Blu-ray Review: Barfly (1987)

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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Blu-ray Review: The Black Phone (2021)

Blumhouse’s The Black Phone is a supernatural coming-of-age horror film from Sinister director, Scott Derrickson, reuniting once more with Ethan Hawke. Just two months after it’s run in cinemas, fans can now unpack a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, available through KICKS Australia. Set in North Denver, 1978, 13-year-old Finney (Mason Thames) is snatched off the streets …

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Blu-ray Review: Red Sonja (1985)

Saturday afternoons as a child were often spent in Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age, through Conan the Barbarian, its lesser sequel, Conan the Destroyer and the illegitimate third instalment, Red Sonja; all of which were on constant rewind. Now the female-centric fantasy/adventure has returned after a dazzling 4K restoration by StudioCanal, available now on DVD, …

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Angst for the Memories: Ginger Snaps Trilogy – review

South Park satirized it and the internet mocked it, – the ‘Emo’ boom of the early 2000s, a sub-culture that found a kindred spirit in the form of Ginger Snaps. Three movies about two sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, who become entangled with lycanthropy, better known as werewolves; a vessel for teenage angst and an outsider …

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Blu-ray Review: Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)

Contrary to what the title suggests, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, is not a morbid advertisement for the ‘Mile-High City’, but rather a slick crime/drama made in post-Pulp Fiction Hollywood that’s currently available on Blu-ray from the boutique label, Imprint Films, title number 144. Andy Garcia stars as Jimmy the Saint, an …

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