
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| 28 Oct 2018 |
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| William Castle at Columbia, Volume One |
| A master showman whose films are more accomplished and entertaining than the gimmicks he used to sell them might suggest, William Castle's time at Columbia was career-defining, and four of his films have been packaged with tons of special features into a glorious Blu-ray box set from Indicator. Slarek looks through his Ghost Viewer with undisguised glee. |
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| 26 Oct 2018 |
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| Night of the Demon |
| Some movies stay with you. No matter how dated or unimpressive the special effects in the cold light of today, they nestle in like soldered memories. Camus celebrates the superb Night of the Demon out now as a stuffed-to-the-gills Indicator Blu-ray… |
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| 21 Oct 2018 |
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| First Man |
| Set in a time period covering the first eight years of his own life, Camus takes in First Man after a disastrous review from a trusted source. Damien Chazelle’s film is a fascinating take on an extraordinary man but... there is an elephant in the room and it won’t stop shaking... |
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| 19 Oct 2018 |
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| Tightening swirls and eye drops |
| In a promised companion piece to his recent review of Arrow Video's Blu-ray release of Terry Gilliam's extraordinary 12 Monkeys, Camus talks to the film's talented editor, Mick Audsley, about his positive memories of working on this ambitious production. |
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