Tag Archives: Ennio Morricone

Pete’s Peek | Two vintage gems to get you in the Spaghetti Western mood

Posted on 16 January 2013 by peter

In the wake of Tarantino’s Django Unchained, classic Spaghetti Westerns like Sergio Corbucci‘s Django starring Franco Nero (click here for Pete’s full review) are back in the news and getting re-released on Blu-ray and DVD (click here to win copies … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Rango – Johnny Depp’s chameleon shows his true colours in animated Western spoof

Posted on 25 July 2011 by Jason Best

Set in a surreally off-kilter version of the Wild West populated entirely by animals, computer-animated Western Rango is both a witty spoof and loving homage to the genre. The plot’s familiar – the stranger who becomes the saviour of an … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s genre-busting psycho-thriller The Bird With the Crystal Plumage on Blu-ray

Posted on 8 June 2011 by peter

Back in 1970 Dario Argento‘s directorial debut The Bird With The Crystal Plumage paved the way for a new wave of cinematic terror when the then 29-year-old auteur fused the traditional thriller and whodunit with shock and spectacle for the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | A triple dose of terror from Dario Argento on DVD

Posted on 22 March 2010 by peter

Regarded as one of Dario Argento’s last masterpiece horror films, Terror at the Opera is a Hitchockian homage to The Phantom Of The Opera, starring Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleson, in his final film appearance before his death from … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino’s WW2 revenge fantasy: it’s not only the spelling that’s juvenile

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Jason Best

“Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France…” So begins Quentin Tarantino’s much-hyped World War Two action movie, an ultra-violent fairy tale in which a band of scalp-hunting Jewish-American soldiers go on the rampage behind enemy lines… and, in an act … Continue reading →

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The Best View | Who Saw Her Die?

Posted on 25 August 2008 by Jason Best

A film from the early 1970s set amidst the mist-shrouded canals of Venice, which features a dead child, two grieving, semi-estranged parents and a pervading atmosphere of unease – does this sound familiar? Surely I’m talking about Nicolas Roeg’s superb … Continue reading →

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