DVD Review: Nostalgia
As human beings we’ve never been very good at living in the present; nostalgia is never too far away. Whether that’s for the Classics or the Spice Girls; Plato or…
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Incoming: Hell or High Water
Two brothers, Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster), resort to a calculated bank robbery spree that puts them on a collision course with a veteran Texas Ranger (Academy Award-winner…
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Film Review: When Two Worlds Collide
When economics and industrialisation meet traditional lifestyles and communities it never usually ends well. Whilst governments and large corporations may argue the case for progress, the opportunity to exploit and…
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Incoming: Captain Fantastic
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father (Viggo Mortensen) devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his…
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Blu-Ray Review: Scene at the Sea
Takeshi Kitano is one of the most famous faces in Japan. Actor, director, screenwriter, author, comedian and TV personality, he’s a man of many talents. Whilst violent films such as…
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Incoming: Anthropoid
Anthropoid is based on the extraordinary true story of “Operation Anthropoid,” the code name for the Czechoslovakian operatives’ mission to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind…
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DVD Review: Matinee
Joe Dante has had a long and varied career behind the camera despite not exactly being prolific when it comes to feature films. Whilst he’ll always be best known for…
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Incoming: The Land of the Enlightened
A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of…
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Blu-Ray Review: Flight of the Phoenix
Disaster movies are big box office these days. Every summer you’ll see a smattering in your local multiplex. The current vogue is for natural disasters. Big budget Studio films such…
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Incoming: Sausage Party
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what…
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