This week's DVD and Blu-ray reviews
The Exiles DVD, BFI In 1961 British-born director Kent Mackenzie made The Exiles, one of the first films to show the lives of Native Americans.
August 5, 2013
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The Exiles DVD, BFI In 1961 British-born director Kent Mackenzie made The Exiles, one of the first films to show the lives of Native Americans.
E1 Entertainment, cert 15, retail It’s about dolphins, but beware, there’s nothing cuddly to see here, and anyone with an interest in animals will be angry and sad at the end of this documentary about Taiji, Japan, described as “kind of like the Twilight Zone” in that it has a hidden bay with a shocking secret. Central figure Ric O’Barry is a longtime dolphin trainer who worked on the TV series …
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 …
Universal, rental and retail Predictably outrageous, Sacha Baron ÂCohen’s latest sticks close to the Borat template without ever having quite the same impact. Partly, this is the law of Âdiminishing returns: this time our jaws drop almost by reflex
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?
The Earth’s crust gets unstable in Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster movie, starring John Cusack. By Rob Mackie Roland Emmerich’s appetite for destruction is keeping the disaster movie going, pretty much single-handed.
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