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Ritchie Valens’s The Complete Ritchie Valens, limited edition DVD

Posted on 14th January 2022 by David Kidney

Tell me all you know about Ritchie Valens! … umh … “La Bamba” right? … Airplane crash … and that’s about it! Well, there is a story to tell about Ritchie Valens and a new DVD from Whirlwind Media tells … Continue reading →

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Ronald Schwartz’s Neo-Noir: The New Film Noir Style From Psycho to Collateral

Posted on 13th January 2022 by Diverse Voices

Craig Clarke wrote this review. Ronald Schwartz is a film scholar with several books to his name. His main specialty is Latin American cinema, but he also holds a place in his heart for film noir of the past and … Continue reading →

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Underworld: Evolution

Posted on 26th October 2021 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

Ever since the first Underworld came out, there has been talk of a sequel. Director Len Wiseman has often said that the story he wanted to tell was too big to be told in one film, so another was planned, almost … Continue reading →

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Posted on 26th October 2021 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

As children, we all thought about things living in our closet, underneath the bed, or in the basement. Dark, scary things that made us jump into bed, calling for our parents when things became too much to bear. As we … Continue reading →

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Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Posted on 31st August 2021 by Diverse Voices

Craig Clarke wrote this review. Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again, Did Sweeney, Did Sweeney Todd, The demon … Continue reading →

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Constantine

Posted on 4th June 2021 by Diverse Voices

Rebecca Scott penned this review. Anybody who reads DC’s Vertigo line of comics will be familiar with him: a trench-coated Sting look-alike with a Liverpuddlian accent, a Silk Cut cigarette dangling from his lip, a hoard of dead friends, and … Continue reading →

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes DVD

Posted on 22nd April 2021 by Diverse Voices

Chuck Lipsig penned this review. Each generation has its own Sherlock Holmes. I remember my father and uncle introducing me to theirs at an early age. Basil Rathbone embodied the practical side of Holmes: unafraid of physical work and with … Continue reading →

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The Sherlock Feature Film Collection: The Last Vampyre , The Eligible Bachelor , The Master Blackmailer ,The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles,

Posted on 22nd April 2021 by Diverse Voices

Chuck Lipsig penned this review. Each generation has its own Sherlock Holmes. With all due respect to William Gillette and Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett is my generation’s, as well as my personal favorite (though I must admit the radio series … Continue reading →

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Hellboy

Posted on 22nd April 2021 by Mia

I really, really don’t like comic book adaptation films. I hated Christopher Reeves and the Superman films, the Batman films (with the exception of Batman Returns, which I liked due to Catwoman and the Penguin) made me cringe, and X-Men … Continue reading →

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Posted on 30th March 2021 by Diverse Voices

Craig Clarke penned this review. Seven-Per-Cent Solution describes the events of Sherlock Holmes’ life between “The Final Problem” and “The Empty House”, as well as explaining Holmes’ dislike of women and his hate for Professor Moriarty (Holmes’ mathematics tutor and … Continue reading →

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