Having just reviewed the Cary Grant film His Girl Friday I’m taking a look at the first film version of that story The Front Page (1931). This is included on the Blu-ray version of the Cary Grant film. The story is the same with just a couple of tweaks, the main one being the character of Hildy in this version is a man. So without further ado here’s my The Front Page Blu-ray Review…
I feel it’s time for another British comedy and this one is written by and stars a certain Steve Coogan. No this is not the Alan Partridge film, this is The Parole Officer from 2001. Is it any good? Well yes it is indeed very funny. So without further ado here are my thoughts on the film; The Parole Officer Blu-ray review…
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Following on from my re-visit of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar I thought it only fitting to re-visit a least one other of his films. So without further ado here’s my Inception Blu-ray review. Is it really possible to insert an idea into someone else’s subconscious without them knowing, thus causing them to carry out that newly planted idea? Well that’s what we are about to find out in Inception. This is carried out by entering one persons dream and constructing a dream within a dream…
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I love watching old classic films and especially ones starring actors such Cary Grant. Blu-ray has given these classics a new lease of life so when I spotted that His Girl Friday was coming out on Blu-ray naturally I ensured I picked up a copy. So without further ado here’s my His Girl Friday Blu-ray review. Cary Grant plays Walter Burns the editor of the newspaper The Morning Post…
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Today I’m looking at a 1969 film starring the outstanding Burt Lancaster. This one’s a war film that’s a little on the surreal side, anyway it has recently been released on Blu-ray thanks to Powerhouse Films. So without further ado here’s my Castle Keep Blu-ray Review. Major Abraham Falconer predicts that the Germans will attack through the Ardennes and see the perfect strategic point to hold the advance at an old
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If you are looking for a Saturday night horror/thriller I may just have one for you, beware it’s incredibly disturbing. I’m talking about a ceratin 70s Italian horror film that has become something of a cult film. So without further ado here’s my Night Train Murders Blu-ray review. It’s the build up to Christmas and two young women Margaret and Lisa are on their way from Germany to Italy…
Night Train Murders Blu-ray Review (1975) – A Worthy Italian Horror/Thriller? Read Post »
It’s time to take a look at a nineties action comedy starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn that has recently been released on Blu-ray courtesy of Fabulous Films. So without further ado here’s my Bird on a Wire Blu-ray review.
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I love watching films with strong lead characters and that’s exactly what we have in today’s film review. I am looking at a Burt Lancaster film from 1977 that came out on Blu-ray last year. So without further ado here’s my Twilight’s Last Gleaming Blu-ray review.
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I feel it’s time to look at film from a highly regarded director, I’m referring to Stanley Kubrick. This one stars Kirk Douglas and is a war time drama from 1957. So without further ado here’s my Paths of Glory Blu-ray review. Set in the First World War along the French front lines, a general gives the ludicrous order to take the ant hill a nearby enemy stronghold resulting in disastrous outcome…
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