On DVD and Blu-Ray
State of Play
In 2003 the BBC created a thriller that instantly received critical acclaim from many of Britain’s newspapers. Now Hollywood has got its mitts on it.
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Angels and Demons
Struggles to keep you entertained for a sluggish two hours of film.
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Three Monkeys
Three Monkeys is beautiful and captivating. Set in the dusty, hectic Turkish city Istanbul, the rushing trains and the honking cars lay in contrast to the still, lonely lives of the three main characters.
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In The Loop
Politicians lie, cheat, ass-kiss and then lie some more, just to get ahead. And there you have the basic premise to Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop.
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Delta
The themes of man’s attempts to tame nature have been done much better in many other films, notably Deliverance which covers much of the same ground.
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Doubt
Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, Doubt contains a fiercely strong cast, well capable of meeting the demands of a character-driven tale of morality and manipulation.
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The Yes Men Fix the World
Two culture-jamming activists concentrate on exposing greed and hypocrisy in big business by making false announcements on behalf of companies they feel deserve it.
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Che: Part One
During a gestation period of seven years, Soderbergh decided to concentrate his film on one period of Che’s life, in particular Che’s ill-fated attempt to take over Bolivia.
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Che: Part Two
Whereas Part One concentrated on Che’s early revolutionary exploits, Part Two focuses on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s final mission to Bolivia where he plans to bring down a cruel right-wing government.
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The Class
This is preoccupied with the relationship between the teacher and the pupil, the adult and the child, that doesn’t fit into any clichés but instead depicts classroom scenes and staff room encounters with a genuine effortlessness.
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