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Review ADV Films / Noir - Vol. 1 [2003] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Kouichi Mashimo
Release date: 2003-05-19
Run time: 125 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.91

Review Noir - Vol. 1 [2003] [DVD] / ADV Films:


Review Universal Studios / Miami Vice [DVD] [2006] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Ciarán Hinds
  • Naomie Harris
  • Jamie Foxx
  • Michael Mann
  • Colin Farrell
  • Li Gong
Release date: 2006-12-05
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Jamie Foxx
Price: £4.47

Review Miami Vice [DVD] [2006] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Universal Studios:

Bearing absolutely no resemblance to the 1980s TV series that helped to propel Michael Mann into big-time filmmaking, Miami Vice is the kind of serious, and seriously stylish, crime drama that Mann does better than anyone else. As written by Mann himself, this undercover sting thriller doesn't reach the peak intensity of Mann's 1995 classic Heat, and it lacks the tight, nail-biting suspense of Collateral, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occasionally pack a wallop. As Miami detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs (respectively), Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx don't have to do much but mumble their plot-thickening dialogue and look ultra-cool in the casual cop attire, and their partnership is rather lifeless on screen (perhaps owing to the fact that this was a troubled production, with an actual shooting that occurred during filming, and Foxx's refusal to risk his life on dangerous locations in South America). But once Mann shifts into high gear with a plot to foil a powerful drug kingpin (Luis Tosar) and his ruthless middle-man (John Ortiz), Vice pays off with the kind of smart, realistic action that Mann's fans have come to expect. With Chinese superstar Gong Li as Crockett's love interest on the wrong side of the law, Miami Vice covers territory that's a little too familiar, and one suspects Mann's screenplay might've been punched up with a polish or two. Still, this is an above-average crime thriller that demands and rewards close attention, with a climactic shoot-out that's pure Mann, worthy of the brooding drama that precedes it. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Acorn Media / Lonesome Dove [1989] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Simon Wincer
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • Danny Glover
  • Robert Urich
  • Diane Lane
  • Robert Duvall
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 360 min.
Creator: Larry McMurtry
RRP: £24.99
Price: £24.49

Review Lonesome Dove [1989] [DVD] / Acorn Media:

Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, ageing cowboys and former Texas rangers, who organise a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCrae's old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, DB Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old -fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West. -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. com.

Review Prism Leisure / Peter Benchley's Creature [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Reilly Burke
  • Stuart Gillard
  • Kim Cattrall
  • Colm Feore
  • Toi Svane Stepp
  • Craig T. Nelson
Release date: 2003-01-06
Run time: 168 min.
Creator: Rockne S. O'Bannon
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.89

Review Peter Benchley's Creature [DVD] / Prism Leisure:


Review Guyver: the Bioboosted Armour / Guyver - The Bioboosted Armour Vol.5 [2005] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Katsuhito Akiyama
Release date: 2008-03-31
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.52

Review Guyver - The Bioboosted Armour Vol.5 [2005] [DVD] / Guyver: the Bioboosted Armour:


Review Warner Home Video / iWant - Cop Classics [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Reni Santoni
  • Andrew Robinson
  • Don Siegel
  • Peter Yates
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Richard Donner
  • Jacqueline Bisset
  • Steve McQueen
Release date: 2008-10-13
Run time: 312 min.
Creator: Jacqueline Bisset
RRP: £17.99
Price: £6.53

Review iWant - Cop Classics [DVD] / Warner Home Video:


Review Various / Sukeban Deka Pack [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Release date: 2008-03-18
Run time: 186 min.
Price: £7.98

Review Sukeban Deka Pack [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Various:


Review Warner Home Video / Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics [Blu-ray] [2009] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Jake Strider Hughes
  • Tom Stechschulte
Release date: 2009-03-03
Run time: 325 min.
Creator: Paul Baldwin
Price: £18.33

Review Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics [Blu-ray] [2009] [US Import] / Warner Home Video:


Review Elstree Hill Entertainment / Get Christie Love [1974] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • William A. Graham
  • Theresa Graves
Release date: 2007-02-12
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Theresa Graves
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.61

Review Get Christie Love [1974] [DVD] / Elstree Hill Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • John McTiernan
  • Jeremy Irons
  • Colleen Camp
  • Graham Greene
  • Bruce Willis
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 131 min.
Creator: David Willis
Price: £5.25

Review Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / 20th Century Fox:

The second sequel to the mould-making action film Die Hard brings Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) to New York City to face a better villain than in Die Hard 2. Played by Jeremy Irons, he's the brother of the Germanic terrorist-thief Alan Rickman played in the original film. But this bad guy has his sights set higher: on the Federal Reserve's cache of gold. As a distraction, he sets McClane running fool's errands all over New York-and eventually, McClane attracts an unintentional partner, a Harlem dry cleaner (Samuel L Jackson) with a chip on his shoulder. Some great action sequences, though they can't obscure the rather large plot holes in the film's final 45 minutes. -Marshall Fine.

