Inspiration struck when actor and director Emilio Estevez opened the L.A. Times in 2007 to an essay by a former Salt Lake City librarian about how public libraries have become de facto shelters for the homeless. Over the next 11 years, this profound slice of reality eventually materialised into the film The Public, which premiered […]
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Carl Laemmle, the big studio producer responsible for numerous ‘Universal Monster Classics’ presents The Black Cat, a very loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story out now on DVD from Umbrella Entertainment. Starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, the first of eight movies to pair the two horror icons, the story follows
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It’s been almost a year since I sampled VCI Entertainment’s catalogue of Dirk Bogarde classics. Now I have the pleasure of once again of reviewing a title starring the distinguished British actor; the highbrow war-drama King and Country. Set in the muddy trenches at Passchendaele on Western Front during the First World War, an officer
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Special event screenings are a rarity at my local cinema. However, the 50th anniversary of the when man first set foot on the moon managed to warrant a one-night-only screening of the documentary feature Apollo 11, distributed across Australia through Madman Films. Consisting solely of archival footage, including an immaculate 70mm film previous unreleased to
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I’ve been a Clint Eastwood fan for many years, his over-the-top final kill as ‘Dirty Harry’ in The Dead Pool was one of my earliest movie memories. While he’s made countless films since retiring the iconic character, it’s never too late to revisit his early classics such as his directorial debut Play Misty for Me,
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It never ceases to amaze me what Umbrella Entertainment manage to unearth when it comes to Ozploitation cinema. One of their latest acquisitions is the little-known classic Sidecar Racers, which made its debut on DVD back in May. Offering a casual yet thrilling glimpse into the world of sidecar motorcycle racing, a seasoned racer, Dave
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If you enjoy Hollywood comedies, which I’m sure most of you do, then you’ve likely seen at least one of from writer Neil Simon, known most famously for The Odd Couple. Written solely for the screen, Seems Like Old Times is an old fashion style comedy, even for 1980 when crude humour was seeping into
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Chucky’s prowess as an evil doll has been the horror icon’s most enduring quality and optimum supply of nightmare fuel for countless movie-goers over the past thirty years. With six sequels to its name, of varied quality, a remake of the original Child’s Play was the next logical step, but thankfully creative freedom was exercised
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With the highly anticipated Three From Hell on the horizon, Rob Zombie’s long-awaited third instalment in his Firefly series; Umbrella Entertainment have packaged both House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects together as a double bill, appropriately titled Two From Hell. Out now on Blu-ray with a stack of extras and exclusive artwork. Can
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If you enjoy movies but had never seen nor heard of The Man Who Laughs, it would only take a quick glance at the title figure’s fixed grotesque grin to realise what an impact it’s had on the medium and beyond. Now over ninety years after its release, Paul Leni’s tragic romantic drama has been
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