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Blu-Ray Review: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Criterion Collection)

Akira Kurosawa is widely considered one of the greatest film-makers in Japanese cinematic history. In 1990, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured his contribution to worldwide cinema.…

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Blu-Ray Review: Roxanne

There was once a time when Steve Martin was the biggest name in film. The former stand-up comedian, who came to prominence for his appearances on Saturday Night Live, made…

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DVD Review: Billions

There’s always been a fascination in the US with money and power; the epitome of the American dream. Whilst it’s not a unique phenomenon to one country, chasing the big…

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Blu-Ray Review: Punch Drunk Love (Criterion Collection)

Amongst the film-going and critical intelligentsia, Paul Thomas Anderson is vying with Terrence Malick for the title of greatest living American auteur. During the late ‘90s, Boogie Nights and Magnolia…

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Blu-ray Review: The Small World of Sammy Lee

London was a very different place in the early 1960s. No area more so than Soho. At the beginning of a decade which would put swinging London on the map,…

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Blu-ray Review: La Grande Vadrouille

It’s fair to say that the Colonial European powers have a long and bloody history of not getting along. Since World War II, this has mainly manifested itself in political…

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Blu-ray Review: Kes (Masters of Cinema)

Along with Mike Leigh, Ken Loach has been the forerunner in British cinema in terms of documenting prevailing social issues and gritty ‘kitchen sink’ realism. His latest film, I, Daniel…

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Blu-Ray Review: Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies

Traditionally, mixing horror and comedy has proven to be thwart with peril. There were few directors who could pull it off, but Peter Jackson (Braindead/Bad Taste) and Sam Raimi (Evil…

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DVD Review: Fuga

There’s a good chance, come February, that Pablo Larraín will be collecting his first Academy Award. The Chilean director has previously been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category…

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DVD Review: The Lighthouse

It’s not so long ago that the whole of Europe relied on sea travel for prosperity. The Spice Wars were probably the peak of maritime engagement, but we still rely…

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