Blu-Ray Review: The Defiant Ones
In 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. He went on to become one of the…
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Blu-Ray Review: Inherit the Wind
Considering its position within the First World and how much power and influence it has on the global stage, the United States of America is a peculiar country when it…
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Blu-Ray Review: Breakheart Pass
The 1960s were boom time for Charles Bronson. With roles in a string of hits including The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape and The Sandpiper, his star…
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Blu-Ray Review: Marty
There must be few more unlikely winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture than Delbert Mann’s 1955 film Marty. It was initially conceived as a tele-play, which broadcast a…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Party
When looking back at films you didn’t see first time around, it’s fair to say that some age better than others. A case in point is The Party. A film…
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Blu-ray Review: The Entity
The 1980s proved to be the defining decade for horror movies. It was also responsible for producing some of the most memorable characters and franchises in cinematic history. The beginning…
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Blu-Ray Review: Metropolis
When Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was released in 1927 it almost single-handedly spawned a whole new genre of film: Science-Fiction. The original silent film spurred Osamu Tezuka to create a Japanese…
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Blu-Ray Review: Fright Night (1985)
For many young boys (and girls), growing-up watching late night horror shows used to be a ritual. The likes of The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt or The Night…
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Blu-Ray Review: Jinnah
Biographical films have always been good box office. Often huge undertakings, in terms of cost and size of cast, they’ve proved to be popular both critically and with cinemagoers. They…
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DVD Review: The Other
If cinema tells us anything about children, it’s that they’re inherently evil. Children and adolescents are often the scariest thing you’ll find in a horror film. Damien traumatised an entire…
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