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
Other new releases: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines,’ ‘The Sapphires’ and ‘West of Memphis.’ Mud    Â
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 …
Iron Man £19.99, Paramount It’s such a simple thing, the key to making a good comic book adaptation: don’t mess too much with the source material.
The Jackie Robinson biopic “42” scored the top spot on the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its first week in release. The film, starring Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie, outpaced “Evil Dead,” this year’s remake of the tongue-in-cheek horror classic from 1981. Â Â Â Â
Some actors have faces that are known everywhere. Once seen, never forgotten.