So Apple lock the mac down at the firmware level so it can only play a single DVD region. And they do this to get into bed with the film studios. Stupid on many levels. But I have Region 1 DVD’s - right now the uncut Leon (which is infinitely better than the theatrical release) [...]
The very start of Lord of War disc after clicking Play - at least on the region 2 DVD - shows a letter E (white background, mechanical animation). It is moved through the animation and it appears to stay as an E. But it’s shown as a U (in Manufacturing). I have no idea how [...]
Stalingrad. It may well get a good write-up at IMDB. It might even be a good film, it might live up to “Excellent” and “A Masterpiece” on the cover. But this DVD has a HUGE fault similar to ‘Tell No-one”. That one was in French with English subtitles. I really don’t like subtitles for most [...]
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I see a film called Tell No One. I check the sleeve - one heap of praise on the front, two on the back. Blurb is in English, it is created in partnership with among others BBC Four. It says nothing at all about what language it is in. It mentions 1 french actor, 1 [...]
Monster: It was okay. I was familiar with the backstory so it held no surprises. The thing that stopped me really getting into it was the forced downturn of the mouth in Theron’s character. It seemed false throughout. Watch again? No.
blow. I liked Depp in this one (though he was superb as Willy Wonka) and [...]
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