Widely regarded as the successor to The Twilight Zone, writer, producer, and former flyweight boxer, Rod Serling, plays curator to Night Gallery – a varied anthology series that’s again available on DVD from Via Vision Entertainment in Australia. As an avid fan of Night Gallery’s predecessor, I found it naturally difficult not to draw comparisons […]
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101 Films wrapped up 2024 with a Limited-Edition Blu-ray release of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape – a made-for-television feature that was originally broadcast in Britain on Christmas Day 1972 to high acclaim from viewers and critics alike. Spurred by their Japanese competitors, a large electronics company employs a team of scientists who have set up
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Looney Tunes was my introduction to Edward G. Robinson who Buggs Bunny would regularly impersonate, most famously in the 1946 cartoon short Racketeer Rabbit. Interestingly the first movie I saw Robinson in was Soylent Green, which was sadly his last. Now fans can enjoy the liver-lipped actor at his meanest in the bleak obscure classic
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I first heard the phrase ‘A Bridge Too Far’ when purchasing a copy of the follow-up title to the original Close Combat on PC. While impressed by its attention to detail and sophisticated gameplay, it proved to be ‘A Bridge Too Far’ for my patience and skill. It did however fuel my growing interest in
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Imprint Films owned the month of December with four worldwide debut releases on 4K Ultra HD, which included one of Australia’s most iconic and fashionable classics, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Available now in Limited Edition dual-format release that comes packaged in a 3D lenticular hard box that features the image
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I assumed for years that Tank Girl was a movie about the band, No Doubt, based on the old MGM DVD that I would walk past constantly at a local supermarket. Turns out that’s not Gwen Stefani on the cover, but rather Lori Petty, a girl warrior in a post-apocalyptic Australia where a corporate tyrant
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Eureka Entertainment takes to the rough seas of the Mid-Atlantic with the nail-biting thriller, Juggernaut – available now on Blu-ray in celebration of the film’s 50th Anniversary. Richard Harris heads a cast of dignified English and international stars as the veteran bomb disposal expert, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon, who is sent aboard the passenger liner,
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Most physical media collectors gravitate to Via Vision Entertainment due to the heavy output of various Blu-ray and 4K titles, particularly from their very popular sub-label, Imprint Films. However, I’ve always appreciated the effort behind releasing the content ‘you probably haven’t heard of’ such as Monsters – an anthology TV series which is out now
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Almost twenty years after the well of ‘Satanic Panic’ dried up in Hollywood, indie filmmaker Ti West allowed horror fans to whet their whistle with a throwback to eviler times with The House of the Devil – available now on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment. When a cash-strapped colleague student, Samantha, answers a vague advert for
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101 Films invite you to a sleepover in glorious 4K UHD with their NEW Limited-Edition release of Slumber Party Massacre and Slumber Party Massacre II – available now for the first time in the UK With its literal title, the 1982 original is indeed the seminal classic within its sub-genre of pyjama slashers. However, its
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