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Blu-ray Review: HITCHCOCK: THE BEGINNING

Some of Alfred Hitchcock’s early films get the release they deserve with StudioCanal’s Blu-ray box-set, Hitchcock: The Beginning. This epic collection features ten of Hitchcock’s early works, covering the period from 1927 to 1932. It’s the [...]

December 28, 2024

Watch The First 6 Minutes Of Kenneth Branagh’s Brilliant BELFAST

Opening with a sumptuous montage of modern day Belfast, set to the strains of Van Morrison’s song Down To Joy, Kenneth Branagh’s regular cinematographer, Haris Zambarloukos, switches to luscious monochrome as we fall back into the [...]

February 10, 2022

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Is Heartfelt And Emotionally Powerful

A wondrously nostalgic look at his childhood, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a heartfelt and emotionally powerful piece of cinema. Branagh has crafted a film where whimsy and realism sit side-by-side so the viewer can visit a Belfast which is as [...]

January 24, 2022

Look After Mr. Bond. See That Some Harm Comes To Him.

Michael Lonsdale, who played the James Bond villain Hugo Drax opposite Roger Moore in Moonraker has died at the age of 89. The well regarded actor worked with auteurs such as François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and Alain Resnais. Lonsdale also had [...]

September 22, 2020