Tuesday, August 5, 2008
New DVD releases round up 4th / 5th August.
Sifting through this weeks crop of contemporary DVD releases we've come up with some recommendations, and hopefully some relief from corporate realisations of comic book icons, and without doubt the lamest movie of all time 'Mama Mia'.
In the UK, our pick of the DVD releases on 4th August 2008 are:
Those Glory, Glory Days. In those halcyon days of the newly formed Channel 4 (films), they knew their place and their inability to take on Hollywood. This gentle charming TV film and many others (P'Tang Yang Kipperbang etc) made by the company during the 1980s provided a welcome antidote to sharp suits and exploding helicopters in the movies. This was one of their films that made zero impact anywhere, but is a great 'little' film none the less.
In Memory Of My Father. A very interesting tale about the Hollywood family and the Hollywood system. Great soundtrack from yesterday's fey pioneers 'Belle & Sebastian'.
Rhapsody in August. Akira Kurosawa's 1991 tale of an old Japanese woman who is prompted to recall the past after a visit from her grandchildren and nephew (Richard Gere), which opens up the feelings she has about the loss of her husband who was killed as a result of the bombing of Nagasaki.
In the USA, the pick of the DVD releases on 5th August 2008 are:
The Killing of John Lennon. The dramatisation of the life of Mark Chapman, murderer of John Lennon. With a chilling insight into the mind and motives of a marginalised outsider who wanted to be a 'somebody not a nobody'.
Joy House. AKA Les Felins. René Clément's supremely enjoyable mid-1960s rom-crime flick. Starring Jane Fonda and the ever-marvelous Alain Delon.
The Counterfeiters. Rightly won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It tells the true story of a swindler who became Berlin's "King of the Counterfeiters." After living the high life he is caught and imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp where he own specialist skills are of interest to the Nazis trying to fund the war effort.
Other recommended August 2008 new DVD releases can be found on our site at alt-flix.co.uk DVD releases.
In the UK, our pick of the DVD releases on 4th August 2008 are:
Those Glory, Glory Days. In those halcyon days of the newly formed Channel 4 (films), they knew their place and their inability to take on Hollywood. This gentle charming TV film and many others (P'Tang Yang Kipperbang etc) made by the company during the 1980s provided a welcome antidote to sharp suits and exploding helicopters in the movies. This was one of their films that made zero impact anywhere, but is a great 'little' film none the less.
In Memory Of My Father. A very interesting tale about the Hollywood family and the Hollywood system. Great soundtrack from yesterday's fey pioneers 'Belle & Sebastian'.
Rhapsody in August. Akira Kurosawa's 1991 tale of an old Japanese woman who is prompted to recall the past after a visit from her grandchildren and nephew (Richard Gere), which opens up the feelings she has about the loss of her husband who was killed as a result of the bombing of Nagasaki.
In the USA, the pick of the DVD releases on 5th August 2008 are:
The Killing of John Lennon. The dramatisation of the life of Mark Chapman, murderer of John Lennon. With a chilling insight into the mind and motives of a marginalised outsider who wanted to be a 'somebody not a nobody'.
Joy House. AKA Les Felins. René Clément's supremely enjoyable mid-1960s rom-crime flick. Starring Jane Fonda and the ever-marvelous Alain Delon.
The Counterfeiters. Rightly won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It tells the true story of a swindler who became Berlin's "King of the Counterfeiters." After living the high life he is caught and imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp where he own specialist skills are of interest to the Nazis trying to fund the war effort.
Other recommended August 2008 new DVD releases can be found on our site at alt-flix.co.uk DVD releases.
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