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Star Trek Into Darkness: Mediocrity Gets A Familiar Face

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The blockbuster season has started. It might not be summer quite yet, but already we have seen some of this year’s biggest movies released into theatres. Iron Man Three, Oblivion, and Fast and Furious 6 have all entertained and frustrated audiences in equal measure. The biggest success so far, critically at least, is Star Trek [...]




CBeebies DVD Review Round-Up – September 2012

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Octonauts: Ready For Action/The Collection – 10th September 2012 2entertain have released a special treat for fans of the popular CBeebies animated show Octonauts with not one, but two DVDs for everyone to enjoy. For those who may not be familiar with this show, the Octonauts are a team of undersea adventurers who explore the ocean while helping out the many [...]




La Grande Illusion Blu-ray Review

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During the First World War two French air force members, played by Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay, are shot down by German aristocrat Rittmeister von Rauffenstein (Eric von Stroheim). Despite the animosity between France and Germany, the three men break bread together and find that they have a lot in common, particularly Rittmeister von Rauffenstein and Captain de [...]




Kid Icarus Uprising Review

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It has been nearly twenty years since we last saw Pit starring in his own game (the last title being Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters on the Game Boy), even though he has featured in other games (including some of the WarioWare titles and Super Smash Bros. Brawl), the star of the classic Kid [...]




SoulCalibur V Review

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Wonderful as they are, if there’s one thing that Street Fighter and Tekken have always lacked, it’s the ability to whack your opponent around the face with a bloody great stick. While there have been an ample number of weapons-based fighting games, Namco’s SoulCalibur is the undoubted daddy – and with beautiful graphics, fluid fighting [...]




The Front Line Blu-ray Review

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The Film Dispatched to the front line of the Korean civil war in January 1953, Kang Eun-pyo (Shin Ha-kyun) is on a mission to investigate the suspicious death of an officer and hunt out a potential communist spy. But as he begins to fight alongside the ‘Alligator’ unit his perception of the war and the [...]




Ozu: The Student Comedies DVD Review

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Thanks to the British Film Institute the availability of Ozu’s films is at a level now that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Their commitment to his work, releasing a large number on Blu-ray, is currently second to none with Criterion in America even lagging behind somewhat. Joining this sizeable collection of releases, which will eventually include all [...]




Big Barn Farm DVD Reviews

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The Foundation are behind some of the most popular television shows for children for the past few years, including Mister Maker, Scorpion Island, Finger Tips, Dani’s House and Waybuloo. But one of their shows that is still airing on CBeebies since it’s debut in 2008 is Big Barn Farm, a live action television show that [...]




Guilty of Romance Blu-ray Review

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The Film The third in Shion Sono’s thematically linked ‘Hate Trilogy’ (following Love Exposure and Cold Fish), Guilty of Romance centres on a female protagonist, Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka), who goes on an intense journey of liberation and destruction through sexual transgression. Izumi’s transformative adventure is set against the backdrop of a criminal investigation into the murder of [...]




LKFF 2011: Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon Review

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Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon (also known by the title War of the Arrows and quite a few others) is set in Korea at the beginning of the 17th century and after a reasonably short preface that introduces us to the central protagonist escaping from death, Nam-yi (Park Hae-il), the film moves forward to 1636 and the invasion of Korea by the Manchurians. Nam-yi, [...]




The Adventures of Mark Twain Blu-ray Review

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The first entirely Claymation feature film, The Adventures of Mark Twain is a a rather stunning technical achievement from Will Vinton Productions and one that is unfortunately rather under-seen. Even if this wasn’t such a wonderfully entertaining and rather charming film this situation would be lamentable due to the film’s historical significance as a remarkable achievement [...]




LFF 2011: Miss Bala Review

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Miss Bala opens on a static shot of a wall, a wall filled with cut out pictures of American female fashion icons – Madonna, Monroe, Audrey Hepburn – and a mirror. Reflected in the mirror we get a glimpse at our protagonist, Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman), partially obscured as she busies herself around her room. The symbolic potency of this opening [...]




John Carpenter’s The Ward Blu-ray Review

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There is possibly a syntactical issue with the above title but this is a John Carpenter film and therefore bears his mark. As with most of Carpenter’s previous films his name is front and centre to ensure audiences know what to expect and to get excited about this being the next John Carpenter flick. The [...]




Guilty of Romance Review

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The third in Shion Sono’s thematically linked ‘Hate Trilogy’ (following Love Exposure and Cold Fish), Guilty of Romance centres on a female protagonist, Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka), who goes on an intense journey of liberation and destruction through sexual transgression. Izumi’s transformative adventure is set against the backdrop of a criminal investigation into the murder of beautiful woman [...]




House M.D. Series 7 DVD Review

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House M.D. is the multi-award winning US TV series starring English actor Hugh Laurie alongside a host of other stars including Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson and Olivia Wilde. The show has received four Emmys from twenty-three nominations, two Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild awards and has gone [...]




Rise of the Nightmares Review

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Unless you’re a four-year-old Skittles scoffer or a bored middle-aged Wii fitter, it’s fair to say that the Kinect has yet to really set the gaming world alight. For every Child of Eden or Dance Central, there’s a family-friendly (read: predominately pants) Kinect Adventures or Fantastic Pets. So SEGA’s foray into the world of the [...]




My Voyage to Italy DVD Review

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To most the question of what is your favourite Martin Scorsese film is one that will be answered with very few answers. Taxi Driver most likely but if not that then probably Raging Bull or Godfellas. There’ll probably even be a few that would opt for King of Comedy, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed or even [...]




Cat O’ Nine Tails Blu-ray Review

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Dario Argento’s second film, following his impressive debut with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, is the somewhat formulaic Cat O’ Nine Tails, a film that Argento himself does not really care for. Argento claims in an interview included on this release that the film is “… too much like an American film” and it is very easy [...]




Cannibal Holocaust Blu-ray Review

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A professor heads into the Amazonian jungle to find a lost documentary film crew only to find that they have all been killed by the native population. What remains though are cans of undeveloped film that document the crew’s journey and their ultimate fate. Returning to New York the professor delivers the footage to a [...]




Shaolin Blu-ray Review

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Shaolin’s first third introduces us to a rather unpleasant character, Hou Chieh (Andy Lau), a warlord who is attempting to seize power through violent conquest. He’s pretty ruthless and is happy to sanction and participate in violent acts against even the peaceful monks who inhabit the Shaolin Temple that provides the film’s central location. Following an unexpected [...]