Jan 302012
 
Rolling Thunder: Blu-ray Review

Hello! When Studio Canal announced they would be giving Rolling Thunder it’s long awaited Blu-ray release on the 30th of January 2012, film geeks, including one Mr Quentin Tarantino, who has been championing the film for almost two decades now, let out a rejoicing sigh of collective excitement and release. This is not only the [...]

Jan 082012
 
Whisper of the Heart: Blu-ray Review

Hello! Whisper of the Heart comes to Blu-ray for the first time on the 9th of January 2012 from Studio Canal, and continues their focus on bringing the full Studio Ghibli back catalogue to us in all their hi-def glory. Whisper of the Heart is the ninth film to come from the Japanese animation studio, and [...]

Dec 282011
 
Kill List: Blu-ray Review

Hello! Kill List is the second feature film from British writer/director Ben Wheatley, whose 2009 film Down Terrace failed to achieve the credit it truly deserved (in my opinion). However, Down Terrace did manage to attract enough interest to give Wheatley the chance to bring us Kill List, which again tracks the events of the [...]

Nov 022011
 
The Conversation: Blu-ray Review

Hello! Francis Ford Coppola’s often forgotten masterpiece, The Conversation comes to Blu ray for the first time in the UK on 31st of October 2011 from Studio Canal, and as always is loaded with interesting and new features. The film was released in 1974, the same year as Coppola released the phenomenally successful sequel to [...]

Oct 302011
 
The Outsiders: Blu-ray Review

Hello! Francis Ford Coppola spent the 70′s making not only some of the greatest films of the decade, but films that are now widely regarded as some of the greatest pieces of cinema of all time. With the first two instalments of The Godfather trilogy, Coppola displayed his ability to show a family drama as [...]

Oct 232011
 
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer: Blu-ray Review

Hello! On 24th of October 2011 Studio Canal release the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray of John McNaughton’s Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, a film that’s visceral execution has made it one of the most notorious films of all time. The film made a star out of actor Michael Rooker who played the lead role of [...]

Oct 072011
 
The Horror The Horror Day 7: Quatermass and the Pitt

Hello! Coming to Blu-ray for the first time on 10th of October 2011 from Studio Canal is Roy Ward Baker’s 1967 science fiction horror film, Quatermass and the Pit. The film is the third film to feature Professor Bernard Quatermass, the first two being The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2, however when Hammer Films decided [...]

Aug 302011
 
Outside the Law: Blu-ray Review

Hello! Outside the Law, or Hors-La-Loi to use its French title, is Rachid Bouchareb follow up to the critically acclaimed World War II drama Day of Glory. The film takes place over almost two decades in the lives of three brothers between the years 1945 and 1962 and focuses on their roles in the Algerian [...]