Tag: John Hurt

BR: 1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

BR: 1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

July 4, 2016 | By

Comparative review / essay on the 5 attempts to dramatize George Orwell’s dystopian sci-fi classic 1984: the 1953 radio play, 1953 Studio One teleplay, 1954 BBC teleplay, 1956 film version, and the 1984 film version recently released on Blu by Twilight Time…

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BR: Disapearance, The (1977)

BR: Disapearance, The (1977)

September 10, 2014 | By

Although directed by a British-based American, The Disappearance is very much a CanCon production, stacked with key Canadian talent to ensure the film’s costs were minimized by tax breaks, but unlike the usual disposable fodder that briefly populated theatre screens and became mainstays on Canadian TV for years, this particular work is an attempt to transcend the hitman film by transgressing into art house terrain…

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DVD: 10 Rillington Place (1971)

DVD: 10 Rillington Place (1971)

September 7, 2014 | By

This drama of Britain’s notorious serial killer remains one of the finest true crime films ever made, and deservedly sits alongside Peter Medak’s Let Him Have (1991) as one of the most powerful and wrenching tales of injustice and the abolition of the death penalty…

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BR: Human Planet (2011)

BR: Human Planet (2011)

June 2, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / H . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Very Good Label: Warner Home Video/ Region: A / Released: April 26, 2011 Genre: Documentary / Mondo Synopsis: 8-part chronicle of man’s sometimes irrational struggle to survive in extreme environments. Special Features: Disc 3: Bonus 3 making-of “Behind the […]

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