October 28, 2009

Not On DVD: PROJECT U.F.O. (1978) - TV's weekly close encounters

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PROJECT U.F.O. (1978, USA, TV) In 1978, the double-whammy of box office hits, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, had sparked...
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October 23, 2009

Gone to Halloween Town - back soon

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Forgive the reduced amount of reviews over the next few days, I'm off to find somewhere that celebrates Halloween properly...
October 14, 2009

GOLD (1974) - gritty action with Roger Moore

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GOLD (1974, UK) Roger Moore's best non-Bond action movie For some reason I missed this in the cinemas, and never ever fully caught it ...
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October 11, 2009

DAY OF THE DEAD (1986) - George Romero's best zombies

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DAY OF THE DEAD (1986, USA) I'm a huge fan of Dawn, but Day is a better film I find it hard to review my very favourite films objectiv...
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October 07, 2009

THE FURY (1978) - De Palma follows up CARRIE

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THE FURY (1978, USA) Highly recommended horror thriller This is my first full review of the horror films from director Brian De Palma'...
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October 02, 2009

TWILIGHT PHANTOM (2007) - a different Japanese ghost story

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TWILIGHT PHANTOM (2007, Japan, Ako-kuro ) This Japanese horror film felt very different, despite the familiar plot elements. The location ...
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September 30, 2009

DIAMONDS (1975) - terrific soundtrack, shame about the film

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DIAMONDS (1975, USA/Israel, Yahlumim ) High-calibre cast, rare locations and classy soundtrack all outweigh the movie. This has so little l...
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September 25, 2009

THE CASSANDRA CROSSING (1976) - outbreak on a train

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THE CASSANDRA CROSSING (1976, West Germany, Italy, UK) This just beat Silver Streak to being the first seventies disaster movie on...
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September 23, 2009

London Film Festival 2009 preview

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Some suggestions from the forthcoming London Film Festival (14 th to 29 th October) and t he BFI South Bank programme for November... The...
September 19, 2009

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (2008) - an impressive catalogue of chaos

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T HE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (2008, Germany, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex ) From the producer of Downfall , is this shocking recreation of ten ...
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September 16, 2009

SCHOOLGIRL COMMANDO IZUMI (1987) - Japanese TV gold

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SCHOOLGIRL COMMANDO IZUMI (1987, Japan, Shoujo Commando Izumi ) After sampling the mad 1980s Japanese TV phenomenon of schoolgirl action he...
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September 14, 2009

TAMAMI: THE BABY'S CURSE (2008) - Japanese IT'S ALIVE meets BASKET CASE

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TAMAMI: THE BABY'S CURSE (2008, Japan, Akanbo shôjo ) There have been decades of adaptions of Kazuo Umezu's horror manga stories, bu...
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