Review Adv Films / Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 2 [DVD] [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Megumi Ogata
  • Masayuki
  • Masahiko Ôtsuka
  • Kazuya Tsurumaki
  • Keiichi Sugiyama
  • Allison Keith
  • Spike Spencer
  • Hiroyuki Ishidô
  • Kotono Mitsuishi
  • Megumi Hayashibara
Release date: 2003-03-17
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Hideaki Anno
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.99

Review Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 2 [DVD] [1995] / Adv Films:


Review Miramax / Detroit 9000 [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Ella Edwards
  • Hari Rhodes
  • Vonetta McGee
  • Scatman Crothers
  • Arthur Marks
  • Alex Rocco
Release date: 2000-11-14
Run time: 106 min.
Creator: Orville H. Hampton
Price: £3.79

Review Detroit 9000 [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Miramax:


Review Adv Films / Samurai X - Trust [1999] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Kazuhiro Furuhashi
  • Kaeko Sakamoto
  • Yûji Ueda
  • Mayo Suzukaze
  • Mîna Tominaga
  • Miki Fujitani
  • Mika Doi
Release date: 2003-01-27
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki
RRP: £19.99
Price: £16.82

Review Samurai X - Trust [1999] [DVD] / Adv Films:


Review Anchor Bay Home Entertainment / Men of War [DVD] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Dolph Lundgren
Release date: 2009-02-23
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Dolph Lundgren
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.84

Review Men of War [DVD] [1994] / Anchor Bay Home Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Max Payne [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Chris O'Donnell
  • Beau Bridges
  • John Moore
  • Ludacris
  • Mila Kunis
Release date: 2009-01-20
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Sam Lake
Price: £13.40

Review Max Payne [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / 20th Century Fox:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Jason And The Argonauts [DVD] [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Don Chaffey
  • Gary Raymond
  • Laurence Naismith
  • Niall MacGinnis
  • Nancy Kovack
  • Todd Armstrong
Release date: 1999-08-23
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Jan Read
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.58

Review Jason And The Argonauts [DVD] [1963] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Arguably the most intelligently written film to feature the masterful stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, Jason and the Argonauts is a colorful adventure that takes full advantage of Harryhausen's "Dynarama" process. Inspired by the Greek myth, the story begins when the fearless explorer Jason (Todd Armstrong) returns to the kingdom of Thessaly to make his rightful claim to the throne, but the gods proclaim that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. Consulting Hera, the queen of gods, Jason recruits the brave Argonauts to crew his ship, and they embark on their eventful journey. Along the way they encounter a variety of mythic creatures, including the 100-foot bronze god Talos, the batlike Harpies, the seven-headed reptilian Hydra, and an army of skeletons wielding sword and shield. That last sequence remains one of the finest that Harryhausen ever created, and it's still as thrilling as anything from the age of digital special effects. Harryhausen was the true auteur of his fantasy films and his brilliant animation evokes a timeless sense of wonder. Jason and the Argonauts is a prime showcase for Harryhausen's talent-a wondrous product of pure imagination and filmmaking ingenuity. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) / Downhill Racer [DVD] [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Gene Hackman
  • Robert Redford
  • Michael Ritchie
Release date: 2007-08-13
Run time: 102 min.
Creator: Gene Hackman
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.98

Review Downhill Racer [DVD] [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment (UK):


Review Warner Home Video / Goodfellas [HD DVD] [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Sorvino
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Joe Pesci
  • Ray Liotta
  • Robert De Niro
  • Martin Scorsese
Release date: 2006-12-04
Run time: 145 min.
Creator: Samuel L. Jackson
RRP: £24.99
Price: £9.94

Review Goodfellas [HD DVD] [1990] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount / Next [HD DVD] [2007] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Tory Kittles
  • Jessica Biel
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Lee Tamahori
  • Julianne Moore
  • Thomas Kretschmann
Release date: 2007-09-25
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Julianne Moore
Price: £7.00

Review Next [HD DVD] [2007] [US Import] / Paramount:


Review Universal Pictures Video / Wake of the Red Witch (John Wayne) [DVD] [1948]
Actors & Directors
  • Eduard Franz
  • Gail Russell
  • Luther Adler
  • Edward Ludwig
  • Gig Young
  • John Wayne
Release date: 2006-06-05
Run time: 102 min.
Creator: Gail Russell
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.14

Review Wake of the Red Witch (John Wayne) [DVD] [1948] / Universal Pictures Video:

John Wayne stars as a 19th-century sea captain out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate in this interesting and unlikely 1948 offering from Republic Pictures. Wayne plays the wronged Captain Ralls with a convincing bitterness that foreshadows his later work in the John Ford classic The Searchers, and his grim portrayal of Ralls hits a high point when Ralls purposely wrecks his enemy's prize treasure ship. The painfully beautiful Gail Russell costarred with Wayne only the year before in The Angel and the Badman and delivers a memorable performance as the tragic Angelique. Gig Young also stands out as a crewman who eventually learns the truth about Ralls. Wake of the Red Witch shares similarities in both character and climax to an earlier Wayne picture, C. B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind, but this film has a more direct approach in exploring the complex motivations of its characters. -Mark Savary.

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Noir - Vol. 1 [2003] [DVD], Miami Vice [DVD] [2006] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Lonesome Dove [1989] [DVD], Peter Benchley's Creature [DVD], Guyver - The Bioboosted Armour Vol.5 [2005] [DVD], iWant - Cop Classics [DVD], Sukeban Deka Pack [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics [Blu-ray] [2009] [US Import], Get Christie Love [1974] [DVD], Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 2 [DVD] [1995], Detroit 9000 [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Samurai X - Trust [1999] [DVD], Men of War [DVD] [1994], Max Payne [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Jason And The Argonauts [DVD] [1963], Downhill Racer [DVD] [1969], Goodfellas [HD DVD] [1990], Next [HD DVD] [2007] [US Import], Wake of the Red Witch (John Wayne) [DVD] [1948]

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