Quite often made-for-TV movies are re-marketed or repackaged as stand-alone features for home media. Stephen King’s IT is probably the best example as many people still refer to adaptation as a film in the traditional sense. When it was announced that Imprint Films were bringing The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan on Blu-ray most were […]
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I had no idea Brian De Palma’s Scarface was a remake until I saw some very suspect DVD copies of the original at Kmart, that were priced very modestly. Perfectly happy with Al Pacino’s incarnation as the titular gangster, I never had the urge to watch the pre-code predecessor, until its April 28th release on
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Umbrella Entertainment’s popular Beyond Genre sub-label has primary been dedicated to cult classics, but Steven Kostanski’s Psycho Goreman has proven to be a perfect fit due to its retro sentiments. Since its release in early March, the enticing Blu-ray edition has been in-demand, but now stocks have thankfully been replenished. When an evil being is
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You really have to give the de facto leader of the Dream Warriors, Kristen Parker (Patricia Arquette), much credit. She’s extremely production for someone who’s a few nods away from making a potential one-way trip to ‘Kruegertown’. While blasting Dokken’s Into the Fire she builds an impressive paper mache model of Nancy’s house; and in
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If anything, Regarding Henry taught me that a gunshot wound to the head was not automatically fatal; the film’s most pivotal moment that I happened to catch on TV as a child. I was heavily into action films at the time, so the sight of Harrison Ford staggering out of a convenience store after being
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Boris Karloff might just have been the most gainfully employed actor of the 1930s and 40s. While he was appearing in sequels and gothic thrillers at Universal Picture he made what was presumably a short walk over to Columbia Pictures. It’s here at the rival studio where he made six films over seven years, between
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I attended my first family reunion at a racecourse when I was six. There were no horses in sight that day, but I remember sneaking over the rail to find countless hoof prints of impressive size and uniform. I’m not a gambler, but like most who aren’t I often live the risk-filled lifestyle vicariously through
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In light of actor Anthony Hopkins’ upset win on Oscar night, which wrapped around 1:30pm here in Australia, my partner and I finished our night by watching Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom via the convenience of Netflix. Not only did the music/drama exceed expectations, but prove to be a rather poignant social dissection of a minority’s status
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I’ll always associate the name Harry Carey with The Goonies, thanks to a throwaway line by Brand Walsh, who confuses the actor’s name with the Japanese ritual of hari-kari. Now I have much better context of who Carey was and his significance to cinema; which came recently via the Blu-ray set, Straight Shooting & Hell
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Horror movies have taught us that a sudden wind signifies approaching danger or rather something sinister. Its ominous howl piercing the air invoking fear and apprehension, but in this gothic Mexican classic Even the Wind is Afraid; an aptly named title that’s been revitalised on Blu-ray by VCI Entertainment as part of their Classics of
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