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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DVD Review: All Quiet on the Western Front (TV 1979)

War movies are often told from the “good guys” perspective, depicting tales of triumph and courage in a very black and white fashion. Although, a more balanced take was attempted with the Hollywood epic, The Longest Day, in which the monumental D-Day landing portrayed a gung-ho Allied force against an over-confident German war machine. Another …

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Blu-ray Review: Man on a Swing (1974)

Murder was the theme of Imprint Films’ April bundle, from the overwhelmingly popular The Wicker Man to the previously hard-to-find cult thriller, Man on a Swing; starring Joel Grey in a chilling post-Oscar performance opposite all-American leading man, Cliff Robertson. Lifted for the grisly annals of true crime, more specifically The Girl on the Volkswagen …

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Blu-ray Review: Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Dalton Trumbo was a prolific screenwriter famously blacklisted with nine other industry professionals by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Many years after his exile, and understandably jaded, but no less talented Trumbo, adapted his 1939 anti-war novel, Johnny Got His Gun for the big screen, sitting in the director’s chair for the first time. No, …

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Blu-ray Review: Marooned (1969)

Space exploration presented an exciting and hopeful new endeavour for mankind, but with any new frontier, comes danger and risk. Marooned offers the possible scenario of being trapped high above in Earth’s breathtaking orbit when three astronauts are unable to return due to a mechanical failure onboard their spacecraft. With their oxygen-limited to only 48 …

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DVD Review: Jack the Ripper (TV 1988)

Screened on British television over two nights to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Whitechapel murders, Jack the Ripper re-ignited the public’s fascination with the now mythical cloaked killer. Available now on DVD from Via Vision Entertainment this award-winning two-parter stars Michael Caine stars as Scotland Yard Inspector Frederick Abberline, a skilled but hard-drinking …

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