The Immortals: Florence Lawrence – The Star System Is Born

by Martyn Conterio 23 April 2013

Florence Lawrence is largely forgotten today even among established icons of the early years. Yet she deserves hallowed status. Miss Lawrence was the first of a well-known kind: the movie star. She was both a pioneer and a subsequent victim of Hollywood. That such a path could unfold from the off is almost spooky. A [...]

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In Review: Blood Simple. Director’s Cut on DVD

by Emma Farley 22 April 2013

As far as auteur film-makers go the Coens brothers, Joel and Ethan, are up there as two of the most distinctive working today. Films such as Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998) and their Oscar-winner, No Country for Old Men (2007), have allowed them to carve a niche in American cinema utilising genre tropes – [...]

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In Review: Les Cousins on Blu-ray

by Mark Searby 19 April 2013

Charles (Gerard Blain) journeys to Paris from the French countryside to crash with his cousin, Paul (Jean-Claude Brialy), as they are both set to take an upcoming law exam. However, it soon becomes clear that only one of the cousins is committed to his work and the other would rather drag around with other bone-idle [...]

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In Review: Scary Movie 5

by Amanda Keats 18 April 2013

The Scary Movie films should, in theory, be one of the few franchises that actually warrant numerous sequels – with the very idea behind the films being that they spoof other features

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In Review: Le Beau Serge on Blu-ray

by Mark Searby 17 April 2013

François (Jean-Claude Brialy) returns to his native French town, Sardent, after some time spent living in Paris. Ostensibly back to recuperate from a bout of tuberculosis, he learns that his old friend Serge (Gérard Blain) has become an alcoholic and sets out to help him. Along the way François falls in love with the voluptuous [...]

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In Review: Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan on Blu-ray

by Kezia Tooby 16 April 2013

For anyone into stop-motion animation or special effects design, the name Ray Harryhausen will be an extremely familiar one. Even those with passing interest in film will more than likely have come across the name, whether in relation to his early work with pioneering Willis O’Brien on Mighty Joe Young (1949) or the terrifying skeleton [...]

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In Review: Love Is All You Need

by Martyn Conterio 15 April 2013

Middle-aged relationship woes and romance are themes barely touched by film-makers and writers. Oscar-winner Susanne Bier tackles the subject matter head-on in a sunny bilingual comedy starring Pierce Brosnan.

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In Review: Evil Dead II on Blu-ray

by Simon Williams 15 April 2013

Watching Sam Raimi’s sequel to his 1981 horror movie The Evil Dead, you can’t help but think this was the film he wanted to make the first time around. While the original is certainly creative (it had to be, given the shoestring budget), Evil Dead II does the same thing with a bigger budget, slicker [...]

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In Review: Oblivion

by Maryann O'Connor 12 April 2013

Based on the first ten minutes of Oblivion, you might think you were in for a two hour long combination of Wall-E and Top Gun. Jack (Tom Cruise) has a penchant for puny plants in makeshift containers and doesn’t want to leave Earth even though it is now a mostly barren wasteland with a shattered [...]

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In Review: Evil Dead (2013)

by Mark Searby 11 April 2013

This hugely anticipated remake of 1981 cult-horror film The Evil Dead sees five twenty-something friends (Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore) decide to vacation at a remote cabin. But when they discover a Book Of The Dead, they unwittingly summon up demons living in the surrounding woods.

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In Review: The ABCs of Death

by Matthew Hammond 10 April 2013

It might be argued the power of horror cinema has waned since the glorious heyday of the 1970s and 80s. However, occasionally, a film arrives that captures and embraces the spirit of retro exploitation cinema while also being modern and dynamic. The ABCs of Death is such a work and the sheer level of freedom [...]

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