Capping off 2018’s slate of ‘Ozploitation Classics’ Umbrella Entertainment have given Brian Trenchard-Smith’s childhood-centric Frog Dreaming (The Quest, The Go-Kids) a welcome HD upgrade, restored from a new 4K scan. Often dubbed a ‘VHS favourite’ among those who grew up during the mid-80s and early 90s, Cody is young American boy living in Australia, following […]
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Visions of Year 9 English spring to mind at the very mention John Steinbeck’s depression era novella, which has seen more than its fair share of screen adaptations over the years. Arguably the most prominent since the 1939 original starring Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. is screenwriter Horton Foote’s 1992 retelling under the direction
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While last year’s line-up of Cinema Cult releases focused on the lesser known from names synonymous with horror, I was glad to see the label find dip their toes into some 50s science fiction with This Island Earth. Often regarded as a quintessential title, Universal Studio’s first colour entry in the popular genre follows a
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Unjustly criticised upon its release, with some prominent film critics missing the point entirely, George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead has since become recognised as one of the most significant and influential zombie films of all time; on equal footing with its two predecessors, Dawn of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead.
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If anything can help curb the post-Christmas slump, it’s a simple trip to the movies where new Boxing Day releases wait. It was a toss-up between Holmes & Watson and Vice, with the latter ultimately getting the pick over the latest Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly comedy, which still has my interest despite abysmal
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Watching films ironically has long been a popular pastime, especially among pop culture aficionados, one that’s grown in popularity with the rise of podcasts and social media. Netflix seems to have taken note in recent years, particularly via their stable of Christmas features, most of which clearly make no apologies of what they’re aiming for.
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Will the ‘zombie apocalypse’ ever become passé? I suppose it has to a degree, depending on the type of fans you speak to, but more often than not, it remains a recipe for a successful film venture. Nevertheless, new release feature Anna and the Apocalypse covers its bases with a Christmas setting while throwing in
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Out now on Blu-ray from Via Vision Entertainment is Kevin Costner’s grand American feature, Dances with Wolves, a movie so big that it was sold in a two-VHS tape release in the 1990s. The era’s biggest heartthrob doubles as our lead performer playing army Lieutenant John Dunbar, a man assigned to a remote Civil War
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Have you heard of Light Sleeper? I hadn’t either, until a few months ago, but now we can thank Umbrella Entertainment for having dusted off this early 90s classic for a HD upgrade, which hit Blu-ray for the first time worldwide on October 3rd. Written and directed by Paul Schrader, this mid-life metaphor as he
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For a good many years the phrase straight-to-DVD was often a telltale sign of sub-par movie quality, but with the rapidly evolving landscape of home media, this stigma is now lifted. Please Stand By falls somewhere in between, as a film subject to a very limited run in US theatres last year, raking in only
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