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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Sony Pictures Home Ent.): David Fincher brings his full digital armoury to Stieg Larsson‘s bestseller and the result is a masterful adaptation hampered only by the limitations of the source material. [Buy the Blu-ray or DVD] Dracula (Universal): The classic 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker‘s novel directed by Tod Browning, starring Bela Lugosi as arguably the [...]

NATIONAL RELEASES Gone (Entertainment): Thriller about a woman (Amanda Seyfried) who is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago is the same man responsible for kidnapping her sister. Directed by Amanda Fuller, it co-stars Jennifer Carpenter and Wes Bentley. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Lionsgate UK): The story of a fisheries [...]

DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS Naqoyqatsi (Miramax): Godfrey Reggio’s third and final film in his Qatsi trilogy, which previously consisted of Koyaanisqatsi (1983) and Powaqqatsi (1988), explores the concept of ‘life as war’. This was highly apt as on its release in 2002, the world had recently plunged into conflict. As before, the music of Philip Glass provides a haunting backdrop [...]

NATIONAL RELEASES Battleship (Universal): Aliens arrive on Earth to build a power source in the ocean when they come in contact with a navy fleet. Directed by Peter Berg, it stars Taylor Kitsch, Tom Arnold, Alexander Skarsgard, Jaqueline Fernandes and Rhianna. [Nationwide / 12A] The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate UK): A group of friends [...]

DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS Die Hard Quadrilogy (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment): Blu-ray box set featuring all four films, including a plentiful of extras such as director commentaries, various features and killer sound. [Buy on Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon UK] Las Acacias (Verve Pictures): Drama about a long distance truck driver (German de Silva) who agrees [...]

Christopher Nolan’s debut film is #14 in our Film Notes series. For newcomers, this series of posts involves me watching a different film every day for a month, with the following rules: It must be a film I have already seen. I must make notes whilst I’m watching it. Pauses are allowed but the viewing [...]

NATIONAL RELEASES Titanic 3D (20th Century Fox): Re-release of the 1998 blockbuster starring Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio. Directed by James Cameron, it has been digitally restored frame-by-frame and post-converted into 3D. [Saturation / 12A] Mirror Mirror (Studiocanal): Modern take on the Snow White tale with the traditional story jettisoned in favor of an edgy [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Plot details will be revealed! Sylvain Chomet’s delightful animated film is Number 13 in my Film Notes series. For those unfamiliar, this series of posts involves me watching a film every day for 30 days, with the following rules: It must be a film I have already seen. I must make notes whilst [...]

Jeff Desom has constructed an ingenious timelapse video using footage from Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954). It plays chronologically but the effect is quite startling, especially if you are a fan of the film (I’d place it amongst his very finest). More information on how it was made is here: http://jeffdesom.com/hitch/ The music used is [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Plot details will be revealed! Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi actioner is Number 12 in my Film Notes series. For those not familiar with this series of posts, it involves me watching a film every day for 30 days. The following rules apply: It must be a film I have already seen. I must make [...]