101 Films’ very collectable Black Label has attached some salacious classics from dark alleys of cinema, with the latest and one of its most worthy titles, Fear City from mad-man director Abel Ferrara – released May 18th on a Limited-Edition Blu-ray. Tom Berenger stars in this violent neo-noir as ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager, Matt Rossi, who finds himself […]
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I was super keen to see Triple Cross when it was announced by Signal One Entertainment last year. The ultra-red cover design with Yul Bryner holding a cigarette like a proper Nazi officer alluded to a very sinister affair, but the subject matter is fairly lightweight as far as World War II goes. The film
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If you’ve watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles, you need not worry, as the line about Harry Houdini’s fate delivered by John Candy is not a spoiler to the classic biography/drama, Houdini, starring Tony Curtis, which was released on Blu-ray last year by Signal One Entertainment in the UK. World-renowned escape artist, Harry Houdini had been
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More than twenty years before Clint Eastwood proclaimed Dirty Harry as “The Enforcer”, screen legend Humphry Bogart ruffled the feathers of the criminal underworld in a genre classic of the same name – and it’s now available on Blu-ray in the UK market through Signal One Entertainment. District Attorney Martin Ferguson has all his ducks
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Imprint hasn’t released many comedies over the past three years, and their December release of Bob Fosse’s sophisticated biography/drama, Lenny is far from a barrel of laughs. Nonetheless, the film is a powerful, thought-provoking classic that charts the rise and fall of stand-up comedian, Lenny Bruce. Through his cutting style of humour and commentary, he
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There’s been no shortage of martial arts cinema coming from Eureka Entertainment over the past 18 months, and among the label’s latest titles is the obscure Golden Harvest classic, Slaughter in San Francisco, also known by its original and very dated title of Yellow Faced Tiger – available on Blu-ray from February 19th. Martial arts
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When most people think of Eric Roberts, the infamous Stalked by My Doctor movies spring to mind in addition to several direct-to-video titles, but from the late 70s through to the mid-80s, Roberts was at the peak of his profession. The actor’s debut feature, King of the Gypsies, arguably his best work, came to Blu-ray
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Here in Australia, especially during summer, life is a never-ending creature feature. Surprisingly our array of creepy-crawlies and large reptiles are rarely subject to cinematic exploitation. By contrast, in the United States, almost every member of the animal kingdom has at one time been a star, like an alligator – a titular monster of the
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Carl Douglas claimed that “everybody was Kung Fu fighting” in his funky hit from 1974, but little did he know that during the very same year, everybody was, in fact, doing exactly that in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, currently available on Blu-ray from Signal One Entertainment. Produced by Hammer Films and Shaw
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When I started collecting DVDs in the early 2000s, I recall Empire Magazine giving away free copies of Death Race 2000, back when only mainstream Hollywood titles were subject to the format’s premium treatment. Of course, being somewhat of a film snob at the time, I rejected this offer. However, I was playing a lot
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