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Four Weddings And A Funeral (Blu-ray)

February 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Andie MacDowell, Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow
Director: Mike Newell
Running Time: 112 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: 2012, February 6th

“Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.”

It may be the most vomit-inducing line in modern cinema, to the point that it’s rather overshadowed people’s opinions of the movie. The fact is that beyond that moment, Four Weddings & A Funeral is a rather wry, witty, sweet and somewhat subversive romantic comedy. Indeed it’s the fact that it doesn’t take the usual route of generic rom-coms that turned it into a huge hit, which on its release became one of the biggest movies ever at the UK box office.

If you haven’t seen it, the title is very literal, as the film takes place over the course of four weddings and a funeral, as we chart the course of the relationship between Charles (Grant) and Carrie (MacDowell), who meet at the first wedding and take a rather unusual romantic course through the other ceremonies. [Read more…]

Thelma & Louise (Blu-ray)

February 8, 2012 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt
Director: Ridley Scott
Running Time: 124 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: February 6th, 2012

21 years after the release of Thelma & Louise, it’s rather sad that women’s position in film, both in front of and behind the camera, hasn’t changed all that much. When it first appeared in cinemas, the film was treated like it was going to be a new dawn for women in the movies, but little has changed.

In fact, other than the great movie itself, Thelma & Louise’s most lasting legacy is Brad Pitt, who might never have hit the big time if he hadn’t gotten the chance to be unfeasibly hot and sexy in this (he very nearly didn’t, as William Baldwin initially landed the role, but dropped out after he was cast in Backdraft). Thank God he did get the role, as few people have ever been so breathtakingly sexy in what is actually a very small role. [Read more…]

Legend (Blu-ray)

February 8, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry
Director: Ridley Scott
Running Time: 89 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: February 6th, 2012

If movies were judged purely on how pretty they look, Ridley Scott’s 1985 movie Legend would undoubtedly be considered one of the greatest films of all time. As you’d therefore hope, it looks utterly amazing on Blu-ray, to the point where some scenes are truly mesmerising.

The plot and other aspects of the film sadly remain somewhat problematic. However, with the European Theatrical Cut included on the disc beside the more recently rediscovered Director’s Cut version, you do get a hint that Legend could have been something truly special on all counts, but whether due to the script, story or studio interference, it never quite made it. [Read more…]

Teen Wolf (Blu-ray)

February 5, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Jerry Levine, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti
Director: Rod Daniel
Running Time: 92 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: February 6th, 2012

If someone at your school turned into a werewolf halfway through a basketball game, do you reckon everyone would have been okay with it as long as they played the sport better? When rewatching Teen Wolf, I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if Michael J. Fox’s hoop dreams hadn’t improved by getting hairy. The film kind of gives the impression it might have been pitchforks and silver bullets time.

But that’s the thing with Teen Wolf. It’s a stunningly silly movie, where nobody acts in ways real human beings do, but which gets by and is deemed worth giving a HD release to 28-years-on, due to its charm, sense of humour and warm-heartedness. [Read more…]