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DVD Review: SUCCESSION – THE COMPLETE SERIES

Too much hype is a bad thing. It usually means that by the time you get to watch that specific movie or show, you’ve either become sick of hearing about it – or it fails to live up to expectations. Anyone with a passing interest in [...]

September 20, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Jorge Dorado’s MINDSCAPE

Mindscape is a well composed Spanish/American production that works as a piece of entertainment, however you can’t help but feel that director Jorge Dorado and writer Guy Holmes felt there was much more weight to things than what ultimately ended [...]

October 2, 2021

Remembering André Øvreda’s THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Starring Brian Cox & Emile Hirsch

The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a wonderfully atmospheric horror film that sees father and son morticians (Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch) carrying out an autopsy on the corpse of an unknown young woman (Olwen Kelly). The corpse seems mysteriously pristine [...]

May 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jon Cassar’s FORSAKEN

If you’re looking for a straightforward western with a great cast then Forsaken is the movie for you. Kiefer Sutherland joins forces with his father Donald for the first time (they never shared a screen in Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill), [...]

February 14, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MAD ABOUT MAMBO

John Forte – 2000 Mad About Mambo is a hugely entertaining Irish film from writer-director John Forte, which (for a change) doesn’t revolve around politics and violence. Not only is Mad About Mambo a great Irish film, but it’s a [...]

February 13, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Michael Mann, William Peterson & Dennis Farina On The Set Of MANHUNTER

Michael Mann’s Manhunter introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter (spelled Lektor in the film). Mann’s 1986 film offered-up a visually bright, but emotionally dark film that might appear to be a thriller, but it has its roots firmly in the [...]

October 4, 2020

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, ELLE, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: There’s thrills a plenty in classic French thriller Les Diaboliques, the Dork Knight rises in The Lego Batman Movie, Isabelle Huppert stars in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Marlon [...]

June 18, 2017

DVD Review: Kiefer Sutherland Joins Forces With Dad Donald For Western FORSAKEN

If you’re looking for a straightforward western with a great cast then Forsaken is the movie for you. Kiefer Sutherland joins forces with his father Donald for the first time (they never shared a screen in Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill), [...]

July 26, 2016

DVD Review: Zombie Western EXIT HUMANITY

There has been a massive resurrection in the zombie movie over the last several years – the genre is at breaking point, straining under the weight of the undead. However, John Geddes’ Exit Humanity takes the zombie formula and mixes it with [...]

June 26, 2012

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