Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Network over Rocky for Best Picture
Graeme Robertson on why Network should have won Best Picture at the 49th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1976 were a rarity, in that, almost all of the nominees for Best Picture are truly excellent and have gone on to become celebrated classics. While Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky ultimately triumphed against its formidable […]
Blu-ray Review – Network (1976)
Network, 1976. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Ned Beatty, Wesley Addy, Cindy Grover, Beatrice Straight and Ken Kercheval. SYNOPSIS: When a news anchorman threatens to kill himself on air the corporate bodies find every way they can to exploit his rantings for ratings. It’s amazing to think […]
The Week in Blu-Ray: UK Edition – Paddington, The Drop, The Homesman, Network, Rollerball
Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis continues his weekly look at all things Blu-ray… Paddington Talk about your Christmas blockbusters. One of the UK’s biggest films of last year, Paddington charmed the crowds to the tune of £37 million, and became Studio Canal’s biggest film ever beating out last year’s Non Stop with a worldwide gross […]
Arrow Video announces new Blu-ray releases for early 2015
Cult British distributors Arrow Film and Video recently announced some more exciting new titles are coming soon to their already stellar Blu-ray catalogue, which includes some more classic films. In amongst the new set of releases include Sidney Lumet’s critically-acclaimed Network, Norman Jewison’s sci-fi actioner Rollerball and Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success. All will […]