Tag Archives: DVD REVIEWS

WATCH FILMS AT HOME: 1917, Bombshell, End of Century and Dr Mabuse – reviewed by Robert Tanitch

1917 (Entertainment One). Sam Mendes directs one of the best World War I films. 1,600 British soldiers are about to walk into a German trap and certain massacre. Can they be stopped? Telephone lines a ...

andrew 1493 views 0 likes May 15, 2020

WATCH FILMS AT HOME: Rio Grande, Zu Warriors, Ema and Romantic Comedy – reviewed by Robert Tanitch

RIO GRANDE (Eureka) is the third in the John Ford/John Wayne US cavalry trilogy and, woodenly acted. It is not as good as Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon. Wayne is cast as the lonely commande ...

andrew 1525 views 0 likes May 11, 2020

WATCH OLD FILMS AT HOME: Rome Express, Sleeping Car to Trieste and Night Train to Munich – reviewed by Robert Tanitch

These three British films can be watched on You Tube for free. Train thrillers have always been a popular genre. One of the very first was Rome Express, hugely popular with critics and public in 1932, ...

andrew 1727 views 0 likes Apr 28, 2020

WATCH AT HOME: And Then We Danced, Battle of the Sexes, Scarlet Street and The Year of the Sex Olympics – reviewed by Robert Tanitch

AND THEN WE DANCED (BFI Player and Vimeo). Kevan Akin, the Swedish director, has described his brave film as a love letter to Georgian tradition and culture. Brave because there were predictable riots ...

andrew 1288 views 0 likes Apr 24, 2020