When COVID-19 hit our shores earlier this year, formats for the already struggling physical media market were grim, especially regarding new release films. However, it seems some distributors are enjoying a wave of prosperity, including Umbrella Entertainment, who surprised many with the announcement of a new sub-label, Sunburnt Screens, which is intended to focus on […]
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I remember first hearing about When Worlds Collide via a loose reference on an episode of Seinfeld, in which George Costanza likened the cataclysmic event to the unwanted merging of two separate parts of his social life. That’s actually very relatable. Now the George Pal classic has collided with Blu-ray for the very first time,
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With three subsequent sequels, each presumably worse than the other, I feel those who haven’t seen Meatballs have been lead to believe that it’s nothing more than a smutty teen comedy. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it’s not the case at all, having just watched the first Bill Murray vehicle on DVD, out
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VCI Entertainment, the oldest independent distributor of film and television in the United States released Universal’s 137th and last film serial, The Mysterious Mr. M, on Blu-ray last November. It’s an intriguing pre-television format that practically invented the cliff-hanger ending before The Italian Job did it literally. Divided into 13 chapters that come in at
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Here we are after three months with the next batch from Imprint Films, five premium Blu-ray releases, out of which I’m starting with the less talked about, Night Falls on Manhattan, No. 10 in the line-up. Andy Garcia stars as a newly elected District Attorney who must investigate accusations of widespread police corruption following a
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If you ever listened to True Cult on ABC Radio here in Australia, you’ll know that host Alex Boniwell is very passionate about genre cinema; so while regular presenter Rhianna Patrick takes a well-deserved break until November, www.cinematicrandomness.com is proud to be serving as a temporary platform for Alex to keep waving the flag for
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I had seen ten out of the twenty-seven features directed by six-time Oscar winner, Billy Wilder; his third film, Five Graves to Cairo brings my total to eleven. Out now on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment, this war-time classic follows a British soldier stuck in a remote hotel in Egypt who comes to
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Via Vision Entertainment continues to fill the void in Australia’s physical media market with classic television. Titles that would otherwise likely be relegated to streaming service. One that’s lesser-known to audiences, especially nowadays, is Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear, a short-lived anthology series that explores various supernatural themes. Now the horror show is on
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Between the Draculas and Frankensteins, Bela Lugosi made a number of horror films for Universal, three of which were suggested by the gothic and poetic works of Edgar Allen Poe, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat and The Raven. Eureka Entertainment in the UK has presented them as a unique ‘Triple Feature’ Blu-ray
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David Fincher’s third feature film doesn’t come up in conversation as much compared to his more popular works despite being the object of much praise from critics and fans. The answer to this probably lies in it being wedged between Se7en and Fight Club, but now The Game has found a suitable home in Australia’s
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