The image of Frodo Baggins slicing off the scalp of a defenceless, bound-up female is not one you see every day, nor would you wish to.
Kelsey Grammer and creator and Executive Producer Farhad Safina talk about the development of Boss, which is available now on DVD.
This new film from Cristian Mungiu was awarded both the Best Female Actor and Best Screenplay awards at Cannes 2012 for its depiction of a real life tragedy that unfolded in a small religious community in Romania. Two friends who grew up together in an orphanage are reunited after years apart. One has taken orders…
Mayor Tom Kane (Golden Globe® winner Kelsey Grammer)rules his domain of Chicago with an iron fist. Deception, scandal, and betrayal go hand in hand with Kane’s form of politics. As long as he gets the job done, the people of Chicago look the other way. Despite being the most effective mayor in recent history, Kane…
Some – understandably – claim that Gus Van Sant has lost his touch in recent years. His efforts since 2009’s Milk haven’t exactly endeared him to critics. His 2011 romantic cancer drama Restless received a very negative reception, and this year’s Promised Land hasn’t exactly set the world alight. But amongst all this, Gus has…
To celebrate the release of Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University we have teamed up with Walt Disney Studios to offer our readers the chance to win some great Monsters University jumpers, with a Blu-ray of Monsters Inc. thrown in for First Prize! Ever since Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming…
The second of two Doctor Who releases from StudioCanal to tie-in with the show’s 50th Anniversary is Daleks’ Invasion of Earth 2150 A.D. The film was released in 1967 after the overwhelming success of the first feature (reviewed here). It also continued to cash-in on the Dalek-mania that was keeping the nation keen to part…
It feels dated, the sets look ridiculous by today’s standards, and the acting is reminiscent of an episode of Tracy Beaker, but there is something enjoyably endearing about this 1965 big-screen outing for the Doctor and his most famous of enemies. Hardcore who fans (or Whovians) may moan that it doesn’t link up properly with…
Although this movie was greeted by a critical sneer from many reviewers (and I have to be honest, I can understand why – it isn’t great), I’m rather intrigued by what the filmmakers (and studios Millennium Films and Lionsgate) have decided to do here. First, a bit of history. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released…
Out of all the distributor’s out there, Artificial Eye is one of the most exciting working in the UK today. They release wonderful new world cinema offerings in cinemas each year, and bring back old and forgotten classics and little-known gems for our enjoyment on Blu-ray. This year, they are releasing gorgeous new HD editions…
Uneasy, deadpan and intelligently funny, this film by Hal Hartley is a weird experience, though not one you are likely to regret having. For all its oddness, the story is consistently involving, the acting terrifically entertaining and the ending memorable and poignant. Isabelle Huppert, a superb French actor famous for work as diverse as Michael…
Lore is a film by Australian director Cate Shortland. After working in television, she then came to critical attention with her 2004 feature film Somersault, starring Abbie Cornish. Lore is her first cinema effort since then. It’s a German language film set just after the end of World War II. The film offers a savage,…
A pornography-writing ex-nun, an amnesiac and a porn star. Death, sex and a lot of things in between occur in Hal Hartley’s fascinating 1994 film starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, and Elina Lowensohn. For the first time, this weird and unforgettable film will be available on Blu-ray in the UK, and thanks to the lovely…
Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland’s new film Lore was released in cinemas earlier this year to wide critical acclaim. It’s a beautifully filmed look at the lives of children in Germany in the aftermath of World War II. To celebrate the release of the film on DVD and Blu-ray, The Edge has teamed up with distributors Artificial Eye…