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Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)
2 Feb 2011
Stands alongside Suspiria as one of Dario Argento’s mid-career peak films
(18) 121/100min (Arrow) Deep Red stands beside such work as The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Suspiria as the most interesting of Dario Argento’s mid-career peak films. Its captivating visuals, all clean lines, whites and chromes contrasting…
Ving Rhames gives compelling performance as Sonny Liston in Phantom Punch
2 Feb 2011
Poor supporting performances dog gangster movie by numbers
(15) 100min (Metrodome) Perhaps the most duplicitous aspect of Robert Townsend’s account of the life of heavyweight champ Sonny Liston is the title itself. Liston’s rematch with Mohammed Ali ended early with a punch that simply didn’t look like a…
1964 version of The Thin Red Line is a workmanlike war movie
2 Feb 2011
Original film bludgeons home madness of war message of James Jones' novel
(12) 95min (Optimum) The central message of James Jones’ source novel – war is insane and it turns soldiers into mad men – was somewhat lost amid the seemingly endless scenes of marines wading through long grass in Terrence Malick’s quasi-mystical…
Series 1 of Gary Tank Commander released on DVD
2 Feb 2011
Greg McHugh' slightly dim, highly camp Edinburgher
(15) 180min (2entertain) The idea of a slightly dim, highly camp Edinburgher in the armed services sounds like it has the potential to be either massively offensive or a spot-on critique of military politics. The ultimately affectionate Gary Tank…
K-20: The Legend of the Black Mask
2 Feb 2011
Japanese take on vintage crime-fighter serials boasts evocative steampunk setting
(12) 137min (Manga Entertainment) Forget about the duff Green Hornet, this Japanese take on vintage crime-fighter serials – The Shadow, The Rocketeer, The Phantom et al – is far more entertaining. The year is 1949, but it’s an alternate reality in…
