Originally released as a double feature with The Blob, the lesser known B-picture I Married a Monster from Outer Space is finally getting it’s due with a premium release from Australia-based boutique label, Imprint Films, No. 3 in their first wave of titles that hit shelves last month on May 27th. Marge Farrell can’t help […]
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John Ford is a name synonymous with Hollywood westerns, just as much as “The Duke” himself, John Wayne, directing some of the most visually stunning and iconic of the genre. Yet not one was among the film maker’s four Best Director Academy Awards won between 1936 and 1953. Now one of Ford’s signature titles, Rio
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Dolly Parton topped the charts with the weekday anthem, 9 To 5, a song about the daily grind of office work and while it was all fun and innocent, the reality of such an environment can be brutal and cold for many starting on the bottom rung. The Assistant takes place during a single day-in-the-life
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Via Vision continue to expand their catalogue of classic titles into 60s British cinema with Georgy Girl; the modest story of a conventionally unattractive young woman, Georgy (Lynn Redgrave), who lives vicariously through the turbulent relationship of a roommate and her boyfriend. In between the trio’s tussles, our lead dodges the unwelcome advances of her
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How I came to first see The Goonies was very typical. I was too young to have seen in cinemas, but was later introduced via VHS by my eldest cousin, just four years into the film’s existence on home video. Within minutes Joe Pantoliano as one half of the Fratelli brothers, Francis, taught me that
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I almost bought a copy of The War of the Worlds on several occasions as it was a regular sight in DVD bargain bins for what has felt like the longest time. It turns out my indecisiveness paid off, when the new Australian boutique label, Imprint Films, announced they’ll be giving the science-fiction staple its
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It’s no secret that Chevy Chase ruffled some feathers when he suddenly left Saturday Night Live halfway through its second season in 1976 to pursue a movie career in California. Almost an instant transition, the “The funniest man in America,” landed his first leading role in comedy-mystery, Foul Play, alongside top-billed star Goldie Hawn a
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Online movie communities were abuzz this week, particularly in Australia where the new boutique label, Imprint Films, released their first wave of five titles on Blu-ray in some very premium limited edition packaging, rivalling the likes of Indicator and Arrow Video in the United Kingdom. Sorry, Wrong Number (No.2) was among the first to arrive
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I’ve been steadily working my way through British filmmaker Alan Parker’s filmography over the past two years; The Commitments, Midnight Express, Angel Heart and now the lesser-known Birdy, which has been re-issued on DVD in Australia from Shock Entertainment. Adapted from William Wharton’s 1978 novel of the same name, this sombre drama stars Matthew Modine
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Sixteen years doesn’t quite qualify a film for ‘classic’ status by its technical definition, but I think some exception can be given to The Machinist, which really made a mark on audiences, especially enthusiastic horror fans back in 2004. Now on Blu-ray in Australia under Shock Entertainment’s sub-label, Cinema Cult, the semi-independent psychological thriller holds
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