Capitalising on the newfound popularity of Cannon Films and its library of guilty pleasures, Umbrella Entertainment have released a second double feature highlighting another two classics, this time in the form of Death Wish II and Death Wish 3, starring the one and only Charles Bronson. Eight years after the gritty original, audiences are re-united […]
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Umbrella Entertainment are developing quite the knack for selecting cult titles to join their ever expanding catalogue of obscure cinema. One of the latest is Terminal Island; an action thriller in which convicted murders are dumped on an off shore island, established after abolition of the death penalty. When the newest inmate arrives, a hot-tempered
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Arriving on shelves next week from Cinema Cult (Shock Entertainment) is George Roy Hill’s big screen adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five, based on author Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical WWII novel of the same name. In a most unusually telling of an individual’s life story, we follow the journey of Billy Pilgrim, a man free of the linear restrains
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“Did you ever see the movie, The Sentinel, Mr. Peterson?” asked Corey Feldman’s character in The ‘Burbs, Joe Dante’s classic dark comedy. Upon hearing that question I had neither seen nor heard of the obscure horror film, but I vowed one day to seek it out. Nineteen years later I finally did and thanks to
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Outside of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my phase of watching movies centred around the traditional Japanese art of Ninjutsu was relatively short lived, with only a couple of titles leaving an impression. Due to the continuing wave of celebration towards the now-defunct Cannon Films, I was recently able to re-experience one of those (said)
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I feel very fortunate for having been too distracted to read up on what appears to be a much talked about title among horror fans. To give you a basic rundown and to steer clear of any spoilers, a mystery body is found with no evidence of injury or foul play at grisly crime scenes. Later
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I vaguely remember the poster for Serial Mom hanging inside my local video store upon its release to video cassette as my attention was likely more focused on D2: The Mighty Ducks. Over twenty years later the dark comedy has only now managed to pique my interest thanks to a radio program I regularly listen
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Never has there been a history lesson in film so wildly entertaining thanks to Australian film-maker Mark Hartley, who in recent years has put together two exceptional documentary features that explore the goings-on behind two distinctive and ethically questionable eras of cinema. Together for the first time and presented in high-definition, Umbrella Entertainment have packaged
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Umbrella Entertainment have recently launched their very own “On Demand” streaming service, available through their official web site. Offering a wide variety of a titles released under the popular distributor, I was very pleased to see a clear focus on Australian films, many of which are harder to find on other services. Powered by Vimeo,
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I write this review appropriately on the eve of Labour Day weekend for Victoria and Tasmania. However, like the two characters in the film I’m about to discuss, I won’t be venturing far from home. Colin Eggleston’s Long Weekend was released on Blu-ray last December by Umbrella Entertainment, who continue to champion Australian film from
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