At age nineteen, a rock ‘n’ roll hopeful named Eddie Cochran, entered Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on March 28, 1958, where he proclaimed through song that there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues. However, he failed to consider time travel, which proves to be both an adventure and paradox during the …
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Imprint’s October batch of releases was subject to a lot of buzz online, but little mention was made of The Molly Maguires, much like when it hit theatres over fifty years ago, but hopefully, I can steer some viewers towards the moralistic drama of deadly industrial action. Set in Pennsylvania, 1876, a Pinkerton detective, James …
Sometimes you don’t have to know the facts behind a “based on a true story” film to know it’s going to be historically inaccurate and Villa Rides is a perfect example, which has rode into the HD territory of the United Kingdom with a Blu-ray release from Signal One Entertainment, out next week January 16th. …
With the New Year underway, we have a whole new batch of films from the 1970s turning 50; that’s two whole generations, and one such classic that lingers around the passing of times is Save the Tiger, released late last year on Blu-ray from Imprint Films. Jack Lemmon stars in what was a passion project …
I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t a little bit hyped for Deathsport, which was mentioned frequently during the making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School by director Allan Arkush. However, little did I know that this post-apocalyptic B-movie of B-movies was not looked upon fondly, by practically anyone. Much like most films …
Widely hailed as not only one the best American football movies, but one of best sports movies of all time, North Dallas Forty continues to score touchdowns with film audiences and it’s winning more fans thanks to its debut Blu-ray release from Imprint Films in Australia, limited to 1500 copies. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, this …
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L.Q. Jones passed away on July 9th at the ripe old age of 94; an actor known primarily for westerns, particularly those of the Sam Peckinpah style, but he was also and just quietly, a director and screenwriter. Having penned his first screenplay The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) in which he appeared, Jones took full …
Embittered by the seemingly endless rain, a couple of Creedence’s songs have been getting more plays in my head than Spotify, so I decided to embrace this lingering deluge that has plagued the spring months by watching the pre-code classic, Rain, starring a young Joan Crawford. Generously supplied by VCI Entertainment, who have put together …
When I was a child, many Saturday mornings were spent at a local abattoir that was managed by my grandfather, along with my father and uncle to a lesser degree. Since there was no work on weekends, the somewhat shabby slaughterhouse was ‘the’ place to socialise and occasionally a neighbouring local would stop in for …
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Cannon Films were far from achieving the upper echelon of quality moviemaking in their heyday, but the notorious production company pumped out a few gems, such as Barfly, now available on Blu-ray from the more profitable Imprint Films. Starring former Hollywood rebel, turned Instagram figure, Mickey Rourke, this cinematic night-cap follows the exploits of poet/writer …