Review Archive: November 2009
Original Spider-man - Season 1, Volume 1
All together now: "Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a Spider can..."...
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
25 years prior to winning an Oscar for the poetic Departures, Yojiro Takita has been cutting his teeth on Pink Cinema. We go back to his roots for Pink Eiga's latest offering. ...
BFI Film Noir Classics
The BFI brings together four Film Noirs in this hugely enjoyable collection.
O' Horten
A quirky, low-key Scandinavian comedy from Bent Hamer, director of Kitchen Stories. Noel Megahey reviews the Artificial Eye release.
The Samuel Fuller Collection
Cigar and pistol in hand, clydefro takes a deep breath to review the seven films comprising Sony's Sam Fuller box set.
Oasis
Kev reviews one of the best films of the decade as it finds itself a UK home courtesy of Third Window Films. ...
Lisbon Story
Wim Wenders revisits Lisbon and meets Manoel de Oliviera in his 1995 film, a light and enteraining attempt to explore and define cinema. Noel Megahey reviews.
For All Mankind
Compiled from hours of original NASA footage, For All Mankind is a remarkable documentary about the Apollo Moon landings. Gary Couzens reviews the DVD release from Eureka's Masters of Cinema series.
Orphan
The trailer irritated adoption groups and triggered the label of "anti-adoption movie", but does Jaume Collet-Serra's Orphan provide entertainment value? Mark Lee investigates.
The Last Metro (Le dernier métro)
Gary Couzens continues his look at the films of François Truffaut with The Last Metro (Le dernier Métro), a drama set in occupied Paris in 1942 which was the biggest commercial success of the director's career.
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Kev looks at another bizarre wrestling comedy from Japan, available to own now from Discotek Media. ...
The Moon in the Gutter
Jean Jacques Beneix' film deals with passion, loss and revenge in his inimitably passionate style. John reviews the US disc
The Exiles
Mike Sutton looks at Milestone's excellent DVD release of this rarely-seen film about Native American Indians in LA.
Star Trek XI (2-Disc Edition)
The final frontier gets a reboot, out on R2UK DVD today. Matt Shingleton tackles Paramount's 2-Disc release....
The Tournament
Kelly Hu and Robert Carlyle kick arse for the lord - sort of. We take a look at Scott Mann's ridiculously violent debut feature which sees the world's greatest assassins take on each other in....Middl...
The Wizard Of Oz
Mike Sutton updates Eamonn McCusker's review of this wonderful film with a look at the new 4-disc Special Edition.
Bleach Series 04 Part 01
The Soul Society arc is over, so let the fillers commence in Bleach Series 04 Part 01. Matt Shingleton braves the storm of mediocrity....
Captain Berlin Versus Hitler
Get ready as Germany's one and only super-hero takes on a horde of bizarre villainy in Jörg Buttgereit's comeback feature stage-play type film thingy. ...
Last Chance Harvey
Mike Sutton looks at Momentum's recent release of this charming romantic comedy.
Ghost Story
Stephen Week's homegrown horror from the seventies. John reviews the forthcoming Nucleus release...
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I
After a long wait, Sony finally releases some film noir, including a trio of prime titles never before on DVD - The Sniper, Murder by Contract and The Lineup - in a new set, reviewed here by clydefro.
Naruto Unleashed Series 7:2
Anko’s secret past as Orochimaru’s pupil is explored in the latest volume of Naruto. Out now on R2UK DVD from Manga.
Rider on the Rain (Le passager de la pluie)
Charles Bronson stars in Rider on the Rain, a Hitchcockian thriller directed in 1970 by René Clément. Optimum's DVD includes both the English and the French versions of the film. Review by Gary Couzens.
Shirin
Shirin, Abbas Kiarostami's meditation on Iranian womanhood, is released on DVD by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens.
X - Volume 2
The apocalypse is coming, but the 2001 OVA adaptation of CLAMP's manga series is taking its time getting there. Noel Megahey reviews the second batch of episodes.