Werewolves were certainly in vogue during 1981, with four feature films rooted in lycanthrope lore released during that year. Prolific filmmaker, Larry Cohen, plays the transformative subgenre entirely for laughs with his relentless comedy, Full Moon High, which is available now on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment When a high school football player, […]
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I live near a town named Glengarry but unfortunately, the leads are weak, unlike those for the fictional Glengarry in David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize play Glengarry Glen Ross, which was later turned into a feature film under the same name. With the most aggressive all-male cast ever, even angrier than 12 Angry Men, this
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I loved fantasy adventure as a child, but mostly the live-action variety and providing it starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, so naturally, I never crossed paths with The Last Unicorn, which has since galloped to DVD here in Australia thanks to Via Vision Entertainment, who have been broadening my horizons since 2016. Written in the late 60s,
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Alan Arkin, an equally comedic and dramatic actor, has only directed two feature films; the first being Little Murders (1971) and the second being the more obscure, Fire Sale, which has made its Blu-ray debut under the UK label, Signal One Entertainment. With his department store on the verge of bankruptcy, Benny Fikus (Vincent Gardenia)
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You probably didn’t know that not only is The Return of Captain Invincible an Australian film, but our very first superhero movie (not to mention a rare hybrid musical to boot). Dwelling in the abysses of alcoholism, a retired Captain Invincible, played by American actor Alan Arkin, has been living in Australia long since his
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