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DVD Review: Elijah Wood And John Cusack Hit The Right Notes In GRAND PIANO

Grand Piano plays like a homage to the work of Brian DePalma, the heir to Alfred Hitchcock’s edge of seat palm-sweaters. Eugenio Mira’s thriller sees pianist Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) return to performing for the first time in five years [...]

October 11, 2014

Blu-ray Review: SISTERS Synthesises Brian De Palma’s Career

Brian De Palma has been compared to Alfred Hitchcock throughout his career. However, he has never been more Hitchcockian than he was with Sisters. It plays like a greatest hits package of the Master of Suspense’s finest moments as De Palma [...]

April 27, 2014

Blu-ray Review: CARRIE – It Ain’t Subtle

Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie can be accused of many things, subtlety, however is not one of those things. It’s always tough trying to adapt a Stephen King novel for the screen, but it’s even more difficult when that novel has already been adapted [...]

April 19, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Brian De Palma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

Brian De Palma has always been a director that defies convention. He’s an outsider that managed to get into the Hollywood system and subvert it. In the early days his love of the thriller led to him being accused of ‘borrowing liberally’ from [...]

February 8, 2014

Sean Connery: Movie Star

Sean Connery is one of the great all-time movie stars. The Scottish actor has always had a strength and maturity buried deep within every character he has ever played; a resonance that adds an important layer to every role. He originated the [...]

August 25, 2013

DVD Review: Brian De Palma’s PASSION Has More Clunk Than Kink

Brian De Palma’s Passion is a return to his ‘80s erotic thriller heyday. However, the master of suspense appears to have lost his touch and Passion fails to hit the mark. Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace star as a pair of advertising executives, [...]

August 4, 2013

Review: British Gangster Film ST GEORGE’S DAY

I’m not really a big fan of British gangster films, they’re usually derivative and much too pleased with themselves to be entertaining. However, St George’s Day snuck up on me and surprised me in a big way. Not only is the film enjoyable, but [...]

September 7, 2012

John Carpenter: Hollywood For Carpenter

The Films Of John Carpenter have always been a group of films that have intrigued and inspired me. I was in my teens before I discovered that he himself was inspired by the work of Howard Hawks, a director that, by that time in my life I had grown [...]

March 13, 2012