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Blu-ray Review: Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear (1972-73)

August 14, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

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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DVD Review: Georgy Girl (1966)

June 9, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

Via Vision continue to expand their catalogue of classic titles into 60s British cinema with Georgy Girl; the modest story of a conventionally unattractive young woman, Georgy (Lynn Redgrave), who lives vicariously through the turbulent relationship of a roommate and her boyfriend. In between the trio’s tussles, our lead dodges the unwelcome advances of her

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DVD Review: T.R. Baskin (1971)

May 2, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

We all remember moving out from under our parent’s roof and what we were like as individuals at that time. Some of us settled close by while others travel across the country to begin a new life. T.R. Baskin, the titular female lead played by Candice Bergen in this all-but-forgotten 70s classic, journeys the final

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Blu-ray Review: In The Line of Fire (1993)

April 21, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

I was 9-years-old when I watched In the Line of Fire, fresh on VHS, with my Dad; probably close to a year after it hit theatres because there was no three-month turnaround back then. Yes, the wait was often agony. I would watch anything that even resembled action and I had been introduced to Clint

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Blu-ray Review: The Big Chill (1983)

April 3, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

Needless to say, the world is a very different place compared to thirty-five odd years ago and given the current state of affairs, a frightening one at that. I’m sure a lot of us are naturally longing for simpler times, which is why The Big Chill couldn’t have come to Blu-ray at a better time.

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Blu-ray Review: Top Secret (1984)

March 24, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

Most up and coming actors start with small roles on either television or film, but Juilliard graduate Val Kilmer came out of the gate with top billing in the spy-parody Top Secret! from the creators of Flying High and The Naked Gun. Now on Blu-ray for the first time ever thanks to the Australian distributor,

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DVD Review: The Streets of San Francisco (TV 1972-1977)

March 6, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

We’re in a new golden age of TV, the mechanics of which have changed significantly, especially if you subscribe to streaming services; a digital land that’s free of commercial breaks and having to suffer the torture of waiting a whole seven days for the next episode. However, the perks of this platform are mostly limited

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DVD Review: The Keep (1983)

February 2, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

Michael Mann’s gothic classic seemed to be an uphill battle from the start, with a troubled production compounded by limitations set by the studio. Completed as three-and-a-half-hour film, a two-hour cut was assembled for test audiences which were not positive, so The Keep was again trimmed prior to release, coming in at just 96 minutes.

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DVD Review: Airport Collection

December 5, 2019 / Kevin Bechaz

Spanning the course of an entire decade, Universal’s Airport series went from Oscar Nominations to the bottom the B-movie barrel. Now, forty years after the fourth and final joy flight, Airport: The Complete Air Crash Disaster Collection (I see what they did there) is out now on DVD from Australian distributor Via Vision Entertainment.

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Blu-ray Review: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

October 16, 2019 / Kevin Bechaz

Some movie posters are unforgettable regardless if you’ve seen the film in question or not. I remember The Last of the Mohicans as one such poster that was alive with intensity as it hung in the widow of my local video store. Now the ‘90s epic charges its way to Blu-ray in an Ultimate Edition

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