Howard Hawks’ last feature film was the end of an era and a comfortable vehicle for star John Wayne, during what would be the final chapter of his career. Rio Lobo is available now on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment. As the American Civil War draws to a close, a small band of […]
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It’s 2026, and I’m about to review a new release title for DVD. The format that keeps on trucking, and a fitting choice, the indie Australian comedy-drama, Angst, which was released in December through Defiant Screen Entertainment for the film’s 25th anniversary. In a similar vein to Reality Bites, but even grungier, we follow a
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Russell Crowe has just made the ultimate villainous turn, stopping just short of Hitler himself, playing the dictator’s chunky right-hand man, Herman Goering, in the new release courtroom drama, Nuremberg. However, he’s been the bad guy before, such as a West Melbourne skinhead in Romper Stomper and the somewhat ambiguous outlaw leader in James Mangold’s
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Next to the iconic shot of the Statue of Liberty in the original Planet of the Apes, the late Donald Sutherland letting out a deafening shriek while pointing ominously in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, probably takes second place as the most spoiler-heavy image in science fiction. Despite its meme-level usage, Imprint
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Humanity has pondered over the duality of man for centuries, most notably the idea that human nature comprises two contradictory parts with the capacity for both good and evil. It’s a daunting subject, so why not get a laugh out of it? This is exactly what director Carl Reiner and actor Steve Martin have done
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Many are quick to criticise emergency services, especially when it comes to response times, but Larry Cohen’s The Ambulance is always there when you need it. This medical horror classic has just answered the call for a Blu-ray release in the UK from Eureka Entertainment. Eric Roberts stars as the happy-go-lucky Josh Barker, who’s an
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It’s not a beautiful day in this neighborhood for Jack Quaid as the hapless Simon McNally, a paranoid schizophrenic who is struggling to adjust to daily life following a prolonged stay in a mental institution. Ed Deerman (Jeffery Dean Morgan), on the other hand, a retired security guard, has alienated those around him and lives
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Imagine if The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes dropped their respective western locations and opted for an island getaway. Well, the result would probably be Po-Chih Leong’s The Island, which is a nightmare excursion for six young students and their teacher to an all but deserted island, and it’s available now on
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If you were to ask Google about the “Gong Man” for the Rank Organisation, you’ll likely be presented with some extraordinary back story. Probably similar in vain to how Mr. Rogers wore long sleeves to cover his inappropriate tattoos that he had inked while serving as an elite sniper. I prefer mystery, so I just
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I first heard the timeless line, “I’m walkin’ here!” when I was five years old. Not from Dustin Hoffman, but from Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II, playing his clumsy future son, Marty McFly Jr. It wasn’t until my final years of high school that I saw Midnight Cowboy via a
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