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DVD Review – Too Late Blues (Masters of Cinema)

John Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, and despite making such classics as A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Faces and Love Streams,…

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Blu-Ray Review: Harold and Maude (Masters of Cinema)

You’re unlikely to see a more perfect opening sequence than the beautiful beginning of Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude. Along with sublime musical accompaniment from Cat Stevens, it perfectly sets…

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Blu-Ray Review – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

“It’s going to take a dead man to save the country…from a death merchant’s dream of destruction!” The 80s was an odd decade, but it was a high point for…

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DVD Review: Goal of the Dead

With all the World Cup excitement it seems as thought football has been dominating most people’s lives over the last few weeks. Football fans are sometimes perceived as mindless idiots,…

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DVD Review: Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets

Whilst most of the band prefer shopping at Waitrose, Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets feels more like Morrisons fayre than its up-market sibling. Florian Habicht’s film is…

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Blu-ray Review: Absentia

There are a depressingly large amount of uninspiring, lazy and just plain bad horror films made. The proliferation of cheap technology has made it progressively easier for anyone to have…

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DVD Review: The Night is Young

With the release of Mauvais Sang (oddly named The Night is Young for English speaking audiences), Leos Carax confirmed his place as one of France’s most inventive and creative young…

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DVD Review: Generation Iron

Sometimes, from seemingly out of nowhere, a documentary really takes me by surprise. I’m really not a fan of bodybuilding and quite frankly can’t fathom why people would want to…

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DVD Review: Hari-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

In 1963 Masaki Kobayashi won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes for his film Harakiri. There’s nothing quite like the word “remake” to send a wave of fear through your…

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DVD Review: The Chris Marker Collection

Cast you mind back to a time before the internet. One of the only ways to discover what wonders the world held in store was through the medium of documentary.…

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