After toiling in TV documentaries, Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) made his feature film debut with Resurrected (1989), a small drama set just after the Falklands War, and based in part on the real life circumstances of Philip Williams, a British soldier presumed lost in combat, feted in death as a war hero at home, and suddenly found wandering the Argentinean countryside seven weeks after being written off as dead…
Film: Excellent Transfer: Excellent Extras: Very Good Label: Twilight Time Region: All Released: August 12, 2014 Genre: Espionage / Suspense / War Synopsis: A big game hunter is caught trying to assassinate Hitler, and becomes the hunted when he escapes and returns to England. Special Features: Isolated Mono Music Track / 2009 featurette “Rogue Male: The Making of […]
What became a troubled production during the early eighties eventually evolved into a cult horror film, thanks to multiple airings on TV in the U.S. and Canada, if not a brilliant poster design and teaser trailer that were as haunting and impressionable on kids as the original The Shining (1980) publicity art…
Film: Very Good Transfer: n/a Extras: n/a Label: n/a Region: n/a Released: n/a Genre: Drama / CanCon Synopsis: An illiterate woman travels from Texas to Los Angeles to retrieve her son from an abusive husband. Special Features: n/a Review: In spite of its melodramatic wrap-up, Melanie is an oddly affecting little drama, largely because of Glynnis […]
The roots of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s Scream (1996) also owes its fair share to Paul Lynch’s film, and the gradual genesis of Prom Night from idea to final film is itself a remarkable tale of success for its makers. Wanting to switch genres, Lynch, who’d recently directed a wrestling drama Blood & Guts (1978), attended a Telefilm Canada meet & greet in Los Angeles where he met Simcom producer Peter Simpson…
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