There have been many films that have brutally depicted the horrors of war, but the ripples during this time of conflict were felt far beyond the battleground. Released on DVD and Blu Ray for the first time this week is Rene Clement’s classic Forbidden Games. This project started life as part of a trilogy of short [...]

Having crafted the near perfect Talented Mr Ripley adaptation with Purple Noon in 1960 and The Love Cage starring Jane Fonda in 1964, director Réné Clément continued his pursuit to be the French Alfred Hitchcock style thriller with The Deadly Trap. Starring Faye Dunaway and Frank Langella this twist filled suspense movie doesn’t quite reach [...]

You wait ages for a good Alfred Hitchcock bio-pic and two come along at the same time, Sacha Gervasi’ big screen take starring Anthony Hopkins as the legendary filmmaker arrives next month but HBO’s The Girl was shown on Boxing Day and is now out on DVD. Focusing on the intense and possessive relationship Hitchcock had [...]

We are living in the age of the musical. With our television screens dominated by Glee, and Les Miserables soon to hit cinemas this month, we have been bombarded in recent years by films from Rock of Ages to Burlesque, and now Pitch Perfect. Directed by Jason Moore, Pitch Perfect stars Anna Kendrick as a [...]

Well here it is, the penultimate entry in this year-long challenge and I find myself returning to a movie I watched and reviewed last year on my Boxing Day Binge. It’s one that never fails to remind me of Christmas and this year my Dad was channel surfing just as The First Great Train Robbery [...]