Moviedrome Redux: ‘Ironweed’ (1987)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, two lost souls search for meaning in their broken lives.
FILMS
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Domino’ (2005)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, Tony Scott’s undervalued pièce de résistance.
‘The Time Machine’ (1960) revisited
❉ An appreciation of George Pal’s film, one of the cornerstones of “Steampunk”, released during the height of the nuclear arms race.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Falling Down’ (1993)
❉ This week, Nick Clement revisits an underrated gem that remains as thought provoking now as it did when it first came out.
‘The Crying Game’ DVD/Blu-ray and 25th Anniversary Screening
❉ Dual Format release of landmark 1992 British drama, to be celebrated with a 25th Anniversary Screening at BFI Southbank.
‘The Ironic Filmmaking of Stephen Frears’ by Lesley Brill reviewed
❉ Laura Mayne reviews an accessible, nuanced study of Stephen Frears’ films, from anti-establishment to establishment.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Die Hard’ (1988)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, we revisit a festive action classic.
‘A Man For All Seasons’ coming to Blu-ray in 2017
❉ Hsitorical epic on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK in a special Dual-format edition.
‘The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse’ returns to DVD!
❉ The gentlemen from Royston Vasey’s 2005 movie returns to shiny silver disc!
‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ (1972) revisited
❉ Writer David Llewellyn looks back on George Roy Hill’s darkly humorous adapation of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece.