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James Franco’s directorial debut is an interesting though tough road movie that occasionally lets its stylistic aspirations get in the way of story
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Big, moving, well-made family blockbusters don’t come along very often. But when they do, they remind us how wonderful it is to be caught up in a thumping good story with characters (including animals) we can connect with and care for. In the age of big brainless 3D franchise films (Pirates, Transformers), it is wonderful to […]
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Gregory Peck’s performance as the white lawyer determined to defend a young black man is perhaps the best of his career. I adore Harper Lee’s original novel, and read it many years before seeing the film. When I first watched it I was amazed how close his interpretation of Atticus Finch, the brave father of […]
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The Wicker Man has had a complex history. Since its release 40 years ago, it is has been seen in many different forms. There have been multiple cuts, different theatrical cuts, a director’s cut, and now a ‘final cut’, which is what we have here. Probably one of the few horror films to take place […]
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If you’ve seen some of the awful DVD editions of this film you probably think it doesn’t deserve a Blu-ray release. It certainly does.
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This Alfred Hitchcock movie is a fascinating Second World War drama. It is entirely set on a lifeboat (hence the title), with the characters survivors of a torpedoed liner. The suspense comes from the characters suspecting a rescued Nazi of leading them on the wrong course as they try to sail their boat to land, and […]
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This awful film about the Princess of Wales feels like it was made for tacky US daytime TV, not the big screen says The Edge’s Film Editor Barnaby Walter
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The Killing [Forbrydelsen] became something of sensation when it aired on BBC Four in 2010. Since then it has become part of a much larger phenomenon: an influx of quality crime television and fiction from Scandinavia. The British public have greedily consumed their tales of terrible crimes and strong detectives. The Killing features one of the […]
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Four British tourists stumble upon an eerily empty castle while on a travelling holiday. Because this is a horror film, they act in the stupidest way possible, and willingly venture into the castle and become the guests of the newly resurrected Count Dracula. Expect a lot of screaming and bright red blood gushing from people’s […]
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Some have described Weekend as the British answer to Before Sunrise, and to some extent they are right. This is a talky romance set over, yes, a weekend, where a one night stand turns into something resembling love. The strength of the film lies in the honesty of the performances by lead actors Tom Cullen […]
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Western drama Slow West has added Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn to its cast list
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Rush may not be the masterpiece some have claimed, but it’s still a terrific ride.
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This was a film ahead of its time. It contains radical decisions in filmmaking and the story pushes aside the attitudes towards controversial topics of the time. Orson Welles contributed many things to the history of cinema, but this film is perhaps his potent contribution to the future of it. Beautifully presented in multiple editions in various […]
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Some argue that this is the perfect romantic film. If it isn’t, it certainly comes close. The story about a bar owner in Casablanca during World War II who comes face to face again with a lost love from the past has rightfully earned its place in people’s hearts. This simply divine Blu-ray steelbook has […]