Recent content by seanJ

"The Dead" is a fabulous picture, the last great film from a great director - it`s fully deserving of special edition treatment on DVD. Like all great filmakers` who`ve had long careers Huston had a few misfires, but even some of his lesser movies such "The Mackintosh Man" and "Reflections In...

Brosnan should play bond at least one more time. Eon may produce the films, but if Sony are stumping up most of the budget they are going to want who they deem will give them the best return on their investment. So given that each new Brosnan Bond movie outgrosses it`s predecessor(at least...

Good to see this one surface on dvd..... I remember "Inserts" coming out in the UK in 1976, it got a few bookings only - it presumably wouldn`t have been released at all outside the USA if "Jaws" hadn`t hit. Liked the poster tagline - "They made dirty movies but their lives were dirtier...

Gordon, that`s a great list. Would especially like to see something better done for "Sweet Smell Of Success" and "In The Heat Of The Night". Incidentally, the current region 1 "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot" would appear to be missing some scenes if the running time stated on the box is correct...

Not on my particular wishlist, but the use of the `Stones "Gimme Shelter" was inspired. Wasn`t that episode directed by Kathryn Bigelow? Regards

Can`t wait to get "Bad Timing" in a decent widescreen edition. I was recently lucky enough to attend a talk given by Nicolas Roeg at the Hay Festival (following a screening of the brilliant "Performance")which was interspersed by clips from his films - the snippet from "Bad Timing" was sourced...

Good to see "Torture Garden" get a release, I`m a sucker for the Amicus horror anthologies and I`ve only seen this one once before. As for "The Fog", I haven`t seen the current U.S. disc but the region 2 looks fine to my eyes, so won`t be double dipping on this title. Regards

Gordon Thanks for the info re "Long Weekend", I`ll make a point of seeking out this dvd, it`ll be especially interesting to see this in it`s originally intended widescreen ratio. It must be 20 years since I saw this movie on tv, but it lingers in the memory, like many Australian movies of...

I`ve never seen "Outback" though I think it may have aired on UK tv once upon a time..... which is how I saw "Long Weekend" an atmospheric piece which I`d like to see again. Dvd releases of both would be most welcome. Regards

A few months ago I picked up "The Dirty Dozen" reg 2 as part of a fortnightly "War Movie Classics" series with a (quite interesting) magazine about the making of the film. Oddly the packaging stated the dvd was presented in 2:35 widescreen. Knowing the original aspect ratio was @1:85 I assumed...

Agree that the Dolby Digital track on "The Long Kiss Goodnight" is a kicker. I also thought the full screen presentation one of the more satisfying of it`s kind, the compositions just seemed better than the widescreen version, even if that`s how Harlan intended it to be seen. In fact, this...

"Hawk The Slayer" (1980) is hilarious. As mentioned ealier many of the `50`s cheapo sci/fi horror flicks are so bad they`re funny, my favourite is "Killer Shrews". Regards

Bowie from 1971 thru 1980 was terrific, every new Bowie release in thoses days was a major event and he rarely disappointed. Almost inevitably the high quality paled, but it`s been good to see him return to something like his old form with "Heathen" & "Reality". Incidentally the 30th...

In no particular order of merit.... 1. Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan 2. Hunky dory - David Bowie 3. Abbey Road - The Beatles 4. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones 5. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 6. GP - Gram Parsons 7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 8. Parachutes - Coldplay 9...

Classic Floyd on SACD is great news. Presumably this is intended for a 30th Anniversary re - issue, like DSOTM ? Regards