‘Ciao! Manhattan’ on Blu-Ray
❉ Emerging onto Blu Ray for the very first time David Weisman and John Palmer’s Ciao! Manhattan is an odd, fragmentary, fitfully impressive patchwork quilt of a movie.
MOVIES
‘Rollerball (Constellations)’ reviewed
❉ Andrew Nette’s excellent monograph of Norman Jewison’s film is “one of the best examples of critical writing I’ve ever had the privilege of enjoying”.
‘Miss Leslie’s Dolls’ (1973) reviewed
❉ DON’T GO INTO THE CELLAR, as they said on Rentaghost.
‘Assault’ (1971) on Blu-Ray reviewed
❉ Sidney Hayers’ 1971 thriller boasts a number of familiar names in fresh-faced early roles, including James Cosmo, Lesley-Anne Down, and David Essex making his second screen appearance.
Aura(l) Pleasures – Queen’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Soundtrack
❉ Queen’s music is a fundamental part of the texture of Flash Gordon, an artful fusion of sound and vision, writes Don Klees.
Going Underground: ‘Death Line’ (1972) on Blu-Ray reviewed
❉ Pure entertainment at its morbidly violent best, with a style and sense of place that no other British horror film since then has managed to capture. Mind the doors…
‘Revenge’ (Hevn) reviewed
❉ Does this Scandi-noir thriller live up the promise of its intriguing premise? Iain MacLeod pines for the fjords.
Fantasia 2018 premiere: ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot’
❉ Writer/director Robert D. Kryzowski and a seriously great Sam Elliott deliver one of the year’s best and most pleasant surprises!
‘I Kill Giants’ (DVD) reviewed
❉ How does the fantasy drama based on the comic by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Nimura fare on screen?
Heathers 30th Anniversary DVD & Blu-ray
❉ How very timely! A 30th Anniversary release of the cult classic high school satire, with a 4K restoration featuring a host of extras, new artwork and a collector’s booklet.