Widely regarded as the successor to The Twilight Zone, writer, producer, and former flyweight boxer, Rod Serling, plays curator to Night Gallery – a varied anthology series that’s again available on DVD from Via Vision Entertainment in Australia. As an avid fan of Night Gallery’s predecessor, I found it naturally difficult not to draw comparisons […]
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101 Films wrapped up 2024 with a Limited-Edition Blu-ray release of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape – a made-for-television feature that was originally broadcast in Britain on Christmas Day 1972 to high acclaim from viewers and critics alike. Spurred by their Japanese competitors, a large electronics company employs a team of scientists who have set up
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Most physical media collectors gravitate to Via Vision Entertainment due to the heavy output of various Blu-ray and 4K titles, particularly from their very popular sub-label, Imprint Films. However, I’ve always appreciated the effort behind releasing the content ‘you probably haven’t heard of’ such as Monsters – an anthology TV series which is out now
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Most people probably haven’t heard of The Persuaders, but the classic television series that ran only one season has gained a fair amount of traction since its 50th anniversary and subsequent Blu-ray release in the UK. However, it sadly slipped into a physical media void when the label responsible for its HD treatment unexpectedly went
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I first came to hear of Baa Baa Black Sheep while watching a YouTube upload of Battle of the Network Stars. An episode in which its star and Captain of ‘Team NBC’, Robert Conrad, suffered irreversible damage to his legendary ego when Gabe Kaplin (Welcome Back, Kotter) impressively out-sprinted him. When I saw that Via
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Miniseries haven’t decreased in popularity, but like most television these days, they’re designed for binge-watching. However, Via Vision has recently unearthed a traditional classic two-parter, The Murder of Mary Phagan, available now on DVD for the very first time in Australia. Based on a true story, Leo Frank (Peter Gallagher) a factory manager in Atlanta,
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War movies are often told from the “good guys” perspective, depicting tales of triumph and courage in a very black and white fashion. Although, a more balanced take was attempted with the Hollywood epic, The Longest Day, in which the monumental D-Day landing portrayed a gung-ho Allied force against an over-confident German war machine. Another
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Screened on British television over two nights to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Whitechapel murders, Jack the Ripper re-ignited the public’s fascination with the now mythical cloaked killer. Available now on DVD from Via Vision Entertainment this award-winning two-parter stars Michael Caine stars as Scotland Yard Inspector Frederick Abberline, a skilled but hard-drinking
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High school sucked; as it did for countless many. Chalk it down to natural law, but there was always comfort through television and film, my preferred means of escape. Freaks and Geeks came to Australia a little after it aired in the United States, but the ill-fated series had even less of a chance here
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, his initials especially, still live in the public lexicon, spanning generations. His name is synonymous with hope, equality, progress and of course, countless conspiracy theories pertaining to his public assassination. He’s been portrayed on screen many times by actors ranging from Cliff Robertson to Michel C. Hall, but in between for the
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