Category: Blu-ray / DVD Film Review

DVD: Dying of the Light (2015)

DVD: Dying of the Light (2015)

January 5, 2017 | By

Shot between 2013-2015, Peter Flynn’s documentary is a bittersweet portrait and homage to the dying skill of the film projectionist in an age where digital cinemas leapt from 18% of screens in 2008 to 93% five years later…

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DVD: Cinemania (2002)

DVD: Cinemania (2002)

January 5, 2017 | By

Angela Christlieb and Stephan Kijak’s documentary still resonates 14 years after its release, more so because its snapshot of obsessive film fans remains immortal, bit Cinemania is also a unique snapshot of changes that affected the way many movie aficionados now digest classics and rarities…

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BR: Bullet Train / Shinkansen daibakuha (1975)

BR: Bullet Train / Shinkansen daibakuha (1975)

December 30, 2016 | By

Bullet Train stemmed from studio Toei’s desire to break into the international market with their own disaster film entry, and director Jun’ya Satôcame up with the concept of a train that had to keep running or risk a planted bomb exploding once the speed dropped below 80 km…

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BR: Cassandra Crossing, The (1976)

BR: Cassandra Crossing, The (1976)

December 30, 2016 | By

Deliberately peppered with a star-studded international cast for global appeal, The Cassandra Crossing is a ludicrously implausible disaster film / virus thriller that nevertheless manages to entertain and transcended some standout boneheaded scripting and continuity gaffes…

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BR: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

BR: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

December 22, 2016 | By

By 1962, Francois Truffaut, then a hot director on the international film scene, had directed three film – The 400 Blows (1959), Shoot the Piano Player (1960), and Jules and Jim (1962) – and decided to draw from his work as a film critics and journalist at Cahiers du cinéma, and devote a significant chunk of time to setting up a series of discussions with idol Alfred Hitchcock over 8 days…

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