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Film Review – Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Danny Ocean’s legacy continues when his little sister Debbie picks up the reigns in Ocean’s 8. Sandra Bullock plays Debbie and like her big brother, she did time for her last crime. But once you get a taste for thievery it never leaves it’s in the blood. The burning question is this latest Ocean’s 11 spin-off…
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Blu-Ray Review – A Raisin In The Sun (1961, Criterion Collection)
From stage to screen and now fifty-Seven years later, Lorraine Hansberry‘s A Raisin In The Sun (1981) gets its Blu-ray release courtesy of The Criterion Collection. Starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands reprising their roles from the stage to front of the camera. An account of an African American working class family living in…
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Blu-Ray Review – My Man Godfrey (1936, Criterion Collection)
Amongst the cavalcade of cinematic masterpieces, arthouse wonders, World Cinema powerhouses, The Criterion Collection know how to dial down the tone, to unleash some lighthearted fun. Gregory La Cava‘s My Man Godfrey (1936), a brilliantly funny screwball comedy that delivers that lighthearted fun with some social satire. When it comes to period based films or…
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Blu-Ray Review – Cold Water (1994, Criterion Collection)
24 years after its release, Olivier Assayas Cold Water (1994, L’eau Froide) finally gets it’s (Blu-Ray)Home Entertainment release courtesy of The Criterion Collection. A coming of age story of urban teen angst in 1970’s Paris, France. The film is regarded by some as Assayas ‘debut’ film when ironically it was actually his fifth if anything…
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