Review, buy Crime, Thrillers & Mystery: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Set 5 (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sherlock Holmes - The Case Book / The Memoirs, Usual Suspects, To Live And Die In L.A. [1985], Armageddon [1998], Bad Timing [1980], Identity [Blu-ray] [2003], Blow Out [1980], Go, Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [2004], American Gigolo [1980], Death Wish 4: The Crackdown [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Silence Of The Lambs [1991], Exotica [1995], Mona Lisa [1985], Wolf Creek [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import], Armchair Thriller - A Dog's Ransom [1978] [1967], Angels Fall [2006], Memories Of Murder [2003], Bad Day at Black Rock [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Review WGBH Boston / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Set 5 (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Set 5 (REGION 1) (NTSC) (WGBH Boston)

Actors & Directors

Sharon Small
Nathaniel Parker

Release date: 2007-10-02
Run time: 344 min.
Price: £11.70

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Review ITV DVD / Sherlock Holmes - The Case Book / The Memoirs

Sherlock Holmes - The Case Book / The Memoirs (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Jeremy Brett
Edward Hardwicke

Release date: 2005-02-21
Run time: 932 min.
RRP: ~~£59.99~~
Price: £19.88

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Usual Suspects

Release date: 2007-06-04
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £3.07

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Review MGM Entertainment / To Live And Die In L.A. [1985]

To Live And Die In L.A. [1985] (MGM Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Dean Stockwell
William Friedkin
Darlanne Fluegel
William L. Petersen
Willem Dafoe

Release date: 2004-10-04
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £4.98

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Review Marquee Pictures / Armageddon [1998]

Armageddon [1998] (Marquee Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Patrick Dreikauss
Yvonne Scio
Mark Dacascos
Rutger Hauer
Tibor Takacs

Release date: 1999-05-24
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: ~~£4.99~~
Price: £0.99

Review Armageddon [1998] / Marquee Pictures:

This 1998 testosterone-saturated blow-'em-up from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay (The Rock, Bad Boys) continued Hollywood's millennium-fuelled fascination with the destruction of our planet. There's no arguing that the successful duo understand what mainstream audiences want in their blockbuster movies-loads of loud, eye-popping special effects, rapid-fire pacing, and patriotic flag waving. Bay's protagonists-the eight crude, lewd, oversexed (but, of course, lovable) oil drillers summoned to save the world from a Texas-sized meteor hurling toward the earth-are not flawless heroes, but common men with whom all can relate. In this huge Western-in-space soap opera, they're American cowboys turned astronauts. Sci-fi buffs will appreciate Bay's fetishising of technology, even though it's apparent he doesn't understand it as anything more than flashing lights and shiny gadgets. Smartly, the duo also try to lure the art-house crowd, raiding the local indie acting stable to populate the film with guys like Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, and Michael Duncan, all adding needed touches of humour and charisma. When Bay applies his sledgehammer aesthetics to the action portions of the film, it's mindless fun; it's only when Armageddon tackles humanity that it becomes truly offensive. Not since Mississippi Burning have racial and cultural stereotypes been substituted for characters so blatantly-African Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Scottish, Samoans, Muslims, French. [+]

if it's not white and American, Bay simplifies it. Or, make that white male America; the film features only three notable female characters-four if you count the meteor, who's constantly referred to as a "bitch that needs drillin'". Sadly, she's a hell of a lot more developed and unpredictable than all the other women characters combined. Sure, Bay's film creates some tension and contains some visceral moments, but if he can't create any redeemable characters outside of those in space, what's the point of saving the planet? -Dave McCoy.

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Bad Timing [1980] (Network)

Actors & Directors

Theresa Russell
Nicolas Roeg
Harvey Keitel
Art Garfunkel
Denholm Elliott
Daniel Massey

Release date: 2007-05-07
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: ~~£14.99~~
Price: £6.90

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Identity [Blu-ray] [2003]

Identity [Blu-ray] [2003] (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Ray Liotta
John Cusack
Amanda Peet
James Mangold
Alfred Molina
Jake Busey

Release date: 2007-04-30
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £8.35

Review Identity [Blu-ray] [2003] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

