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Review - Point Blank - 1960s neo-noir starring Lee Marvin, 11.99 on DVD. Limited Stocks

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

With its powerhouse performance from Lee Marvin as a man relentlessly seeking retribution in a modernist LA, Point Blank holds its own against Antonioni and Roeg, writes Alexander Ballinger.

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Special Offer - Bank Holiday Stock Clearance Sale Huge Reductions

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:55:24 +0100

Rummage through our Bank Holiday Stock Clearance Sale where you'll find huge reductions on over 150 DVDs and Blu-rays while stocks last and for this weekend only! From the great to the good to the curiosities, you'll find a range of diverse films an...

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Film Club - Announcing Film Club 7 - Barry Lyndon

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:22:00 +0100

This time we turn to one of cinema's true masterpieces. It's not as well known as it should be but remains many people's favourite film - Stanley Kubrick's period drama Barry Lyndon. James sets the scene.

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Cinema Reviews - Grave of the Fireflies Film of the Week

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:00 +0100

Two early triumphs from Japanese animators Studio Ghibli return to UK cinemas this weekend. Mike McCahill hails 1988's Grave of the Fireflies, a tale of two siblings dodging WW2 bombs that forms one of the cinema's most powerful anti-War statements.

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News - New documentary about Richard Linklater and James Benning in production

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:00 +0100

Film following two visionaries of American cinema looking for funds on Kickstarter.

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Cinema Reviews - Something in the Air memoirs of a student revolutionary

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55:00 +0100

Olivier Assayas follows up his mighty Carlos the Jackal biopic with a more intimate account of his own experiences as a teenager in the wake of May '68. Mike McCahill admires a seductive coming together of the personal and political.

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Review - Phantom Lady - classic film noir from Robert Siodmak, 8.99 on DVD

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Siodmak's first excursion into noir is an atmospheric nerve-shredder that, at its best, matches other shadow-drenched fare from the same year such as Double Indemnity, writes Rick Burin.

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Review - Aurora - perhaps the definitive feature of the Romanian New Wave, 11.99 on DVD

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

This study of a man driven to extremes from Cristi Puiu The Death of Mr Lazarescu tells a tale of compellingly ordinary madness. It's perversely fascinating viewing, writes Mike McCahill.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes News and Notes 23rd May

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Today Salvo wins Critics Week.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes 2013 - Soderbergh's Behind The Candelabra and the Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:00 +0100

MovieMail's man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports on the two latest front runners for the coveted Palme d'Or award.

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News - Ben Wheatley's A Field In England to be first UK film released simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, on free TV and on VoD

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:00 +0100

New trailer and poster for film due for a unprecedented release on July 5th.

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Cinema Reviews - The Hangover Part III the final drops?

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:16:00 +0100

Having recovered from the exertions of Bangkok in Part II, the Wolf Pack return to Vegas for what we're promised will be the final instalment in the wildly successful comedy franchise. Please, let it be so, implores Mike McCahill.

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Cinema Reviews - Epic eats, shoots and leaves

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:32:00 +0100

The latest digimation to pass along the Fox factory line peers into the forest to chart a battle between the forces of nature and decay. Pretty though it is, it doesn't really live up to its title, says Mike McCahill.

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New Release - Django Unchained - Tarantino's Oscar winner, from 13.99 on DVD Blu-ray

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Spaghetti western meets blaxploitation in Tarantino's irreverent, bloody and entertaining film that sees Jamie Foxx's freed slave try to rescue his wife from a merciless plantation owner.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes Notes and News 22nd May

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Today Todd Haynes and Ozu. Sadly not collaborating which would be a bit difficult to be honest.

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From the Cheap Seats - Actors - Career Criminals

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:06:00 +0100

What did William Hartnell do before Doctor Who? Like many British actors, he appeared in low-budget crime films. James surveys the varied appearances of a few well-known faces before they became familiar.

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New Release - The Dam Busters - 70th anniversary of the famous raid

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:28 +0100

Seventy years on from the raid on German dams, revisit the classic WWII film on special edition DVD and Blu-ray.

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New Release - Broadchurch - the complete, enthralling crime mystery drama, 18.99 on DVD

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Olivia Colman and David Tennant star in this emotionally involving, nation-gripping crime mystery that begins with a missing child and was described as Britain's answer to The Killing.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes News and Notes 21st May

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Today Soderbergh, Moodysson and Dracula. Spot the odd one out.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes 2013 - A Touch of Sin and The Past

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:00 +0100

MovieMail's man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports mid-Festival on two likely candidates for the Palme d'Or...

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Special Offer - Arthouse Paradise - over 150 DVDs 6.99 each

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:26 +0100

Find the hallowed ground of cinema with our sale of over 150 excellent arthouse DVDs, all 6.99 each. There's plenty to lift the spirits here, including recent releases like the wild ride of Holy Motors, Sally Potter's evocative and beautifully-shot p...

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Profile - Hal Hartley - three long-awaited releases and a new profile

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:24 +0100

Hartley was one of the most distinctive and promising voices in 1990s indie cinema, but sadly his work faded away. We welcome three new releases on DVD and Blu-ray - including the DVD premiere of Amateur - with a new profile by Mike McCahill.

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Special Offer - Vintage British TV Sale - over 300 DVDs

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:22 +0100

Revisit the golden years of British TV with classic titles from Network, featuring over 300 great programmes from 7.99 each. This sale brings you vintage British TV spanning six decades. From the '50s and '60s, don't miss Armchair Theatre, ITV's flags...

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Cinema Reviews - The King of Marvin Gardens back under the boardwalk with Bruce and Jack

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:07:00 +0100

Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces follow-up, starring Jack Nicholson as a late-night DJ reunited with his wilder older brother in Atlantic City, returns to UK cinemas in a new print. Mike McCahill hails another lost gem of early 70s American cinema.

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Review - Bullhead - Oscar-nominated Belgian thriller, from 12.99 on DVD Blu-ray

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

This eccentric Belgian thriller, starring Rust and Bone's Matthias Schoenaerts as a steroid-dosed farmer, is a bold foray into the dark areas of the male psyche, writes Mike McCahill.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes Notes and News 20th May

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Today Keanu Reeves and Emir Kusturica continue to make unlikely bedfellows for introductory paragraphs.

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Vintage British Cinema - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sitcom Spin-off

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:00 +0100

With The Lovers! released next week as part of The British Film collection, Julian visits the much maligned field of 1970s sitcom spin-offs and finds a trio of gems amongst the trips to the Costa del Sol.

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This Week in Cinema - Week 21 birth of morphing, Rathbone Bruce plus Peter Cushing

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:34:00 +0100

This week brings new insights into cinema's past watch an important milestone in visual effects from Willow, the end of many people's favourite Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson plus the long career of horror icon Peter Cushing.

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Review - The Murderer Lives at 21 - Clouzot's droll debut, from 12.99 on DVD Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Pierre Fresnay's inspector is led to an eccentric boarding house in his search for a serial killer in Clouzot's dark comedy thriller. It's beautifully crafted, writes Alexander Ballinger.

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Cannes Festival 2013 - Cannes News and Notes 19th May

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:00 +0100

Today Vinterberg likes a drink and Clio Barnard still making headlines.

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