by Ambrose Heron on 03/11/2008
DVD PICKS The Princess Bride (Lionsgate): One of the smartest and truly magical films of the 1980s gets re-released in a 2-disc set from Lionsgate. If you are unfamiliar with the film (which is possible as it didn’t set the box office alight in 1987) it is the story of a grandfather (Peter Falk) telling [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 27/10/2008
DVD PICKS Iron Man (Paramount): The first summer blockbuster of this year saw another Marvel comic book character getting the big screen treatment. Robert Downey Jnr plays Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and arms dealer who changes his war-profiteering ways after being kidnapped in Afghanistan. After building a robotic suit in order to escape he decides [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 20/10/2008
DVD PICKS Vertigo (50th Anniversary Edition) (Universal): Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic tale of a private investigator (James Stewart) who becomes obsessed with a blonde woman (Kim Novak) returns to DVD, celebrating its 50th anniversary with a two-disc set boasting new extra features. These include: Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman, Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 14/10/2008
AdULTHOOD is the sequel to the 2006 hit Kidulthood and follows the story of Sam Peel (Noel Clarke) six years on from the events of the last film. After returning home, Sam struggles to deal with life on the outside and is pursued by Jay (Adam Deacon) The film was also written and directed by Noel and I recently [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 13/10/2008
DVD PICKS Rashomon – Special Edition (Optimum): Akira Kurosawa‘s classic 1950 film about the rape of a woman and the apparent murder of her husband seen through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses. They include: the bandit Tajōmaru (Toshirō Mifune), the murdered samurai (Masayuki Mori), his wife (Machiko Kyō), and the nameless woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). [...]