Blu-Ray Review: Wonder
It’s not uncommon for children to feel isolated and alone when they’re starting a new school. It’s a set-up which has been repeatedly plundered by Hollywood as the premise for…
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Blu-Ray Review: Breathless
Richard Gere is probably best known now as a gentile amiable presence, inhabiting films aimed at the ‘grey market’. His resplendent and flowing grey locks and twinkly eyes have graced…
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DVD Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
The Golden Age of superhero comics can largely be attributed to two factors. The 1930s saw the Great Depression take hold of America lives, leading many to yearn for an…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Passenger
There is something deep down inside of every one of us which longs to escape our lives and become someone else. To throw off the shackles of our past, leave…
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Blu-Ray Review: Re:Born
Tak Sakaguchi caused a bit of a stir when he burst onto the scene in Ryuhei Kitamura’s absolutely stunning film Versus in 2000. He went on to have successes with…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Barefoot Contessa
It’s no surprise that in an industry powered by ego, narcissism and self-interest, Hollywood is no stranger to making movies about itself. The recent Oscar successes of Birdman and The…
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Blu-Ray Review: Paddington 2
It must have been a strange prospect for Paul King when he was handed the task of bringing Paddington Bear to the big screen. Whilst the furry Peruvian and his…
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Blu-Ray Review: Quai des Orfèvres
The bright lights of showbusiness has led many astray over the years. As recent events have sadly illustrated all too well, the power almost always rests with men, and it’s…
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Blu-ray Review: Le Corbeau
World War II was a difficult period for many European film directors. There was a migration ahead of the Holocaust and Nazi rule, which trundled West from Germany along with…
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Blu-Ray Review: Silence and Cry
The period following the turn of the century until the end of the Second World War was tumultuous throughout Europe. The end of World War I left a vacuum in…
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