Bagdad Cafe
DVD Review
After a German woman falls out with her husband in the Mojave desert, she storms off to a truck stop, where she begins to transform - and be transformed by - the people who live there.
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L'Amant Double
DVD Review
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
Flesh & Blood
Blu-Ray Review
A band of mercenaries rape and pillage their way through 16th century Italy, with the Black Death at their heels.
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Girls On Film 3
DVD Review
A compendium of short films about lesbian and bisexual women.
Mansfield 66/67
DVD Review
A documentary about the final years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield's life and untimely death. Was that ill-fated car crash really caused by a curse after her alleged romantic dalliance with Anton LaVey, head of the Church of Satan?
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Crowhurst
DVD Review
Story of the amateur sailor who tried to circumnavigate the globe.
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King Of Hearts
Blu-Ray Review
Sent to the small town of Marville to disarm a bomb left behind by retreating German troops, an English soldier finds it has been taken over by the abandoned inmates of the local asylum.
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The Piano
Blu-Ray Review
A mute woman in an arranged marriage makes a dangerous bargain in an attempt to retrieve her stranded piano.
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Sweet Country
DVD Review
Australian frontier drama, told from an Aboriginal perspective.
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The Bridge: Season 4
DVD Review
Final season of the Scandi crime drama.
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