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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Morituri [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • Bernhard Wicki
  • Marlon Brando
  • Trevor Howard
  • Yul Brynner
Release date: 2006-02-20
Run time: 123 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.91

Review Morituri [1965] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Vci Video / Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Vols. 1-3 [1952]
Actors & Directors
  • Alex Nicol
  • Ken Hughes
  • Paul Carpenter
  • Hillary Brooke
  • Reginald Le Borg
  • Sam Newfield
  • Terence Fisher
  • Sid James
  • Patrick Jenkins
  • Susan Stephen
Release date: 2006-08-29
Run time: 457 min.
Creator: Guy Elmes
Price: £13.47

Review Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Vols. 1-3 [1952] / Vci Video:


Review 20th Century Fox / Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Del Monroe
  • Robert Dowdell
  • Terry Becker
  • David Hedison
  • Richard Basehart
Release date: 2006-02-21
Run time: 818 min.
Creator: Jack Gross Jr.
Price: £15.21

Review Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Longest Day/Patton/Tora! Tora! Tora!
Actors & Directors
  • Rod Steiger
  • Bernhard Wicki
  • Andrew Marton
  • George C. Scott
  • Ken Annakin
  • John Wayne
  • Henry Fonda
  • Sean Connery
  • Toshio Masuda
  • Richard Fleischer
Release date: 2006-10-16
Run time: 470 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £15.98

Review The Longest Day/Patton/Tora! Tora! Tora! / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Naxos / Jazz Icons - Bill Evans - Live '64-'75 [1964]
Actors & Directors
  • Bill Evans
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £11.19

Review Jazz Icons - Bill Evans - Live '64-'75 [1964] / Naxos:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Topaz [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Karin Dor
  • Frederick Stafford
  • John Vernon
  • Michel Piccoli
  • Dany Robin
  • Alfred Hitchcock
Release date: 2005-10-17
Run time: 136 min.
Creator: Samuel A. Taylor
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.95

Review Topaz [1969] / Universal Pictures UK:

Alfred Hitchcock hadn't made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris's bestseller Topaz seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris's story of the West's investigation into the Soviet Union's dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American counterpart (John Forsythe) to break up a Soviet spy ring. The film is a bit flat dramatically and visually, and there are sequences that seem to occupy Hitchcock's attention more than others. A minor work all around, with at least two alternative endings shot by Hitchcock. -Tom Keogh.

Review Criterion / The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Asquith
  • Edith Evans
  • Michael Denison
  • Michael Redgrave
  • Walter Hudd
  • Richard Wattis
Release date: 2002-06-25
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Oscar Wilde
Price: £13.49

Review The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:

If you're looking for the definitive example of dry wit, look no further than this 1952 version of The Importance of Being Earnest. Of course, it helps to have Oscar Wilde's beloved play as source material, but this exquisite adaptation has a charmed life of its own, with a perfectly matched director and a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Mix these ingredients with Wilde's inimitable repartee, and you've got a comedic soufflé that's cooked to perfection. Opening with a proscenium nod to its theatrical origins, the film turns Wilde's comedy of clever deception and mixed identities into a cinematic treat, and while the 10-member cast is uniformly superb, special credit must be given to Dame Edith Evans, reprising her stage role as the imperiously stuffy Lady Bracknell. To hear her Wilde-ly hilarious inflections and elongated syllables is to witness British comedy in its purest form. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who Terror of the Zygons [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Baker
  • Richard Martin (IV)
  • Ian Marter
  • John Gorrie
  • Elizabeth Sladen
Release date: 1999-08-02
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £29.99

Review Doctor Who Terror of the Zygons [1963] / 2 Entertain Video:

