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Walk The Line: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday This account of the dark forces that bedevilled Man in Black Johnny Cash might tread the same rise-and-fall path as other showbiz bios but is distinguished by an ambitious narrative and authentic performers who are musicians and singers in their own right (Joaquin Phoenix captures Cash’s every nuance and […]

Martin Scorsese fans can look forward to seeing two of the maestro’s movies in HD next month for the first time on Sky TV. Shutter Island will screen on Sky Movies on February 20 and Casino on Sky Movies Greats a week earlier. Sky Movies will be putting the frighteners on in February with the […]

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Man von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Elias Koteas, John Carroll Lynch. Director: Martin Scorsese. Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis. Music supervision: Robbie Robertson. Cinematography: Robert Richardson. There are few movies you want to revisit as quickly as Shutter Island. Martin Scorsese’s latest exercise in suspense and panache […]

Martin Scorsese fans should be delighted with the HD transfer of his spooky thriller, Shutter Island. Hi-Def Digest says the “exceptionally well rendered transfer makes this eerie thriller even more absorbing and immediate” than it was in cinemas while DVD Town dubbed the picture quality “the best part of the production … beautifully detailed, with […]

Mad men, passionate poets and hi-def horrors dominate June’s bumper Blu-ray slate. More than three-dozen HD titles will be released, with four TV shows ranking among the most keenly awaited: seasons three of Heroes and Mad Men, Doctor Who 2008 Christmas Special: The Next Doctor and Top Gear 3: Great Adventures South America, Romania and Bonneville. […]

Amazon.com is taking orders for season four of Heroes on Blu-ray but the show’s NZ distributor still can’t confirm a release date for season three. One NZ website has reported S3 will be out on June 2, which would tie in with the show reaching the end of its C4 run, but Universal Pictures NZ […]