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The Butler | Value for money: $$$$ Directed by Lee Daniels. Written by Danny Strong. Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr. America is a bit funny about race. Sort of in the way greyhounds are funny about rabbits. The Butler is a story of being black in America in the 20th century, from the […]

TV’s Ripper Street heads a ripper week of Blu-ray releases. “Ripper Street was shot (by several cinematographers) with the Arri Alexa. “The image throughout is clean, detailed and noiseless, with a colour palette that has been desaturated in post-production to de-emphasize primary colours and leave numerous shades of brown, rust and ochre, with an occasional […]