Loch Ness is the setting of this very traditional 1975 Doctor Who monster story, even though it was actually filmed in southern England with local atmosphere provided by Scottish character actor Angus Lennie (The Great Escape). The Doctor (Tom Baker) is called in to investigate a mystery involving the destruction of several oil rigs and it's not too long before the Loch Ness Monster is revealed as the culprit. But it's actually just a biomechanical weapon being manipulated by the evil Zygons who have been living at the bottom of the Loch plotting world domination. The organically designed sets and monsters are very striking, as are the visual effects with one notable exception: Really Big Creatures have always been a bane for the series with its limited budget to pull off and this story's reliance on an obvious puppet monster, especially during the climax, diminishes its impact. But there is still much to relish, particularly the dialogue of writer Robert Banks Stewart (who would go on to create the long-running BBC series Bergerac) that provides a number of gems including the Doctor admonishing the Zygons that if they succeed in their plans, "you'll have to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle". With much derring-do, the Doctor saves the day as usual but not before four exciting episodes of fun and action. -Ryan K. Johnson.

Release date: 2009-03-16
Run time: 800 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £21.99

Review The Mind Of Mr JG Reeder - The Complete Series [1960] / Network:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Great Escape - World Cup Special Edition [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • James Garner
  • Charles Bronson
  • John Sturges
  • Donald Pleasence
  • Richard Attenborough
  • Steve McQueen
Release date: 2002-05-20
Run time: 172 min.
Creator: W.R. Burnett
RRP: £22.99
Price: £2.93

Review The Great Escape - World Cup Special Edition [1963] / MGM Entertainment:

The Great Escape image of Steve McQueen (as "The Cooler King") astride his motorcycle has entered silver-screen iconography, alongside Brando on his bike from The Wild One. Based on a true story about a group of POWs who mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi prison camp, this rousing and suspenseful World War II epic features an all-star cast, including James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and David McCallum. -Jim Emerson A stirring example of courage and the indomitable human spirit, for many John Sturges' The Great Escape is both the definitive World War II drama and the nonpareil prison escape movie. Featuring an unequalled ensemble cast in a rivetingly authentic true-life scenario set to Elmer Bernstein's admirable music (who writes contrapuntal march themes these days?), this picture is both a template for subsequent action-adventure movies and one of the last glories of Golden Age Hollywood. Reunited with the director who made him a star in The Magnificent Seven Steve McQueen presents a career-defining performance as the laconic Hilts, the baseball-loving, motorbike-riding "Cooler King". The rest of the all-male Anglo-American cast-Dickie Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, James Garner, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, James Coburn and Gordon Jackson-make the most of their meaty roles (though you have to forgive Coburn his Australian accent). Closely based on Paul Brickhill's book, the various escape attempts, scrounging, forging and ferreting activities are authentically realised thanks also to the presence of technical advisor Wally Flood on set, one of the original tunnel-digging POWs. Sturges orchestrates the climactic mass break-out with total conviction, giving us both high action and very poignant human drama. Without trivialising the grim reality, The Great Escape thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight. On the DVD: The Great Escape World Cup Special Edition includes all the features of the two-disc special edition, plus a full-size St George's Cross England flag, a feature on England footballers' World Cup memories and World Cup-themed packaging. [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Navajo Joe [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Sergio Corbucci
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Fernando Rey
Release date: 2008-09-08
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.07

Review Navajo Joe [1966] / Optimum Home Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / The Last Wagon [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Susan Kohner
  • Tommy Rettig
  • Stephanie Griffin
  • Felicia Farr
  • Delmer Daves
  • Richard Widmark
Release date: 2006-05-23
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: James Edward Grant
Price: £6.45

Review The Last Wagon [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Warner Home Video / A Big Hand for the Little Lady [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Fielder Cook
  • Jim Boles
  • Charles Bickford
  • Chester Conklin
  • Allan Collins
  • Mae Clarke
Release date: 2007-11-06
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: David Raksin
Price: £9.43

Review A Big Hand for the Little Lady [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Pegasus Entertainment / The Over The Hill Gang [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Chill Wills
  • Edgar Buchanan
  • Walter Brennan
  • Pat O'Brien
  • Jean Yarbrough
  • Willie Nelson
Release date: 2008-07-12
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.62

Review The Over The Hill Gang [1969] / Pegasus Entertainment:


