Finger Licking Killer Joe Coming To DVD& BluRay November!

When Killer Joe arrived in UK&Irish cinemas it left some cinephiles feeling finger licking good for some of the colonel's favourite recipe and in November you will be able to bring home a box that's a DVD or Bluray box of the film.In Killer Joe Matthew McConaughey delivers what many are calling a career-best performance in this violent and darkly comic neo-noir thriller that marks a blistering return to form for “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection” director William Friedkin.

When small-time drug dealer Chris Smith finds himself seriously in debt to his supplier, he hatches a plan to have his estranged mother killed in order to claim the $50,000 life insurance due to be paid to his younger sister, Dottie. To do the job, he hires Killer Joe Cooper, a creepy, corrupt and crazy Dallas cop who Chris is informed moonlights as a professional hit man. Unable to pay Joe’s fee upfront, Chris agrees to provide a “retainer” in the form of Dottie, with whom Joe has immediately become besotted. However, following the murder of his mother, Chris’ plan begins to unravel in a series of unexpected twists involving the interference of his father’s new wife, Sharla, and the development of an unlikely bond between Joe and Dottie.

As pure, unadulterated entertainment Friedkin’s second collaboration with writer Tracy Letts (following 2006’s “Bug”) has it all – steamy sexuality, shocking violence, a compelling storyline, lashings of black humour and, most of all, a killer cast of actors all at the top of their game. McConaughey effectively shakes off his rom-com shackles once and for all, while Juno Temple delivers a scene-stealing performance in a movie likely to leave viewers both exhilarated and shaken at the same time.

Killer Joe is due out in UK&Ireland on November 5th, starring Emile Hirsh, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon.
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Raindance 2012: Loveless Zoritsa Review

As curses go, the hex foisted upon young Serbian women Zoritsa would, at first glance, appear to be relatively minor. From a long line of moustached women, Zoritsa is the first to be born without even the merest hint of growth. But Zoritsa’s fortuitous hairlessness comes at a heavy cost; her prospective suitors have a habit of dropping dead.

Returning to her village after an absence of some 20 years in an attempt to break the curse on the much revered Day of the Dead; Zoritsa attracts the attention of sceptic policeman Mane, as well as pitchfork-wielding locals with a score to settle.

It’s no easy task to blend horror with moments of comedy. For every Shaun of the Dead there’s a Severance, for every Evil Dead there’s an Army of Darkness. Thankfully, Radoslav Pavkovic and Christina Hadjicharalambous’s movie is one of the more enjoyable offerings from this particular mix of genres.

Loveless Zoritsa plays out like a strange, modern-day fairy tale, with a charming visual style that owes a debt to the Universal horror films of the 30’s and 40’s. Zoritsa’s secluded Balkan village appears to be just that; a strangely antiquated little township that’s been spirited in from a time gone by.

There are no prizes for guessing how the relationship between Zoritsa and Mane will resolve itself, and perhaps the moments of comedy never quite elevate themselves above just strangely charming; but for a film which is as strangely charming as this, with its baying, incompetent villagers, its botched satanic rituals and its bizarre coven of wailing, moustachioed women; it’s not a particularly big problem.

Chris Banks (@Chris_in _2D) 

★★★1/2☆

Rating:15
UK Release Date: 1st October 2012 (Raindance film festival)
Directed By: Hristina Hatziharalabous,Radoslav Pavkovic
Cast: Branislav Trifunovic, Ljuma Penov, Mirjana Karanovic

Masters Of Cinema Has Trouble In Paradise This November

ROUBLE IN PARADISE will be released on DVD in the UK as part of the Masters of Cinema Series

Eureka Entertainment have announced that they will be releasing TROUBLE IN PARADISE, for the first time ever on home video in the UK, released in a DVD edition on 12 November 2012.  Widely regarded as one of the greatest romantic comedies ever made, this Hollywood classic, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, legendary filmmaker behind Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be stars Hollywood icons Herbert Marshall (Foreign Correspondent, The Fly), Miriam Hopkins (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Heiress), Edward Everett Horton (Lost Horizon, Arsenic and Old Lace), and Charlie Ruggles (Bringing Up Baby, Ruggles of Red Gap).

"It's perfection" – Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights at the Movies

"The most sophisticated comedy ever produced in Hollywood … The performances, visuals and screenplay are all exquisite. ✭✭✭✭✭" – Empire Magazine

"It's a masterpiece, as well as being wonderfully good fun. ✭✭✭✭✭" – Radio Times

“If ever a film slipped down a treat, this one does.” – Time Out

Jean Renoir once said of Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be): "He invented the modern Hollywood." And none of the director's films has had greater influence or impact than Trouble in Paradise. With his first comedy of the sound era, Lubitsch created one of cinema's supreme visions of shimmering romance and worldly sophistication.

When career thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets glamorous pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), their love soon takes on a professional dimension as they initiate a plot to rob beautiful perfume magnate Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But as Gaston gets ever closer to his intended prey, his romantic confusion, as well as the threat that his past will catch up with him, throws their plan into jeopardy.

A breathtakingly nimble and elegant examination of the perils of mixing "business" with pleasure, this gloriously adult and witty comedy features a peerless screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, effervescent performances by its stars (including Charlie Ruggles and Edward Everett Horton), and exquisite direction by the legendary Lubitsch. Rarely equalled, never topped, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the UK home viewing première of Trouble in Paradise. Released on DVD in the UK on 12 November 2012.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• New high-definition transfer in the film's original aspect ratio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired

• Illustrated booklet featuring the words of Lubitsch, rare archival imagery, and more

• Further details to be announced nearer the release date!

Buy/Pre-order Trouble In Paradise: DVD [1932]