 DVD Picks
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Bad Timing (Umbrella February 2008)
This erotic thriller set in Vienna is another terrific flick from master European director NICOLAS ROEG (Don't Look Now,Walkabout)
This flick has ART GARFUNKEL (yes he does act a bit....seen him in CARNAL KNOWLEDGE?) being interrogated by detective HARVEY KIETEL over his turbulent relationship with THERESA RUSSELL.
This flick was released in 1980 and is released on dvd with deleted scenes!
BAD TIMING is one of many NICOLAS ROEG flicks that stars Theresa Russell. (They are husband and wife after all!)
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Festen (Umbrella January 2008)
Searing Danish drama about personal conflicts and fallouts at a family celebration.
Festen was one of the best exanples of the DOGME manifesto and features brilliant performances from its ensemble and, thanks to director THOMAS VINTERBERG'S hand held camera approach, is steeped in realism.
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Umbrella January 2008)
This never been released docu-drama grittily traces a famous murder case in New Zealand.
An understated but engrossing Aussie flick which stars JOHN HARGREAVES and DAVID HEMMINGS and is definitely worth watching!
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Soylent Green (Warner Brothers January 2008)
This cautionary futuristic flick from 1973 completes the impressive CHUCK HESTON triology of environmentally conscious sci fi flicks (PLANET OF THE APES,THE OMEGA MAN)
Worth checking out for the feature lengthy comentary by director RICHARD FLEISCHER and cast.
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Badlands (Warner DVD August 2008)
This landmark crime drama is directed by maverick director TERRENCE MALICK and stars a young MARTIN SHEEN and SISSY SPACEK as homicidal lovers.
This 1973 cult classic features superb cinematography and is often compared to the seminal "Bonnie and Clyde."
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Endless Night (Universal September 2008)
This lurid thriller and Agatha Christie adaptation stars Hayley Mills,Hywell Bennett and Britt Eckland and is both visually sumptuous and unpredictable.
Hywell bennett and Hayley Mills both starred in the creepy "TWISTED NERVE" and comedy "THE FAMILY WAY" previous to this little known but creepy mystery.
This DVD is part of the "AGATHA CHRISTIE" DVD collection series.
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The Mechanic (Beyond Home Entertainment September 2008)
The late Charles Bronson plays a hired assassin who teams up with a brash young protege played by a wooden Jan Micael-Vincent.
Brit helmer Michael Winner directs this dated but intriguing action thriller which has a terrific twist in its tail.
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Communion (Shock September 2008)
Aussie director Phillipe Mora directs this screen version of author Whitley Streiber's "true" story about his alien abduction.
Christopher Walken stars in this stylish and intruiging 1989 drama and sci fi story.
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The Island (Shock September 2008)
Michael Caine stars in this tawdry action adventure about a group of rampaging pirates.
Michael Ritchie directs this violent thriller which is yet another screen adaptation of a Peter Benchley nautical thriller.
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Joe (Shock October 2008)
Peter Boyle stars as the vengeful title character who goes in search of a missing girl and ,while doing so, infiltrates hippie culture.
This landmark anti-establishment movie from 1970 also stars Susan Sarandon and is directed by John G. Avildsen.
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Dominick And Eugene (Shock November 2008)
Ray Liotta plays against type (for a change) as a big hearted med student who cares for his handicapped brother (Tom Hulce.)
Jamie Lee Curtis co-stars in this well acted, sentimental but never schmaltzy '80s character study.
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