Who framed Joe Don Baker? That is the question in the gritty and aptly named cult classic, Framed, which is out now on Blu-ray for the first time in Australia thanks to Imprint Films. After a big win from a card game in Texas, keen gambler and Tennessee nightclub owner, Ron Lewis, winds up with a […]
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Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas was an untouchable gangster hit in 1990. While the Coen brothers produced a solid contender in Miller’s Crossing, everything else went home to get their shine box, like Phil Joanou’s criminal opus, State of Grace, which has since hit the streets on 4K Ultra HD for the first time. Available from Imprint
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Physical media is often on shaky ground Down Under, so it’s always reassuring when we Australians are treated to a worldwide debut release, which has most recently come in the hardbox form of the neo-noir classic, Dark Blue –Available now on 4K Ultra HD Whatcha gonna do when Kurt Russell comes for you? That’s the
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My odyssey into silent film is largely thanks to Eureka Entertainment, a label that has distributed a considerable amount of physical media releases showcasing a broad selection of titles. Buster Keaton’s masterpiece, The General, is the latest, which was leased on May 18th, exclusive to 4K Ultra HD in the UK. Set during the American
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Not wanting to subscribe to another streaming service last October, I reluctantly sat out the premiere of Welcome to Derry, exclusive to HBO Max, but I’ve since satisfied my curiosity thanks to the subsequent release on 4K from HBO and Warner Bros. I have tremendous affection towards the made-for-TV classic, IT, from 1990, despite its
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With one of the most inspiring mission statements I’ve ever read, Film Masters, a relatively new label based in the United States, has curated a damn near perfect set of four movies from radioactive mutation to literal “big brain energy.” Monster Mayhem Collection spans only two years, from 1957 to 1958, but it’s a snapshot
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In this age of prestige television that more often than not rivals cinema, it’s hard to remember that the small screen was once regarded as the lesser of two formats. However, American networks went to considerable efforts during the 70s and 80s to bring a theatrical flair to primetime. Imprint Television has put together a
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It’s often very hard to predict what Imprint will pull out of their hat each month. Still, I don’t think there was any foresight over the February release of King David on Blu-ray, starring Richard Gere and directed by Australia’s very own Bruce Beresford. It’s a biblical drama so random on the surface that it
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Following an impressive international tour, independent comedy/drama Fwends (fun use of Gen-Z spelling) is now streaming. Old friends, Jessie and Em, reunite for a weekend, and circumstances force them to pull an all-nighter, wandering the streets and suburbs of Melbourne. When I first started going to Melbourne on my own, my idea of the city’s
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Five months before Kurt Russell had to ‘Escape from New York’, down south, Kim Basinger was trying to escape from Texas in the blue-collar drama, Hard Country, which was released on Blu-ray even further south in Australia back on February 25th. It’s about a small-town girl, a story not unfamiliar, with ambitions to get the
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