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… Read More Blu-Ray Review – A Raisin In The Sun (1961, 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… Read More Blu-Ray Review – Cold Water (1994, Criterion Collection)
It takes a lot to stay focused and follow what you believe in or what you desire is doomed. In Susan Seidelman‘s Smithereens (1982), Wren (Susan Berman) is a determined young woman who wants to be famous. Even if that means loosing and alienating those few friends you may have to get what you want.… Read More Blu-Ray Review – Smithereens (1982, Criterion Collection)
When it comes to family-focused dramas, Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of the best directors, some go as far as calling him an ‘auteur’. his latest film, The Third Murder is a departure from his usual affair, dipping his toes into a crime drama. From fractured family life to noir-esque cerebral drama, that attempts to justify… Read More Film Review – The Third Murder (2017)
After 9 movies and 4 shorts, Christopher Nolan for his 10th feature leaves behind the gritty comic books, deep space exploration, the meaning of magic, heists, for World War 2 and Dunkirk. The story of the ‘Miracle Of Dunkirk’ in which nearly 400,000 men find themselves trapped on the shores of Dunkirk beach. Soldiers who… Read More Film Review – Dunkirk (2017)
For many decades Worldwide people young and old have been (and many still are) have been ‘Loving it’, the McDonalds Brand. You wonder when the world renowned company gets so big, even a muttering there is always an urge for a Big Mac or Milkshake. Profits have become more important you wonder behind the success… Read More Blu-Ray Review – The Founder (2017)
They say never judge a book by its cover, this is a saying you could easily relate to William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth. An impressive unflinching directorial debut feature of oppression and lust in North East England. This movie may share the name of one of William Shakespeare’s tragic heroines, this does, however, share guilt and death. This… Read More Film Review – Lady Macbeth (2017)
British cinema may not have risen to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, but for our size were proud of what we’ve done or are we just too humble to admit? Keep calm and carry on, the British Ministry Of Information are to make things right in Lone Scherfig‘s (An Education) Their Finest. A warming nostalgic… Read More Film Review – Their Finest (2017)
Hollywood and multi-billion dollar corporations are like 2 peas in a pod, they will never step on each other’s toes and in movies more likely to be filled to the brim with product placements.In today’s Tinseltown, it takes a lot of balls to smear a company’s reputation and Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon, it was something… Read More DVD Review – DeepWater Horizon (2016)
A sole purpose of a film is to entertain, tell a story maybe deliver a specific message which may get people talking, debating possibly trigger some form of action. Most filmmakers will deliver that entertaining story but as soon as you leave that cinema or if it’s a DVD switch off your player that 2… Read More DVD Review – Himizu (2011)
