Battle Royale. A title that has shocked, thrilled and unnerved audiences. A film whose fiendishly simplepremise has inspired many imitations, including the upcoming The Hunger Games motion picture. Based on the 1999 global best-seller by Koushun Takami, the futuristic tale first came to the screen in 2000, directed by the legendary Kinju Fukasaku. Authors, filmmakers and film [...]

Woody Allen and DP Gordon Willis treat New York City as if they were portraying a beautiful woman: every shape, shadow, form and movement are displayed through the stunning high contrast only black and white cinema is capable of. The iconic George Gershwin score in the opening sequence describes a city that goes from being [...]

Directed by Robert Lee King, BAD ACTRESS is a comedy about a has-been TV star’s career that gets re-ignited when she’s accused of killing her husband. Beth Broderick (Fools Rush In), plays the main lead looking incredible, and bringing an engaging performance of a character that goes from being completely cold to suddenly explode in [...]

While not a true Blu-ray set, I felt like this release was better reviewed together because of one reason: Alfred Hitchcock. These are some of his earlier films, and they hadn’t yet seen blu-ray release, and yet, there may not have been a major clamoring for them either. It’s true, none of these are on [...]