Review C'est La Vie / Les Bijoutiers Du Clair De Lune [1957]
Actors & Directors
  • Roger Vadim
  • Stephen Boyd
  • José Nieto
  • Fernando Rey
  • Alida Valli
  • Brigitte Bardot
Release date: 2003-07-28
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Peter Viertel
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.97

Review Les Bijoutiers Du Clair De Lune [1957] / C'est La Vie:


Review Warner Home Video / Private's Progress [1956]
Actors & Directors
  • Ronald Adam
  • John Boulting
  • Terry-Thomas
  • Henry B. Longhurst
  • Richard Attenborough
  • Dennis Price
Release date: 1998-07-06
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Frank Harvey
Price: £5.99

Review Private's Progress [1956] / Warner Home Video:

With a remarkable cast headlined by Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price and Terry Thomas, WWII army comedy Private's Progress was one of the major British hits of 1956. Carmichael is Stanley Windrush, a naïve young soldier who during training falls in with the streetwise Private Cox (Attenborough). Windrush's uncle is the even more ambitiously corrupt Colonel Tracepurcel (Price), who plans to divert the war effort to liberate art treasures already looted by the Germans. The first half of the film is quite pedestrian, though the pace picks up considerably once the heist gets underway, and the cheery tone masks a really rather dark and cynical heart. Carmichael's innocent abroad quickly wears thin, but Attenborough and Price steal the film, as well as the paintings, with typically excellent turns. With a nod in the direction of Ealing's The Ladykillers (1955) the film also anticipates the attitudes of both The League of Gentlemen (1959) and Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22 (1961), though lacks the latter's greater sophistication. The cast also contains such British stalwarts as William Hartnell, Peter Jones, Ian Bannen, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Lee and David Lodge, and was sufficiently popular to reunite all the major players for the superior sequel, I'm Alright Jack (1959). On the DVD: Private's Progress is presented in black and white at 4:3 Academy ratio, though the film appears to have been shot full frame and then unmasked for home viewing so there is more top and bottom to the images than at the cinema. The print used shows constant minor damage and is quite grainy, though no more than expected for a low-budget film of the time. The mono sound is average and unremarkable, and there are no special features. [+]
-Gary S Dalkin.

Review Metrodome Distribution / The Naked Kiss/Shock Corridor [1964]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Breck
  • Constance Towers
  • Samuel Fuller
  • Gene Evans
  • Hari Rhodes
  • James Best
Release date: 2003-11-17
Run time: 185 min.
Creator: Sam Firks
RRP: £19.99
Price: £19.95

Review The Naked Kiss/Shock Corridor [1964] / Metrodome Distribution:


Review Warner Home Video / The Pirate [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gene Kelly
  • Vincente Minnelli
  • Gladys Cooper
  • Walter Slezak
  • Reginald Owen
  • Judy Garland
Release date: 2007-07-24
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £9.48

Review The Pirate [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Odeon Entertainment / Park Plaza 605 [1953]
Actors & Directors
  • Bernard Knowles
  • Sid James
  • Eva Bartok
  • Tom Conway
Release date: 2008-03-24
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.30

Review Park Plaza 605 [1953] / Odeon Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Sailor of the King [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Rennie
  • Wendy Hiller
  • Jeffrey Hunter
  • Bernard Lee
  • Roy Boulting
  • Peter van Eyck
Release date: 2007-04-24
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: C.S. Forester
Price: £6.53

Review Sailor of the King [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


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Morituri [1965], Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Vols. 1-3 [1952], Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Longest Day/Patton/Tora! Tora! Tora!, Jazz Icons - Bill Evans - Live '64-'75 [1964], Topaz [1969], The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who Terror of the Zygons [1963], The Mind Of Mr JG Reeder - The Complete Series [1960], The Great Escape - World Cup Special Edition [1963], Navajo Joe [1966], The Last Wagon [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC), A Big Hand for the Little Lady [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Over The Hill Gang [1969], Les Bijoutiers Du Clair De Lune [1957], Private's Progress [1956], The Naked Kiss/Shock Corridor [1964], The Pirate [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Park Plaza 605 [1953], Sailor of the King [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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