Blu-Ray Review: Blood Simple
Joel and Ethan Coen are two of the most unique film-makers working in American cinema today. They burst onto the scene with Fargo and The Big Lebowski and have never…
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Blu-Ray Review: Fragment of Fear
During the 1960s, David Hemmings was one of the most well-known faces of British acting. After his big break in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup, he became a pin-up and was regularly…
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Blu-Ray Review: Zoology
Individualism isn’t a characteristic necessarily valued in many societies. Indeed, people who are considered different are often viewed as strange, outsiders, weirdos, perverts or troublemakers. The rise of nationalism around…
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Blu-Ray Review: Hammer Horror Collection One
For two decades, beginning in the mid-1950s, ‘Hammer Horror’ was the epitome of genre cinema in the UK. With a cast of familiar faces (including Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and…
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Blu-Ray Review – Channel Zero: Candle Cove
As regular as clockwork, every few years there’s an outcry about the negative effect television and/or films is having on children. If it’s not that, then it’s video games. It…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Villainess
The lone female assassin motif has produced some memorable cinematic performances. Whether it’s Uma Thurman in Kill Bill 1&2, Anne Parillaud as Nikita or Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood, there’s…
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Celluloid Screams Review: Tag
There are few, if any, Asian film directors with a vision as distinctive and unique as Sion Sono. Unfortunately, this leads to a varying quality of output. For every Love…
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Blu-Ray Review: Churchill
Wars are not simply won by soldiers. Indeed, most are lost by bad leaders. The position of leadership comes with many roles and responsibilities. There are those who lead from…
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Blu-Ray Review: Le Plaisir
Some celluloid experiences are just pure pleasure. Aptly named, Le Plaisir is one such film. Based on a triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant, Max Ophuls brings the bewildering…
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Blu-Ray Review – George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn
The sad passing of George A. Romero this year took away one of the true legends of genre cinema. With his zombie trilogy of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn…
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