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Monday, October 3, 2011: TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (Australia, 2010) 6/10 Wednesday, October 5, 2011: HEREAFTER (USA, 2010) 5/10 Sunday, October 9, 2011: THE DOWNFALL OF BERLIN: ANONYMA (Germany/Poland, 2008) 8/10 Wednesday, October 26, 2011: STONE (USA, 2010)...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

Thursday, October 13, 2011: THE SECRET OF NIMH (BD, Region ABC, USA) Monday, October 24, 2011: WAKING THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES NINE (DVD, Region 2, UK)...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Blu-ray / DVD

Spine-tingling seasonal greetings to you, faithful readers! Tonight's spooktacular viewing aboard the HMS Whimsy shall consist of: SCREAM 4 (Wes Craven, 2011) - Despite the negative word of mouth, I'm doing my best to keep an open mind about this...

Posted at 12:36 PM in General

The film: THE AMERICAN is described as a "sexy suspense thriller" on the back cover, but I'd be lying if I said I found it particularly suspenseful or particularly thrilling. The "sexy" component is provided by a variety of glamorous...

Posted at 12:22 PM in BD Impressions

(DVD, 2 Entertain, Region 2, UK) Speaking of series that recently came to an end... It's the only standard definition DVD I've bought this year, by the way....

Posted at 8:51 PM in DVD

...and R.I.P. SPOOKS. Thank you for ten hair-raising years of quality TV....

Posted at 1:59 PM in Television

(BD, 20th Century Fox/MGM, Region ABC, USA) A freebie via the PlanetAxel rewards scheme. (Did I mention I really, really don't like the cover art?) It's coded for all regions, by the way, despite being labelled as Region A...

Posted at 10:52 AM in Blu-ray

The film: I've always thought TORSO was the missing link between the giallo and the later US slasher movie movement, far more so than the usually cited BAY OF BLOOD. (Mikel J. Koven makes a similar argument in his book...

Posted at 11:09 PM in BD Impressions