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WALL•E [cinema]
Pixar hit another home run with their latest animated feature, the story of a waste collection robot and the future of mankind.
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Donkey Punch [cinema]
A low budget British horror starring Jamie Winstone and directed by first-timer Oliver Blackburn hit UK screens last week. Lord Summerisle gets on board.
[22
July 2008] more>> |
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Death Note, Vol. 2 [R2 DVD]
Gazz reviews volume 2 of one of the most compelling anime series in recent years, released on UK DVD next Monday by MVM.
[22
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Origin: Spirits of the Past
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| Described by Anime News Network as "the most impressive-looking anime movie to come out since Steamboy" and SciFi.com as "almost painfully beautiful," this visually stunning anime feature by Keiichi Sugiyama is released in UK cinemas on 12th July by Manga. |
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| Noel Clarke's powerful sequel to his hard hitting 2006 drama Kidulthoodpicks up the story six years on and once again focusses on Sam, played by director Clarke, as he is released from jail and is looking to confront street attitudes to violence. |
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Vexille in September
Fumihiko Sori's visually arresting CG anime feature follows its recent cinema run with a UK DVD release in Sepetmber from Momentum.
[24 July 2008] more>> |
Missing from Criterion in October
A powerful and compelling 1986 political thriller from Costa-Gavras is to be released on US DVD as part of the Criterion Collection in October.
[21 July 2008] more>> |
John Cassavetes double from Criterion in October
Two of the key films - A Woman Under the Influence and Killing of a Chinese Bookie - from Criterion's Cassavetes box set are to be released as stand-alone DVDs in October.
[21 July 2008] more>> |
Jean-Pierre Melville double from Criterion in October
Criterion announce their sixth and seventh release of the films of French maestro Jean-Pierre Melville, the 1962 le doulos and the 1966 Le deuxieme souffle.
[21 July 2008] more>> |
An Autumn Afternoon from Criterion in September
A late news story that is nonetheless worth passing on, as Ozu Yasujiro's tender and beautiful final film is to get the Criterion treatment, including a remastered picture, in September.
[21 July 2008] more>> |
Still Life from the BFI in August
Jia Zhangke’s humane and moving Golden Lion winner has been announced for an August DVD release in the UK by the BFI.
[17 July 2008] more>> |
Love is the Devil from the BFI in August
A UK DVD re-release for John Maybury's superb portrait of Francis Bacon, this time from the BFI and with some fine-looking extra features.
[15 July 2008] more>> |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in August
A multi-Emmy award winning dramatisation of the epic Ernest J. Gaines novel follows American history from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, coming to UK DVD in August from Momentum.
[15 July 2008] more>> |
La León in August
Argentinian director Santiago Otheguy's visually arresting debut feature arrives on UK DVD in August from Soda Pictures.
[15 July 2008] more>> |
Irina Palm in August
Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic and Jenny Agutter star in a film that has attracted its share of nasty reviews, which of course makes it interesting, and its coming to UK DVD in August from Soda Pictures.
[15 July 2008] more>> |
King of New York 2-disc Special Edition in September
Abel Farrara's superb Crime drama starring a top-of-form Christopher Walken is to get a 2-disc makeover from Arrow in September.
[10 July 2008] more>> |
Two Minute Warning in September
Charlton Heston is an LAPD captain and John Cassavetes the SWAT team leader in this sniper-in-a-stadium thriller from the 1970s, and it's coming to UK DVD in September from Nouveaux Pictures.
[10 July 2008] more>> |
Police from Masters of Cinema in September
Maurice Pialat's compelling and innovative 1985 police procedural arrives on UK DVD for the first time as a 2-disc Special Edition from Masters of Cinema in September.
[7 July 2008] more>> |
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La Vie de Jesus [R2 DVD]
The award-winning debut film from L'Humanité's Bruno Dumont is an involving study of bored youths in rural France, given a fine transfer to UK DVD by Masters of Cinema.
[22
July 2008] more>> |
Robbery [R2 DVD]
Stanley Baker stars in and Peter Yates directs this very well made and impressively low key British crime movie from 1967, most famous for its blistering first-scene car chase. It's released on UK DVD on Monday by Optimum.
[19
July 2008] more>> |
Bossa Brazil: Stories of Love – The Birth of Bossa Nova [R2 DVD]
An engaging and thorough documentary on the Brazilian bossa nova scene that should delight fans of this laid back musical style, though if its not your scene you may find it harder going.
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July 2008] more>> |
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls [R2 DVD]
Craig Snell takes a trip down remake and cash-in alley for this engaging but undistinguished new version of King Solomon's Mines, released on US DVD by The Asylum.
[17
July 2008] more>> |
Run for the Sun [R2 DVD]
The third film from the second wave in Optimum's Boulting Brothers Collection is an old school adventure story starring Richard Widmark and Trevor Howard.
[15
July 2008] more>> |
Suspect [R2 DVD]
A lesser work the Boulting Brothers that still has its moments and some fine dialogue, and it's out tomorrow as part of Optimum Boulting Brothers collection.
[13
July 2008] more>> |
Journey to the Center of the Earth [R1 DVD]
No, not the new Brendan Fraser CGI fest but a micro-budget adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, recently released on US DVD by The Asylum.
[13
July 2008] more>> |
Seven Days to Noon [R2 DVD]
A terrific nuclear thriller from 1950 finally makes it to DVD as part of second wave of Optimum's Boulting Brothers Collection, in UK stores from tomorrow.
[13
July 2008] more>> |
100 Million BC [R1 DVD]
Craig Snell looks at a low budget dinosaur flick that's more fun than the alarmingly low IMDb rating suggests, released later this month on US region 1 DVD by The Asylum.
[10
July 2008] more>> |
Fatal Contact [R2 DVD]
Rising genre star Jacky Wu stars in this unsurprisingly plotted but impressively fought Hong Kong martial arts actioner. But all is not quite right with Showbox's UK DVD.
[8
July 2008] more>> |
Syndromes and a Century
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul's fascinating exploration of memory and location is a most worthy follow-up to Tropical Malady and is available to buy now on UK DVD from the BFI.
[7
July 2008] more>> |
Mad Detective [cinema]
Slarek previews a Hong Kong police drama from directors Johnny To and Wai ka Fai that should delight fans of offbeat cinema, and which goes on general release on 18th July
[6 July 2008] more>> |
Black Lagoon, vol, 2 & 3 [R2 DVD]
Gazz previews volume 3 of the excellent anime series Black Lagoon and plays catch-up with volume 2.
[2 July 2008] more>> |
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