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Nomadland – Made for the Big Screen
Deservedly showered in Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Independent Spirit Awards, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is a film that everyone needs to see. At its core a beautiful and poetic snapshot of a way of life that is rare...
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Saw – A Horror Legend Revisited
With the ninth film in the series – Spiral: From the Book of Saw – now in cinemas, Lionsgate Home Entertainment have reissued the first eight films in the Saw series on DVD and Blu-ray, in The Legacy Collection. Sta...
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A Teen Classic Double Bill
This month brings back to home entertainment not one but two of the finest teen comedies to ever grace cinema, both boasting gorgeous new masters and special features. Both equally influential titles in the subgenre, these film...
DVD And Blu-ray
The Sting
It really is a fantastic time to have a 4K set-up. The sheer number of catalogue releases hitting shelves these days is staggering, with some of the finest films in cinema history joining the format each week. Universal Home En...
DVD And Blu-ray
Saw (4K UHD)
With the long-delayed ninth film in the series Spiral due for theatrical release when cinemas reopen next week, Lionsgate Home Entertainment have made the excellent decision to remind us how it all began with a 4K UHD debut for...
Film
End of Sentence
While most weepy dramas go all-out with overtly heavy-handed themes and powerhouse performances, the more impactful are often the quieter films. Indie filmmaker Elfar Adalsteins makes his directorial debut with this poignant an...
DVD And Blu-ray
A Glitch in the Matrix
Rodney Ascher is quickly becoming one of our finest documentary filmmakers, bringing an almost auteur vision to the format. Whether he is bringing things that go bump in the night to life in The Nightmare, exploring the hidden ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Battle Royale (4K UHD)
Arrow Video are truly spoiling us at the moment. One of the first boutique labels to make the move over to 4K UHD, they’ve been passionately bringing some unforgettable cult cinema to the sparkling premium format. Their latest ...
Features
Raw Limited Edition Blu-ray Unboxing
One of the most disturbing and original horrors in recent cinematic memory, Raw gets a hugely welcome Limited Edition release thanks to the brilliant Second Sight Films. Julia Ducournau‘s film charts a young veterinary student...
Features
Jack Ryan Revisted
With lockdown giving us plenty of time for binging all the film franchises that passed us by over the years, I decided it was time to finally fill in the blanks in my Jack Ryan watchlist and delve into the five films that Tom C...
