Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
The poor picture quality isn’t the only thing freighting on Freeway Killer, a film about serial killer William Bodin, which is short on details making it feel like yet another exploitation of serial killers’ mystique and their victims.
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Posted February 9th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
This sleek 80’s time capsule from French Connection director William Friedkin deserves a second look, as long as you don’t look too closely at the less-than-stellar video transfer from MGM.
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Posted February 8th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Tom Hardy stands out in this dark and surreal story of England’s most violent killer, but we were not impressed by the Super16mm film’s hi-def transfer.
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Posted January 31st, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
If you like telegraphed plot twists and people obscured by poor CG snowstorm effects, then Kate Beckinsale’s latest snowbound C.S.I. imitation may just be the right film for you.
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Posted January 29th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Austrian writer/director Götz Spielmann’s slow burning psychological thriller Revanche shows up in a reference quality release from Criterion worthy of this Oscar Nominated drama.
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Posted January 24th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Clint Eastwood’s riveting emotional drama arrives on Blu-ray from Warner with a transfer that won’t become a home theatre showpiece anytime soon, but it doesn’t take away from the strength of the film.
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Posted January 19th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
This ganja-fueled reggae classic arrives in a barebones Blu-ray release that cleans up the classic film, but don’t expect any miracles from this low budget fare.
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Posted December 28th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
The late Brittany Murphy stars in what is now one of her last roles, the film noir tale, Across the Hall, on Blu-ray from Image Entertainment.
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Posted November 29th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
It’s sexy, it’s tense, and it’s dramatic — it’s the anime adaptation of Top Cow’s Witchblade, but does this HD transfer from Funimation do it justice?
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Posted November 12th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
Author Tim McLoughlin’s novel The Heart of the Old Country comes to the big screen in this drab and mundane New York City gangster film that owes much to Scorsese, but only on a very superficial level.
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