MovieMail Blog

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.

Read

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...

Read

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.

DVD

Phantom Lady - classic film noir from Robert Siodmak, £8.99 on DVD

Phantom Lady - classic film noir from Robert Siodmak, £8.99 on DVD

Rick Burin on 24th May

Siodmak's first excursion into noir is an atmospheric nerve-shredder that, at its best, matches other shadow-drenched fare from the same year such as Double Indemnity, writes Rick Burin.

DVD

Aurora - perhaps the definitive feature of the Romanian New Wave, £11.99 on DVD

Aurora - perhaps the definitive feature of the Romanian New Wave, £11.99 on DVD

Mike McCahill on 24th May

This study of a man driven to extremes from Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu) tells a tale of compellingly ordinary madness. It's perversely fascinating viewing, writes Mike McCahill.

DVD

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.

Read

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

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.

DVD

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).

Read

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.

Read

The Dam Busters - 70th anniversary of the famous raid

The Dam Busters - 70th anniversary of the famous raid

22nd May

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

DVD

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

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

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.

DVD

Cannes News and Notes 21st May

Cannes News and Notes 21st May

Laurence Boyce on 21st May / comments

Today: Soderbergh, Moodysson and Dracula. Spot the odd one out.

Read

Cannes 2013 - A Touch of Sin and The Past

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...

Read

Arthouse Paradise - over 150 DVDs £6.99 each

Arthouse Paradise - over 150 DVDs £6.99 each

21st May

Find the hallowed ground of cinema with our sale of over 150 excellent arthouse DVDs, all £6.99 each. There's plenty to lift the spirits here, including recent releases like the wild ride of Holy Motors, Sally Potter's evocative and beautifully-shot p...

View Special Offer