Directed by Roy Ward Baker, this 1971 Hammer take on Robert Louis Stevenson adds a gender twist to the classic story.
Comic Review by Julia Scheele
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde is released in the UK by Optimum Home Entertainment on 5 April 2010. For more information on Julia Scheele, go to poweredbyrobots.co.uk.
Sophie Barthes’s metaphysical comedy Cold Souls stars Paul Giamatti as an actor who can’t act and tries to solve the problem by having his soul removed.
Comic Review by Philip Spence
Cold Souls is released in the UK by indi VISION on 15 March 2010. For more information on Philip Spence, go to philipspence.com or ninjabunny.com.
Asian Horror: The Essential Collection brings together three acclaimed Asian horror films, featuring Takashi Miike’s Audition (1999), the Pang brothers’ The Eye (2002) and Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water (2002).
Comic Review by Dan Lester -
Asian Horror - The Essential Collection
Asian Horror: The Essential Collection was released in the UK by Palisades Tartan on 26 October 2009. For more information on Dan Lester, go to monkeysmightpuke.com.
Blackmail, murder, brutality, manipulation: Otto Preminger’s noir world view is at its darkest and most compelling in Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) and Whirlpool (1949).
Comic Review by Hannah Berry
Film Noir Classics brings together four classic titles from two masters of the genre: Fallen Angels (Otto Preminger, 1945); Whirlpool (Otto Preminger, 1949); Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger, 1950). It is available now on DVD in the UK from the BFI. Hannah Berry is the author of noir graphic novel Britten and Brulightly.
Blackmail, murder, brutality, manipulation: Otto Preminger’s noir world view is at its darkest and most compelling in Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) and Whirlpool (1949).
Comic Review by Mark Stafford
Film Noir Classics brings together four classic titles from two masters of the genre: Fallen Angels (Otto Preminger, 1945); Whirlpool (Otto Preminger, 1949); Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger, 1950). It is available now on DVD in the UK from the BFI. For more information on Mark Stafford, go to hocus-baloney.com.
A Deviant View of Cinema – Film, DVD & Book Reviews
