Category Archives: DVDs

by | October 19, 2009

Review: Coraline (PG) – Bluray/DVD

By Adam Roche Henry Selick is one of those heroes of Hollywood who largely go unsung. Take the other film he’s known for. It’s still inconceivable to me that all this time later, people still think Tim Burton directed ‘The … Continue reading →

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by | September 21, 2009

The Random Box Review – Supergirl

Hurrah! Apparently, under the water, there is another universe, you betcha! It looks like a plastic bag being stretched out from the inside by lots of drinking straws. Mia Farrow lives there along with her new husband who looks nothing … Continue reading →

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by | September 3, 2009

The Random Box Review – Star Trek 2: the Wrath Of Khan

I must admit to feeling a little teary eyed when The Random Box ejaculated this week’s selection into my hand. Time has been kind to the second of the Star Trek movies. It is fondly remembered by nearly everyone as … Continue reading →

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by | August 26, 2009

The Random Box Review: Rasputin The Mad Monk

Reader, come with me if you will on a journey. It is a journey fraught with danger, bloodshed and clattering pain. You will gasp, your hand will close over your mouth in disbelief, your eyes will goggle, and as the … Continue reading →

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by | August 25, 2009

Review: Knowing (15)

Oh Cage, how you have fallen. A face once so bright and shiny like a new penny, now so shrivelled and bald like a shrivelled bald horse’s face. Yes, it’s official, Nicolas Cage is pretty shat these days. He used … Continue reading →

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by | August 22, 2009

The Random Box Review: Quicksand

There are some people in this world who are not built for the role they have been given. Orlando Bloom is a good example, the scrawny girl-faced dearie who for a spell was constantly placed in the role of swashbuckler, … Continue reading →

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by | August 20, 2009

The Random Box

My DVD collection is way out of hand. I now have over 2,000 individual discs, making up some 1,300 separate pieces of entertainment. I also have a small house, in which far too many people live. Space is something we … Continue reading →

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by | August 16, 2009

Review: Let The Right One In (15)

And so born from a vampire movie, comes a love story between two outcasts who simply want to be together. That the movie is at once terrifying, heartbreaking and utterly beautiful, should be enough to convince you of my heartfelt devotion to it’s dark charms. Continue reading →

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