Without question, the most prominent label in Australia, Via Vision Entertainment is a physical media treasure trove for collectors, with countless releases spanning both film and television along with some of the 4K Ultra HD editions on the market.
Not every movie is going to wind up on streaming or be elevated to a disc-based physical format. Some are just “so far down, they’re not even on the map” to quote The Warriors but Vis Vision in Australia has scourged back catalogues to give collectors the relatively unknown Cyndi Lauper classic, Off and Running, […]
DVD Debut: OFF AND RUNNING (1991) Read More »
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
NIGHT GALLERY (TV 1969-1973) Read More »
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
“Enjoy your pickles” MONSTERS (TV 1988-1991) Read More »
When I was a kid there were a group of movie sequels I had on regular rotation or rewind. Among them were Temple of Doom, Back to the Future Part II, Jaws: The Revenge, and Conan the Destroyer. The films were more than just entertainment, they were moods; and when I was tired of pondering
High Adventure: Conan the Destroyer (1984) – review Read More »
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
DVD Review: Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV 1976-1978) Read More »
As an Australian who has never ventured into the Outback, cinema has on many occasions provided the experience, whether it’s been the hyper-reality of Mad Max 2 or a sombre trek through cultural extremes like Wake in Fright. However, it was Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005 that advised us to manage our expectations as
Blu-ray Review: Wolf Creek (2005) Read More »
Generation X is defined as people born between the years 1965 and 1980; the offspring of baby boomers, who were given their own cinematic portrait with The Big Chill. By the 1990s the up-and-coming youth were portrayed in several teen and 20-something related films, perhaps most memorably in Reality Bites. Available now on Blu-ray from
“What’s your glitch?” REALITY BITES (1994) – review Read More »
I doubt many horror fans were expecting a new release of Rob Zombie’s Halloween movies, given their divisive reputation, but Via Vision Entertainment clearly see some value in the aggressive October onslaught by releasing both the theatrical and extended cuts in one Ultimate Edition set, available now on Blu-ray complete with the mammoth making-of documentary,
Shock Treatment: Rob Zombie’s Halloween I & II – review Read More »
I loved fantasy adventure as a child, but mostly the live-action variety and providing it starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, so naturally, I never crossed paths with The Last Unicorn, which has since galloped to DVD here in Australia thanks to Via Vision Entertainment, who have been broadening my horizons since 2016. Written in the late 60s,
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I ruined several VHS tapes and my parent’s VCR through constant rewinds of various titles, namely, The ‘Burbs, Waterworld and Stargate. Thankfully, home video is far less mechanical these days. Now, light years from that Channel 7 recording I cherished so much during the mid-90s, Via Vision has released the Ultimate Edition of Roland Emmerich’s
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