Posts Tagged ‘DVD’

In A Better World (2010)

In A Better World (2010)
Director Susanne Bier likes to juxtapose themes of local and global significance. As of this writing I have yet to see her previous effort, Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), but In A Better World is much more sure-handed in every respect than her 2004 movie, Brothers, which was also about the way events...
January 7th, 2012 | DVD Reviews | Read More

The Annual Flickfeast Christmas Wishlist

The Annual Flickfeast Christmas Wishlist
Also known as – a little reminder of some things available for the film fan you know nicely listed for those who haven’t given themselves time to get organised yet. Yes, the daylight is again fading fast and the chocolate is quickly being eaten from the advent calendars so some of you may...
December 9th, 2011 | Feast Advice, Feature | Read More

The Interrupters (2011)

The Interrupters (2011)
Director, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie and At the Death House Door), brings us his new documentary The Interrupters.  As the subtitle states, it shows ‘one year in the life of a city grappling with violence’.  Based in Chicago, a group called Ceasefire have a crew of ‘violence interrupters’,...
December 5th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga tells the story of the village of Bakhtia, on the river Yenisei, in the Siberian Taiga.  It mainly centres on a year in the life of one hunter (trapper) and how he manages to survive and bring in money throughout the year for his family. Directed by Dmitry [...]
November 28th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)
Wow!  Does anyone have a hot poker to hand, so I can poke my eyes out with it?  I cannot un-see what I’ve just seen! To prove I actually sat down and watched this drivel for the sake of a review, I will recite some of the story, thus: The credits at the start have [...]
November 14th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

One from the Heart (1982)

One from the Heart (1982)
One from the Heart is primarily a love story about a couple, Hank (Forrest) and Frannie (Garr), who are going through a rough patch in their relationship and both are looking for a little more out of life. There is a great opening title sequence, with the camera flying around all of the famous Las [...]
November 7th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

Les Visiteurs Trilogy

Les Visiteurs Trilogy
Les Visiteurs (1993) The French time-travel yarn Les Visiteurs (1993) – sometimes called The Visitors in English  and not to be confused with the American remake, called Just Visiting (which is also reviewed further down this page) – ranks in my top-5 of all-time favorite fantasy movies,...
November 2nd, 2011 | Feature, Spotlight | Read More

Hamlet (1964)

Hamlet (1964)
Kozintsev’s Hamlet, like his King Lear, is one of those movies that are obviously made for a big screen. The locations are detailed and impressive in their scope, effectively setting the scene for a huge imaginary world inspired by Shakespeare’s great play. Each scene has its own visual style and...
October 16th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

King Lear (1970)

King Lear (1970)
One of the most renowned film versions of King Lear is that of Russian director Grigori Kozintsev, who directed his adaptation in 1970, when he was 65 years of age, and secured an original score by Shostakovich himself. The 2007 American DVD version is becoming hard to find, but affordable region 2 releases...
October 14th, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More

Slaughter High (1986)

Slaughter High (1986)
A tongue-in-cheek slasher movie from 1986, Slaughter High is a movie that I saw way back when I was a youngster and loved. Watching it nowadays is a very different experience, I am old enough to spot the many failings and laugh at moments that terrified me when I first saw the thing, but the [...]
July 31st, 2011 | DVD Reviews | Read More
Page 1 of 3123