When COVID-19 was closing everything in 2020, Imprint Films, a premium sub-label of Via Vision Entertainment, emerged and physical media in Australia has since been all the better for it.
Adapted from K.B. Gilden’s novel, Hurry Sundown is a racial pressure cooker set in rural Georgia and with Hollywood heavyweight, Otto Preminger at the helm as director, this epic drama of lust, greed and prejudice, comes to Blu-ray in Australia thanks to Imprint Films, spine number 202. Michael Caine and Jane Fonda star as a […]
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I don’t know if there was ever a race to give A Rage to Live its first Blu-ray release but Imprint Films has beaten other labels to the punch, as they have numerous times in the past, with a debut that will no doubt inspire forthcoming editions. Suzanne Pleshette stars in this dated social drama
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Before the equally appetising title, Hamburger Hill, there was Pork Chop Hill; a major studio feature that strayed from the tradition of glorifying America’s heroism in World War II in favour of a brief chapter on the Korean War. Imprint Films brought this lesser-known classic to Blu-ray this past December, which details the literal uphill
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With the triumphant return of the Encino Man himself, Brendan Fraser, which the internet is calling the “Brenaissance”, his second future, School Ties has graduated to Blu-ray thanks to Imprint Films and the timing could not have been more perfect. Set in the good old days back in 1959, Fraser plays 17-year-old David Green, a
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With the studio vaults wide open to boutique labels, Imprint Films have been taking full advantage by giving an HD home to overlooked back catalogue titles, such as Distant Thunder, a movie that’ “so far down it’s not even on the map”, to quote The Warriors. However, this isn’t a bad thing, just your typical
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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
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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
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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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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
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It’s difficult to express how much you like or enjoy a particular film when the subject matter is as controversial as it is here, to put it mildly, but as apprehensive as I am, I’ll do my very best to convey what I appreciate and take from Lolita, now available on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
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