If The Box seems like an extended episode from the 1960s episode of The Twilight Zone, that’s because it is If The Box seems like an extended episode from the 1960s episode of The Twilight Zone, that’s because it is. Richard Matheson, best known for The Incredible Shrinking Man, wrote it as a six-page story for Playboy. But since the director is Richard Kelly, of Donnie Darko fame, the original …
Optimum, rental and retail Has any nice couple in a film ever adopted a sweet, charming child and had everything go just swimmingly?
The now 97-year-old Ronald Neame worked with Alec Guinness on five important British films: as producer of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist , and director of The Card, The Horse’s Mouth and Tunes of Glory, made when we had a properly functioning film industry. The neglected Horse’s Mouth is a labour of love by Guinness. He adapted it from Joyce Cary’s rambunctious novel and himself played the …
James Cameron movie is brilliant at bringing a world to life you sometimes feel bludgeoned with his none too original green, antiwar message writ large. By Rob Mackie There is no 3D version on either DVD or Blu-ray planned for the near future but there will be a director’s cut out in the autumn. For now, a 2D version still feels like an event without that third dimension.
BBC Worldwide is in discussions to buy DVD publishing business 2entertain from struggling retailer Woolworths. By Mark Sweney
Sony’s answer to the Flip Flip Video was one of the gadgets of 2008 , so it’s no surprise that the rest of the tech industry is trying to muscle in to regain a bit of market. Flip was a best seller at Christmas in both the UK and US, so what can the big boys do to compete?
Director John G Avildsen is better known for films like Rocky and The Karate Kid, neither of which suggest that he was once capable of a movie as complex and ambiguous as this under-appreciated 1970 classic. But then he seldom had worked with actors as powerful as Peter Boyle. Boyle died in 2006 but left a legacy of note-perfect performances in such varied movies as Taxi Driver, Young …
We have five DVDs of Iron Man as well as a 26-in HD-ready LCD TV with Freeview to give away
We were all supposed to be basking in the glory of Blu-ray by now, but it hasn’t exactly worked out that way. After seeing off its “Betamax” rival, HD-DVD, in a costly battle that had little regard for the consumer, Blu-ray’s offers of picture quality four times better than DVD and interactive extra features have gone largely unwanted. But why
‘Malcolm, have you been to the set? I’ve never seen so much cock in all my life! Oh do tell me if you think they’re pubescent or shaved!’ Malcolm McDowell’s on-stage memoir about his cinematic mentor may be billed as a tribute to Lindsay Anderson, but it’s his account of John Gielgud’s excitement while filming Caligula (recently released uncut for the first time in the UK) which raises the …