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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If you’ve seen one vampire film you’ve seen them all, right? Well, it may often feel that way, but if you look to Hong Kong cinema you’ll find the relentless horror-comedy Mr. Vampire; which has caught wind from the breath of movie-goers, coming to Blu-ray on July 20th from Eureka Entertainment. An influential classic to
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Burt Lancaster cut his teeth as an actor while making his screen debut in Robert Siodmak’s noir classic The Killers in 1946. As a result of this successful collaboration, the pair reunited for the relatively lesser-known, Criss Cross, which is now available in the UK on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment under the label’s “Masters of
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Billy Wilder is someone with a vast filmography which spans several decades, and it’s good to know some of those titles stared people other than Jack Lemmon. One such film, A Foreign Affair, is a romantic comedy set in post-war Berlin where a U.S. Army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi night club singer and
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