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Secretary

Secretary Director – Steven Shainberg – 2002 – US – Cert. 18 – 106m ***** A Snake Of June (Rokugatsu No Hebi, 六月の蛇) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 77m ***** Double DVD review originally published in Third Way, February 2004. The cover image (rear view of a female […]

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Sleepy Hollow

Director – Tim Burton – 1999 – US – 15 – 105 mins *** A nineteenth century policeman must solve a series of gruesome murders allegedly by a headless horseman wielding a sword – in cinemas from Friday, January 7th 2000. Tim Burton’s last few movies have been a real treat, but this adaptation of […]

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White Squall

UK PAL Laserdisc review SURROUND SOUND MOVIE OF THE MONTH Dir Ridley Scott (1996) Starring Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf, Balthazar Getty, Ryan Phillipe Dur 124min Dist Encore; £26.99 Cert 12 DS Widescreen 1961 and a group of final year High School students sign up for a yacht cruise halfway round the world […]

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Blade Runner –
The Director’s Cut

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 30 1993
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The Director’s Cut

Director – Ridley Scott – 1993 (1982) – US – 15 – 116 mins 29 secs ***** DO FILM EXECS DREAM OF ELECTRIC UNICORNS? One of the two main motivating forces behind the current Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1992) – the other was Videodrome, (David Cronenberg, 1983) – Blade Runner turns up in […]

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Gladiator
(1992)

Director – Rowdy Herrington – 1992 – US – Cert. 15 – 101m ** UK theatrical release: June 26th, 1992. PLOT Hitting on hard times, loner Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is living in a low life neighbourhood on Chicago’s South Side. High school days are punctuated by fights during the breaks; at night, Pappy Jack […]

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Witness

UK PAL laserdisc review. Originally published on London Calling Internet. Distributor Pioneer LDCE £19.99 BBFC Certificate 15 Director Peter Weir (1985) Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover Running Time 108 min Dolby Surround Widescreen: 1.85:1 Chaptered? Yes CLV 2 Sides First American movie by Australian director Weir was also Ford’s first attempt […]

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Black Rain

Director – Ridley Scott – 1989 – US – 15 – 120 ** UK Release date: January 26th 1990. On paper, Ridley Scott’s Black Rain reads like a winner: a police action thriller with Michael Douglas and sidekick Andy Garcia (then a little known star in the ascendant) as an NYPD cop hunting a villain […]

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Batman
(1989)

Director – Tim Burton – 1989 – US – 12 – 126 mins **** Batman amalgamates Blade Runner, Brazil, Star Wars and Vertigo while giving more screen time to its villain than its title character – UK release: August 11th, 1989 “What kind of a world is this where a man in a bat costume […]

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