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Category Archives: DVDs / Blu-Ray
Breaking Up Badly – The Banshees of Inisherin
I know that plot is important, but sometimes art’s atmosphere or style draws me in and leaves a bigger impression. I vividly remember the day in my teens when I discovered the Titus Groan / Gormenghast novels and was hooked … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Derek Walker, Martin McDonagh, review, The Banshees of Inisherin
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7-63 Up – One of the Greatest Documentary Series Ever Made?
Angered by Britain’s class system and inspired by the Jesuit saying: “Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man,” in 1964 Tim Hewat, founder-editor of TV documentary series World in Action, selected 14 … Continue reading
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Tagged 63 Up, 7 Up, Derek Walker, Documentary, Michael Apted, Neil Hughes, review, Roger Ebert
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High Noon – Is it Really a Western?
High Noon‘s Blu-ray release is a great chance to revisit this work. It is not only a classic movie that every film-lover should see at least once, but also one with a timeless warning about coming together to stand up … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Walker, Eureka, Fred Zimmermann, Gary Cooper, Grace kelly, High Noon, John Wayne., Masters of Cinema, review
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When the movie begins with a rusty, three-legged creature with a cattle skull at its hub and sharp blades for feet wheeling its way across a field, capturing a cow and turning its limbs into rotor blades to carry the … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Walker, Jörgen Liik, Lea Rest, November, Rainer Sarnet, review
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The Last Waltz (Blu-ray)
“The Band” may be a generic name for a group of musicians, but it captures something of their supporting role in a key age of rock and roll. Bob Dylan’s backing band and writers of tracks that most people know, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, The Band, The Last Waltz
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Apostasy (DVD/ Blu-ray release)
Derek Walker reviews Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy movie Continue reading
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Tagged Apostasy, Daniel Kokotajlo, Grace, Jehovah's Witnesses, Molly Wright, review
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Salvador (Blu-ray/DVD) – Getting the Truth Out
Oliver Stone’s Salvador makes its UK début on Blu-ray within weeks of Oscar Romero being canonised earlier this month. The archbishop criticised actions by either side in the Salvadoran Civil War that adversely affected civilians. It was the main reason … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray review, Derek Walker, El Salvador, James Boyle, James Woods, Oliver Stone, Oscar Romero, Salvador
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Early Man
(PG, Aardman) Released in a World Cup year, even those who avoid ‘the beautiful game’ can enjoy the punfest and ingenuity of another Aardman film. Early Man is a clash of civilisations, where football is the means of bringing them … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Walker, Early Man, Eddie Redmayne, Nick Park, plasticine, review, Stop Motion, Tom Hiddleston
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The Old Dark House (Dual Format DVD/Blu Ray)
(Eureka) You may or may not be not grateful for this, but if it wasn’t for films like The Old Dark House, you’d never have got Scooby Doo. You can imagine the start: to quote another famous cartoon dog, “It … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Karloff, Derek Walker, James Whale, Masters of Cinema, review, the Femms, The Old Dark House
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Marillion – All One Tonight
Marillion have come a long way over the years, The band that started out derided by music fans as just a Genesis rip off went on to have a couple of excellent hit singles and now has members in demand … Continue reading
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A Man for All Seasons: The Oscar-winning Twig on my Family Tree
How can I have reached middle age without having seen A Man for All Seasons until now? Not only is it a great film (it won six Academy Awards) but the film’s hero, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England, Sir … Continue reading
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Tagged A Man for All Seasons, Fred Zinneman, Orson Welles, Paul Schofield, Sir Thomas More, Stafferton
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Broadchurch (Boxed set)
(RLJ Entertainment / Acorn) 19 hours, 50 minutes Region 2 It is no accident that Broadchurch has grabbed Britain’s attention and held it over a few years. This excellent show is all about brokenness among beauty and how a small … Continue reading
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Tagged box set, Broadchurch, Chris Chibnall, David Tennant, Derek Walker, DVD, Olivia Colman, review
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Anomalisa (DVD)
This beautifully animated work brushes with many questions about life, relationships and the value we place on individuals.
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Tagged Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman, Curzon Artificial Eye, Fregoli, review
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Race for the White House
(Acorn Video / DRG) As a dazed world tries to come to terms with what a President Trump might mean for the planet, it may be a comfort to know how underhand and manipulated many previous campaigns have been – … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, DVD, Kevin Spacey, Race for the White House, review
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Janis: Little Girl Blue (DVD)
The 27 Club is a select few. Jimi Hendrix died at that age just weeks before Janis Joplin; Brian Jones and Jim Morrison in the same era; Kurt Cobain much later, and the appropriately-named Amy Winehouse more recently. Most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Walker, Dogwoof, Janis Joplin, Janis Little Girl Blue, review
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Wim Wenders – The Salt of the Earth (Blu-ray)
Wim Wenders’ excellent biopic of photographer Sebastiäo Salgado is punctuated with images so arresting that they make you wish the terms ‘breathtaking’ and ‘stunning’ were not so over-used. Distributor: Artificial Eye Duration: 114 minutes + bonus features Who better to … Continue reading
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Tagged biopic, blu-ray, review, Sebastiao Salgado, The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders
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Muscle Shoals (Dogwoof)
Coming up out of your gut… It’s that Muscle Shoals sound”. Candi Staton reveals what made the music special; Dogwood make the story compelling. 4.5 Stars 111 minutes + 33 minutes of bonus features “No neighbours, no kids to play … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Candi Staton, Derek Walker, Muscle Shoals, review, Rick Hall, Rolling Stones, The Swampers
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