DVD Reviews
DVD Reviews
DVD Review – BOCA
Out on DVD next week is the film BOCA, Mike takes a look and provides us with his findings Boca do Lixo is a story of the rise and fall of real-life criminal Hirotio (played by Daniel de Oliveria), and is based on his autobiogr...
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DVD Review – Drive
Drive is finally coming out on DVD and Blu Ray next week, here are my thoughts on the film. [imdb]tt0780504[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – [imdb:director] CAST – [imdb:cast] WR...
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DVD Review – Go To Blazes
Studiocanal are just set to release a 50th Anniversary DVD of the British caper comedy, Go To Blazes, Scott Investigates. TITLE – GO TO BLAZES YEAR – 1962 DIRECTOR – MICHAEL TRUMAN CAST -DAVE KING, ROBERT MORL...
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DVD Review – Pressed
As a boy from the 80s I grew up listening to Bros. Now one of the brothers is here in his new film, Pressed. Teri investigates TITLE – PRESSED YEAR – 2011 DIRECTOR – JUSTIN DONNELLY CAST – LUKE GOSS, TYL...
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DVD Review – The Change Up
Released this week on Blu-Ray and DVD is the new body switching comedy, The Change Up. [imdb]tt1488555[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – [imdb:director] CAST – [imdb:cast] WRITERS...
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DVD Review – The Burma Conspiracy
The Burma Conspiracy is being released this month on DVD, but is this sequel up to scratch? Teri Investigates TITLE – THE BURMA CONSPIRACY YEAR – 2011 DIRECTOR – JEROME SALLE CAST – TOMER SISLEY, SHARON ...
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DVD Review – Hammer Classics, The Bridge of Kandihar and The Scarlet Blade
Hammer films are something of a legend here in the UK, Next week Studiocanal are releasing two classics to DVD. Mike and Tom have watched the films, here are their thoughts Mike first with The Bridge of Kandihar TITLE – T...
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DVD Review – DeadHeads
Low budget comedy horror DeadHeads is out this week, and Tom finds out if zombies have had their day or if there is still room for more dead to walk the earth… TITLE – DEADHEADS YEAR – 2011 DIRECTORS – B...
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DVD Review – The Interrupters
The Interrupters is a look at gang culture and inner city violence, but is this documentary gripping or boring, Mike Williams investigates TITLE – THE INTERRUPTERS YEAR – 2011 DIRECTOR – STEVE JAMES CAST ̵...
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DVD Review – Happy People: A Year in Taiga
Film big hitter Werner Herzog puts his finishing touches on this Siberian documentary, but is HAPPY PEOPLE a cold and boring affair? TITLE – HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN TAIGA YEAR – 2010 DIRECTOR – DMITRY VASYUKO...
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Weekend Round-Up – Rediscovering the XBOX 360 and Flypaper review
It is becoming apparent that winter is settling in, The TV is getting worse, which has forced me to seek other outlets of movie enjoyment. I have mentioned this before, but X-Factor is now on ALL weekend, well it seems like it....
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DVD Review – Beginners
Beginners is a tale of a father and son and a long time denied sexuality, but does it really hit the right chords? Or is it an empty attempt at plucking our heart-strings? TITLE – BEGINNERS YEAR – 2010 DIRECTOR R...
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DVD Reviews – One From The Heart and Hammett
FRC Friend and contributor Mike Williams tackled these new disks from Studiocanal for us, here are his insightful reviews of One From The Heart and Hammett One From The Heart TITLE – ONE FROM THE HEART YEAR – 1983 D...
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DVD Review – The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist, produced by Francis Ford Coppola is a tale of a young boy wanting to clear his Fathers name. But is it the family classic it strives to be? TITLE – THE ESCAPE ARTIST YEAR – 1982 DIRECTOR – C...
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DVD Review – The Taqwacores
What could go wrong? A group of represed teenagers sticking it to the man through the medium of music? Let us look at The Taqwacores TITLE – The Taqwacores YEAR – 2010 DIRECTOR – Eyad Zayha CAST – Bobb...
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DVD Review – This Boy’s Life
This classic film is getting its release on DVD, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, This Boy’s Life [imdb]tt0108330[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – Michael Caton-Jones CAS...
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DVD Review – The Wild Hunt
FRC has got its hands on a copy of The Wild Hunt, a weird yet strangely appealing indie film about LARPing. [imdb]tt1493886[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – [imdb:director] CAST R...
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DVD Review – A Film With Me In It
The first in this weeks DVD reviews is the Irish black comedy – A Film With Me In It [imdb]tt1139319[/imdb] TITLE – A Film with Me in It YEAR – 2008 DIRECTOR – Ian Fitzgibbon CAST – Dylan Moran, M...
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DVD Review – Chalet Girl
After a week of big hitting cinema dramas and art house films, it was nice to let off some steam with the latest Brit Comedy to hit DVD, Chalet Girl [imdb]tt1487118[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIR...
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DVD Review – As If I’m Not There
A challenging film, As If I’m Not there will leave you thinking about it long after the credits have rolled. [imdb]tt1456477[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – [imdb:director] CAST ̵...
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DVD Review – Julia’s Eyes
Out this week is the latest Spanish Chiller from the producers of The Orphanage, Julia’s Eyes [imdb]tt1512685[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DIRECTOR – [imdb:director] CAST – [imdb:cast] ...
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DVD Review – Attack The Block
Attack the Block passed me by when it was released at the cinema, so when I got the opportunity to review it for the DVD release I was pretty happy. [imdb]tt1478964[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year] DI...
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DVD Review – Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Here at FRC towers we got our hands on an early copy of the new Pooh and Pals adventure, but can it compete with the new generation of cartoons and CGI? [imdb]tt1449283[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR – [imdb:year]...
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DVD Review – Limitless (2011)
I have got my hands on a copy of the 2011 film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, Limitless. But was the film really as limitless as the title suggests [imdb]tt1219289[/imdb] TITLE – [imdb:title] YEAR &#...
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[REC] (2008) & [REC]² (2009) – Reviews
It is a scary time at FRC Towers. Custard is trying to man up and get over his fear of Horror Movies, Here are the first two reviews, [REC] and [REC]², ‘Found Footage’ from directors Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. [REC] (2008)...
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Fido (2006) – Review
Imagine Madmen meets Shaun of the Dead, then you may be half way to ZomRomCom Fido. After my ‘top 10 Comedy Horrors’ of last week it was suggested by fellow Brightonian ‘Hels’ that I try a film by the name of ‘Fido’. Starring t...
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Winter’s Bone (2010)
Here we have FRC new comer “kindafunnylookin” and his first review for the site, Winters Bone I made myself a promise a few years back that I wouldn’t read a book and then watch the movie adaptation. This stem...
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