DVD- A Temporary Distraction

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on September 4, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: Cherry Tree Lane

Williams jettisons depth and originality, playing up to every conservative stereotype of urban youth, embracing scaremongering Daily Mail headlines in a hollow, predictable bit of exploitation...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 25, 2010 | No Comments

A military ship carrying a dangerous alien captive crash-lands on an uncharted, barren desert planet. The prisoner escapes during the crash, leaving the three surviving members of the commando team stranded with orders to capture the fleeing alien alive at all costs. With dwindling resources, harsh terrain...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 24, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: The 7th Dimension

It’s Hollyoaks horror by way of The DaVinci Code as a duo of beautiful young college students get roped into a night of sci-fi, psychics and psychos...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 23, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: The Blackout (2009)

The Blackout’s narrative is a cacophony of baffling, half-written nonsense. Parents send their child alone to explore a dingy, darkened basement to retrieve their Christmas present(!). Monsters somehow emit an elecromagnetic field which kills the city’s power, but only causes flashlights to...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 23, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: Meat Grinder

Meat Grinder’s entire marketing campaign has been the standard for anything even close to the ‘gore porno’ sub-genre: plenty of comparisons to Saw and the usual hearty cries of “most violent movie ever!”. Sadly, to willingly compare Tiwa Moeithaisong’s film to Saw is to do...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 18, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: Lymelife

Boasting a cast of real, substantial and fascinatingly flawed characters brought to life through a collection of exceptional performances, Lymelife is by equal measure darkly comic and oddly touching – a bittersweet jolt of indie movie magic...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 10, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: Identity (2010)

Identity doesn’t bring anything new to the police procedural table and the few detours it does take towards the truly original are unfortunately road-blocked by an underdeveloped long-term plot and a complete lack of character development. Even so, fans of cop dramas and crime mysteries who...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 8, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: Centurion

A large-scale, blood-splattered dose of incredibly fun action carnage, it’s a film let down by an imbalanced pace and a complete lack of character development. But still, for those looking for a fun, fast action flick won’t be disappointed by the often dizzying rate at which Centurion tosses...

Posted by Simon Rowson in Competitions, DVD on August 6, 2010 | No Comments

Competition: The Torment on DVD

To celebrate Momentum Pictures’ upcoming UK release of British shocker The Torment on DVD, we have 3 copies to give away to lucky readers...

Posted by Simon Rowson in DVD on August 2, 2010 | No Comments

DVD Review: The Infidel

The Infidel doesn’t stray too far outside of its safe zone, and despite handling some thorny subject matter, Appignanesi and Baddiel don’t give their film any real bite or insight. But while they don’t go for the jugular in their pursuit of laughs, what they lack in subversiveness, they...