Blu-Ray Review: The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
I think it’s fair to say, especially in relation to its larger European neighbours, Holland hasn’t exactly set the world alight when it comes to cinema. Indeed, outside of Paul…
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DVD Review: Balloon
After the end of World War II, the Allies portioned out their captured territory. The East and West were separated by the Inner German Border and subsequently the more famous…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Go-Between
I think it’s fair to say that some actors, especially female ones, find their talent is sometimes overshadowed by (a press obsession with) their looks. Julie Christie was an icon…
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Blu-Ray Review – Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
No war has focused the minds of American film-makers quite like Vietnam. It’s a conflict which split American society; polarising a nation. Given the controversy surrounding events within the region,…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Criminal
Stanley Baker was hardly what you’d call a typical leading man in post-war British cinema. Unlike his peers, who were almost always handsome and debonair, the former electrician’s apprentice cut…
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Blu-ray Review: Dragged Across Concrete
Whilst people might be split about his films, S. Craig Zahler is one of the more interesting directors working in American cinema. A critically acclaimed author of Western fiction, he’s…
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Blu-Ray Review: The White Crow
Rudolf Nureyev was the most famous male ballet dancer of his generation, and arguably of all time. The Russian started out life in poverty but fame and fortune eventually beckoned.…
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Blu-Ray Review: Don’t Look Now
Nicolas Roeg was one of the most distinctive and innovative independent British film directors of the late twentieth century. He made some of the most iconic and daring films of…
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Blu-ray Review: Odette
During World War II, the British set up the Special Operations Executive. This secretive organisation was established with the purpose of carrying out espionage, reconnaissance and sabotage in occupied Europe.…
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Blu-ray Review: I Was Monty’s Double
Major wars are not won or lost by one major battle or moment but more often than not through a number of smaller victories or defeats. Whilst most people are…
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