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From Book to Small Screen
Not all book adaptations are worth your while, and some you may not have known were adaptations at all, but when they do work it can help you love the original material even more. So much so, you’ll want to watch and read them ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Hellboy
Back in 2004 when Del Toro brought Mike Mignola’s seminal superhero to life, there was a lot of fan bitching but, with wit, charm, and vision the director quickly won-over his critics. A second, highly-lauded, film followed and...
DVD And Blu-ray
The Third Wife
Inspired by the history of director Ash Mayfair’s family, The Third Wife is a coming-of-age story in a time when women were rarely given a voice. Set in late 19th Century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is given away in a...
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The Ultimate Marvel Team-Up
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics #1, The Folio Society has joined legendary Marvel editor Roy Thomas to form a super-powered team-up of their own. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 presents five specially ...
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Batman: Hush
DC Universe Animated Original Movies are direct-to-video releases based on some of DC’s best-known and best-loved storylines. Batman: Hush is their 13th outing in a series which, while done on a budget, are also done with flair...
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The Blues Brothers Are Back
On August 4th audiences are invited to dance the night away ‘The Chicago Blues Brothers’ – Europe’s biggest and best-loved production of the Blues Brothers which comes to the West End London’s Savoy Theatre. This award-wi...
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Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean
In a Woolworth’s, in a small town not far from where film star James Dean shot Giant, his fan club reunite for an Altman-esque exploration of life, love, hope, and fear. The film is based on a Ed Graczyk’s 1976 stage-pl...
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The Doors: The Final Cut
With films celebrating the lives of Freddie Mercury and Elton John currently doing big business StudioCanal’s 4k restoration of Oliver Stone’s seminal Jim Morrison biopic couldn’t be more timely— or more impressive. Remastered ...
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Mummy Mania
Discoveries in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in the 19th Century captured the public’s imagination as never before. From mummy unwrapping parties to huge, travelling exhibitions, Victorian Britain revelled in mummy mania—and the ...
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Men in Black Are Back
Directed by F. Gary Gray (Fast & Furious) and set within the universe of the three previous films, MIB: International features a star-studded cast including Chris Hemsworth (Avengers), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Emma ...
