Shiny Shelf

  • Bent DVD/Blu-ray

    I don’t know about you, but I never expect good things from a film with Clive Owen in it.

    Bent DVD/Blu-ray
  • Army of the Dead DVD

    Oh, thank you Maverick Films for ‘Army of the Dead’. I have to say, having watched it once, I went straight back to the start and watched it all over again, as much from a sense of disbelief at what I’d witnessed as to enjoy the story.

    Army of the Dead DVD
  • The Last Exorcism

    Suitably for a film about faith, I can only recommend this movie based on my own convictions. I believe it’s an entertaining, unnerving and in some respects, challenging film. However the aspects I admired about the film may also be qualities that put other people off from watching it…

    The Last Exorcism
  • Chaplin on Blu-ray: The Gold Rush

    The speed and severity of the decline in the popularity of the films of Charles Chaplin is one of the more interesting wrinkles in the history of popular perception of films

    Chaplin on Blu-ray: The Gold Rush
  • The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    You know that a film’s viral marketing is working when worries about its content making you feel sick make you avoid watching it!

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

    Hey kids, you liked ‘Shaun of the Dead’ right? A bunch of British comic actors play goofy slackers adrift in the middle of a zombie outbreak and resident in the suburbs and the local pub in a narrative awash with cultural references and geeky self-awareness – great stuff! The makers of ‘FAQ…’ certainly thought so [...]

    Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
  • Battlefields: Motherland

    The renaissance in both the quality and the number of war comics which have been available in recent years owes a great deal to the work of Garth Ennis, who has almost single handedly revived the genre.

    Battlefields: Motherland
  • The Expendables

    A risible B movie that is the nadir of this year’s 80s themed cinema…

    The Expendables
  • Moon

    As with ‘The Hurt Locker’ it is far from trendy to knock ‘Moon’.

    Moon
  • A Hard Day’s Night

    The Beatles’ first movie is 46 years old this month and very cheap on DVD. It’s time for an arbitrary celebration.

    A Hard Day’s Night
 

Bent DVD/Blu-ray

By Mags L Halliday on 31 August 2010

I don’t know about you, but I never expect good things from a film with Clive Owen in it.

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Army of the Dead DVD

By Sarah Jane Vespertine on 26 August 2010

Oh, thank you Maverick Films for ‘Army of the Dead’. I have to say, having watched it once, I went straight back to the start and watched it all over again, as much from a sense of disbelief at what I’d witnessed as to enjoy the story.

Read More

The Last Exorcism

By Alex Fitch on 25 August 2010

Suitably for a film about faith, I can only recommend this movie based on my own convictions. I believe it’s an entertaining, unnerving and in some respects, challenging film. However the aspects I admired about the film may also be qualities that put other people off from watching it…

Read More

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Chaplin on Blu-ray: The Gold Rush

By Jim Smith on 23 August 2010

The speed and severity of the decline in the popularity of the films of Charles Chaplin is one of the more interesting wrinkles in the history of popular perception of films

Read More

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

By Alex Fitch on 20 August 2010

You know that a film’s viral marketing is working when worries about its content making you feel sick make you avoid watching it!

Read More

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

By Stephen Lavington on 11 August 2010

Hey kids, you liked ‘Shaun of the Dead’ right? A bunch of British comic actors play goofy slackers adrift in the middle of a zombie outbreak and resident in the suburbs and the local pub in a narrative awash with cultural references and geeky self-awareness – great stuff! The makers of ‘FAQ…’ certainly thought so [...]

Read More

Battlefields: Motherland

By Jim Smith on 09 August 2010

The renaissance in both the quality and the number of war comics which have been available in recent years owes a great deal to the work of Garth Ennis, who has almost single handedly revived the genre.

Read More

The Expendables

By Alex Fitch on 06 August 2010

A risible B movie that is the nadir of this year’s 80s themed cinema…

Read More

Moon

By Stephen Lavington on 05 August 2010

As with ‘The Hurt Locker’ it is far from trendy to knock ‘Moon’.

Read More

A Hard Day’s Night

By Jim Smith on 04 August 2010

The Beatles’ first movie is 46 years old this month and very cheap on DVD. It’s time for an arbitrary celebration.

Read More