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The Daredevils (1979) & Ode To Gallantry (1982) Venom Mob Mayhem: Late Era Shaw Brothers Action at Its Best

Ben Jones 30/03/2025
The Daredevils (1979) & Ode To Gallantry (1982) Venom Mob Mayhem: Late Era Shaw Brothers Action at Its Best

Having made his first feature in 1949, at the slender age of 25, it wasn’t until he was taken in by the production line studio, Shaw Brothers, that Chang Cheh’s star would really begin to shine. Making early movies such as Tiger Boy (1966), Magnificent Trio (1966) and The Trail […]

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Scanners (1981) A Subversively Interior Body Horror Lacking Cronenbergian Dread

Barney Nuttall 30/03/2025
Scanners (1981) A Subversively Interior Body Horror Lacking Cronenbergian Dread

David Cronenberg’s films usually feature hyperviolence that manifests on the outside of the body. Think of the birthing sacs pulsating on Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar) in The Brood or the vaginal cavern on Max Renn’s (James Woods) chest in Videodrome. Next to these grisly visions, Scanners stands out as a […]

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Shaolin Boxers (1974) A Forgotten Knockout or Just Another Throwaway Brawler?

Ben Jones 30/03/2025
Shaolin Boxers (1974) A Forgotten Knockout or Just Another Throwaway Brawler?

The influence of 1970’s The Chinese Boxer, a Shaw Brothers movie written, directed by, and starring the one-(armed)-man phenomenon that was Jimmy Wang Yu, can never be understated. It influenced a shift in Chinese/Taiwanese cinema, moving away from long-haired heroes in bad wigs, flowing gowns, and swishy swords to something […]

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Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau (1976-81)

Graham Williamson 24/03/2025
Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau (1976-81)

The thing about Alain Corneau’s crime thrillers is, for all they take their time telling a story, they let you know what they’re really about straight away. Each of the three titles collected in this Radiance Films Blu-Ray set kicks off with a sequence or shot that immediately flags up […]

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Rulers of the City (1976) Light-Hearted Revenge Based Eurocrime

Mark Cunliffe 24/03/2025
Rulers of the City (1976) Light-Hearted Revenge Based Eurocrime

Released on Blu-ray this week by Radiance and Raro Video is Rulers of the City – an Italian Euro Crime/Poliziotteschi offering from 1976 by director Fernando Di Leo. The filmmaker had already provided the genre with staples such as Caliber 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (1972), The Boss (1973), and […]

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The Barnabáš Kos Case (1965) Triangle of Madness

Graham Williamson 18/03/2025
The Barnabáš Kos Case (1965) Triangle of Madness

Without doubt the greatest film ever made about a triangle player in a symphony orchestra, Second Run’s Blu-Ray release of The Barnabáš Kos Case sees them returning to the work of the Slovakian director Peter Solan. Previously, they’d released the other film the busy director made in 1965, Before Tonight […]

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What Happened Was… (1994) Worst first date ever, or worst date EVER?

Simon Ramshaw 16/03/2025
What Happened Was… (1994) Worst first date ever, or worst date EVER?

The hulking figure of Tom Noonan casts a deceptive shadow. The gangly character actor who found fame in films by Michaels Cimino and Mann (most notably the latter in Manhunter) is a distinctive yet understated presence, sizing up at an impressive 6ft 5in and possessing some memorably melancholy eyes; even from […]

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Paddington in Peru (2024) A Fun Adventure That Can’t Escape the Shadow of Its Predecessors

Ben Chambers 16/03/2025
Paddington in Peru (2024) A Fun Adventure That Can’t Escape the Shadow of Its Predecessors

The third Paddington film, Paddington in Peru, faced a few complications before even arriving in theaters. The director of the first two films, Paul King, was unable to return due to commitments to Wonka (2023), leaving a comparitively inexperienced Dougal Wilson to fill in with directorial duties. Additionally, Sally Hawkins, […]

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Play It Cool (1970): walking the fine line between melodrama and exploitation

Graham Williamson 16/03/2025
Play It Cool (1970): walking the fine line between melodrama and exploitation

The picaresque structure, in which a roguish but sympathetic hero moves through an episodic plot usually set in a criminal underworld, was used in early landmark novels like Don Quixote and Moll Flanders. It’s now used more in pornography than serious literature, but if that’s a fall from grace no-one […]

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Drugstore Cowboy (1989) A Cool and Contemplative Study of Addiction

Mark Cunliffe 13/03/2025
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) A Cool and Contemplative Study of Addiction

Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant’s second feature, is released as a dual Blu-Ray and UHD by the Criterion Collection this week. A great success on its release back in 1989, the film is widely regarded as reviving the career of Matt Dillon, who takes the lead here as the charismatic, […]

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