Monthly Archives: July 2012

Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Perturbing the primates in The Omen

Posted on 31 July 2012 by Beth Williams

I find this 1976 movie about the birth of the Antichrist one of the most chilling movies ever. The scene where evil child Damien (Harvey Stephens) is taken to a safari park by his ‘mother’  (Lee Remick) is particularly distressing, … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Mirror Mirror – Tongue-in-cheek fairytale flick is glossy not Grimm

Posted on 30 July 2012 by Jason Best

‘Who’s the fairest of them all,’ is a cruel question to pose to a Hollywood beauty in her forties facing competition from ever-younger starlets, but Julia Roberts gamely takes it on the chin in Mirror Mirror, a snazzy tongue-in-cheek reinvention … Continue reading →

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Who won the 1970s drama The Night Porter on Blu-ray?

Posted on 30 July 2012 by peter

One of the most shocking and controversial movies ever made, The Night Porter is a courageous and uncompromising piece of filmmaking that has come to be regarded as a classic of European cinema. Starring British acting legends Dirk Bogarde and … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Is it time to reappraise the 1970s S&M love story The Night Porter?

Posted on 29 July 2012 by peter

Dark, disturbing and morally ambiguous, The Night Porter caused a bit of a ruckus when it appeared in cinemas in 1975, with critics either accusing its director Liliana Cavani of sensationalism or praising her courage. Dirk Bogarde plays former Nazi … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day from Manhattan

Posted on 29 July 2012 by Adele Craciun

“Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.” Manhattan (1979) Share this thought for the day on our Movie Talk Facebook page or Movie Talk Twitter stream.

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Pete’s Peek | A triple dose of VHS terrors from the Troma archives get remastered for a new era?

Posted on 27 July 2012 by peter

Back in the late 1980s, the bargain-bin schlock of US indie movie outfit Troma was a staple of my VHS viewing pleasure. Boasting lurid titles like The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High and Surf Nazis Must Die, and … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Lorax – Dr Seuss’s eco-friendly fable becomes a zippy CG animation adventure

Posted on 27 July 2012 by Jason Best

Dr Seuss’ 1971 children’s book The Lorax, an eco-friendly fable about the dangers of over-consumption and greed, gets a 3D-CG makeover with this jaunty animated romp from the makers of Despicable Me. At the heart of the story is the … Continue reading →

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Who won spooky shocker The Paranormal Incident on DVD?

Posted on 27 July 2012 by peter

Armed with cameras, six college students set out to disprove the existence of the paranormal inside the infamous Odenbrook sanitorium. When all but one of the group disappear, an investigator tries to help the sole survivor uncover the truth about … Continue reading →

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Film review | Searching for Sugar Man – He should have been the next Bob Dylan. What happened?

Posted on 27 July 2012 by Jason Best

Back at the turn of the 1960s/70s, singer-songwriter Rodriguez was supposed to have been the next Bob Dylan. Yet after making a couple of critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums, he completely vanished from the rock-music map. Fascinating music documentary … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Dean & Ellen

The Dark Knight Rises Fight or flight… Christopher Nolan draws his blockbuster Batman trilogy to a close, pitting the vilified Caped Crusader against muscular foe Bane in a battle for Gotham City. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading →

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