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Point Blank - 1960s neo-noir starring Lee Marvin, £11.99 on DVD. Limited Stocks

Point Blank - 1960s neo-noir starring Lee Marvin, £11.99 on DVD. Limited Stocks

Alexander Ballinger on 23rd May

With its powerhouse performance from Lee Marvin as a man relentlessly seeking retribution in a modernist LA, Point Blank holds its own against Antonioni and Roeg, writes Alexander Ballinger.

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Cannes 2013 - Soderbergh's Behind The Candelabra and the Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis

Cannes 2013 - Soderbergh's Behind The Candelabra and the Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis

Alexander Ballinger on 23rd May / comments

MovieMail’s man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports on the two latest front runners for the coveted Palme d’Or award.

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The Hangover Part III: the final drops?

The Hangover Part III: the final drops?

Mike McCahill on 23rd May / comments

Having recovered from the exertions of Bangkok in Part II, the Wolf Pack return to Vegas for what we’re promised will be the final instalment in the wildly successful comedy franchise. Please, let it be so, implores Mike McCahill.

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Epic: eats, shoots and leaves

Epic: eats, shoots and leaves

Mike McCahill on 23rd May / comments

The latest digimation to pass along the Fox factory line peers into the forest to chart a battle between the forces of nature and decay. Pretty though it is, it doesn’t really live up to its title, says Mike McCahill.

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Django Unchained - Tarantino's Oscar winner, from £13.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

Django Unchained - Tarantino's Oscar winner, from £13.99 on DVD & Blu-ray

on 23rd May

Spaghetti western meets blaxploitation in Tarantino's irreverent, bloody and entertaining film that sees Jamie Foxx's freed slave try to rescue his wife from a merciless plantation owner.

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Cannes Notes and News 22nd May

Cannes Notes and News 22nd May

Laurence Boyce on 22nd May / comments

Today: Todd Haynes and Ozu. Sadly not collaborating (which would be a bit difficult to be honest).

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Actors - Career Criminals

Actors - Career Criminals

James Oliver on 22nd May / comments

What did William Hartnell do before Doctor Who? Like many British actors, he appeared in low-budget crime films. James surveys the varied appearances of a few well-known faces before they became familiar.

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The Dam Busters - 70th anniversary of the famous raid

The Dam Busters - 70th anniversary of the famous raid

on 22nd May

Seventy years on from the raid on German dams, revisit the classic WWII film on special edition DVD and Blu-ray.

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Broadchurch - the complete, enthralling crime mystery drama, £18.99 on DVD

Broadchurch - the complete, enthralling crime mystery drama, £18.99 on DVD

on 22nd May

Olivia Colman and David Tennant star in this emotionally involving, nation-gripping crime mystery that begins with a missing child and was described as Britain's answer to The Killing.

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Cannes 2013 - Soderbergh's Behind The Candelabra and the Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis

Alexander Ballinger on 23rd May / comments

MovieMail’s man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports on the two latest front runners for the coveted Palme d’Or award.

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Cannes Notes and News 22nd May

Laurence Boyce on 22nd May / comments

Today: Todd Haynes and Ozu. Sadly not collaborating (which would be a bit difficult to be honest).

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Actors - Career Criminals

James Oliver on 22nd May / comments

What did William Hartnell do before Doctor Who? Like many British actors, he appeared in low-budget crime films. James surveys the varied appearances of a few well-known faces before they became familiar.

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Cannes 2013 - A Touch of Sin and The Past

Alexander Ballinger on 21st May / comments

MovieMail’s man on the Croisette, Alexander Ballinger reports mid-Festival on two likely candidates for the Palme d’Or...

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Cannes Notes and News 20th May

Laurence Boyce on 20th May / comments

Today: Keanu Reeves and Emir Kusturica continue to make unlikely bedfellows for introductory paragraphs.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sitcom Spin-off

Julian Upton on 20th May / comments

With The Lovers! released next week as part of The British Film collection, Julian visits the much maligned field of 1970s sitcom spin-offs and finds a trio of gems amongst the trips to the Costa del Sol.

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