With an ace up its sleeve, Identity does for schizophrenia what The Silence of the Lambs did for fava beans and a nice Chianti. On the proverbial dark and stormy night, this anxiety-laced thriller offers a tasty blend of And Then There Were None and Psycho, with a dash of Sybil for extra spice and psychosis. Things go from bad to worse when ten unrelated travellers converge at an isolated motel and proceed to die, one by one, with no apparent connection. until they discover the common detail that's drawn them into this nightmare of relentless trauma. Even while its take on abnormal psychology fails to impress, Michael Cooney's screenplay offers meaty material for a superior ensemble cast including John Cusack and Rebecca DeMornay (who wins the Janet Leigh prize in a bitchy comeback role). Director James Mangold pivots the action around one character (played by his Heavy star, Pruitt Taylor Vince, in eye-twitching cuckoo mode) and half the fun of Identity comes from deciphering who's who, what's what and who'll be the next to die. -Jeff Shannon.

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Review MGM Entertainment / Blow Out [1980]

Blow Out [1980] (MGM Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Brian De Palma
Dennis Franz
John McMartin
Nancy Allen
John Lithgow
John Travolta

Release date: 2002-04-29
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £3.90

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Go (4-Front)

Release date: 2004-11-08
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £1.79

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [2004]

Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [2004] (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Benoit Magimel
Christopher Lee
Jean Reno
Oliver Dahan

Release date: 2005-04-25
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £3.49

Review Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [2004] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

French sensation The Crimson Rivers was a serial killer thriller with a difference-it was genuinely thrilling. It was also pretty disturbing, but Jean Reno (The Professional) brought some light to the darkness with his sly performance as dog-phobic detective Niémans. Fortunately, Reno has returned in this highly stylized Luc Besson-penned sequel. Vincent Cassell has not, but Benoît Magimel (The Piano Teacher), as new partner Reda, makes for a decent replacement. Alas, Olivier Dahan isn't in the same league as Matthieu Kassovitz and the story line, which has something to do with the Last Supper, the Maginot Line, and gravity-defying killer monks, is even more convoluted than before. Then there's Johnny Hallyday (The Man on the Train) as a mysterious one-eyed man and Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) as a bad German dude. It's all a little ridiculous, but entertaining nonetheless, and the chase sequences are a treat. -Kathleen C. Fennessy.

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / American Gigolo [1980]

American Gigolo [1980] (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Hector Elizondo
Nina Van Pallandt
Paul Schrader
Bill Duke
Richard Gere
Lauren Hutton

Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £2.85

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Review MGM / Death Wish 4: The Crackdown [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (MGM)

Actors & Directors

John P. Ryan
Charles Bronson
J. Lee Thompson
Kay Lenz
Perry Lopez
George Dickerson

Release date: 2004-02-03
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £2.92

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Review MGM Entertainment / The Silence Of The Lambs [1991]

The Silence Of The Lambs [1991] (MGM Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Anthony Hopkins
Ted Levine
Anthony Heald
Scott Glenn
Jonathan Demme
Jodie Foster

Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 113 min.
RRP: ~~£24.99~~
Price: £2.98

Review The Silence Of The Lambs [1991] / MGM Entertainment:

Based on Thomas Harris's novel, Jonathan Demme's terrifying adaptation of Silence of the Lambs contains only a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat) and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com On the DVD: On disc one, the film itself looks clinically sharp in a faultless widescreen (1. 85:1) anamorphic transfer, while the Dolby 5. [+]

1 soundtrack makes the most of the chilling sound effects and Howard Shore's masterfully understated score. Unlike the Region 1 Criterion Collection, however, there is no audio commentary at all. On the second disc, the all-new hour-long "making-of" documentary features contributions from the screenwriter, producer, composer, costume designer, make-up effects people and even the moth wrangler ("There were no moths harmed in the filming!") as well as Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) and Anthony Hopkins, who talks at length about creating Lecter. Conspicuous by their absence are Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster. Aside from the usual trailers and stills gallery there are 21 deleted scenes, many of which are not whole scenes but deleted excerpts, a promotional featurette made in 1991 and an outtakes reel that proves the cast really did have fun making this scary picture. For those who want to scare all their friends, there's also an answerphone message from Anthony Hopkins "in character". -Mark Walker.

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