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Blu-ray Review: Lords of Chaos
Heavy metal music has received a bad rap over the years and at one time it was considered to be the devil’s music in many quarters. Amusingly, you’ll find that…
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Blu-ray Review: Hold Back the Dawn
Whilst Donald Trump’s US-Mexico border wall might be the zenith of his crazy, bigoted and idiotic ideas, the issue of controlling migration from the south has been one haunting politicians…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Sender
Whilst we’re still trying to fathom out exactly how a human brain works, there’s no doubt that all manner of terrors can be conjured up by our own subconscious. Nightmares…
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Blu-ray Review: Nightfall
Between the 1940s and 1960s one of the most popular film genres in American cinema was film noir. This mix of down at heel gumshoe and slightly shabby chic fitted…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Andromeda Strain
If science is correct, we are not alone. The chances of Earth being the only planet in the universe to support life is far too unlikely to even contemplate. What…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Grand Duel
In the mid-1960s, a very strange phenomenon occurred in the American-centric world of Westerns. Whilst there was already a small industry of comedy variants being made in Europe, it wasn’t…
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Blu-Ray Review: Climax
There are few, if any, living directors who take as much pleasure in pushing boundaries and traumatising cinema-goers as Gaspar Noé. The Argentine has made a career out of terrorising…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Possessed
Alleghe is a popular tourist destination which attracts visitors all year round to enjoy its narrow lanes, beautiful mountains and tranquil lake. Between 1933 and 1946 a chain of four…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Fifth Cord
Making a film is often a huge undertaking involving hundreds of different people carrying out a vast array of roles. Whilst the tendency is to focus on directors and actors,…
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