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Documentary Review - The Stuart Hall Project (DVD)

An examination of cultural theorist and founder of The New Left Review, Stuart Hall.

New Release Review - Grudge Match

A pair of elderly retired boxers are coaxed back into the ring to settle an old score.

Great Movie Posters - Hammer's Dracula series

While 1957's Curse of Frankenstein may have put Hammer Studios on the cinematic map, it's their 1958 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and subsequent sequels, that the iconic studio is most associated with. The Dracula films brought sexuality and violence to the forefront in a way not previously seen in mainstream cinema and the promotional posters reveled in this mix.

New Release Review - Inside Llewyn Davis


A narcissistic singer struggles to survive in the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the early sixties.

New Release Review - Devil's Due

newlywed couple experience increasingly strange occurrences throughout their pregnancy.

Kelly + Victor winners!

Twisted romance Kelly + Victor hits UK BluRay/DVD on January 13th from Verve Pictures. TMW has three copies of the film on either BluRay or DVD (winners preference) to give away to UK readers.

New Release Review - The Railway Man

A WWII veteran seeks out the Japanese interpreter who aided his torturers.

New Release Review - Collider

Six strangers find themselves transported to 2018 where the Earth's population has been wiped out.

DVD Review - Museum Hours

A museum guard befriends a Canadian woman visiting her dying sister in Vienna.

Frances Ha DVD Winners!

Indie hit 'Frances Ha', starring Greta Gerwig, hits UK DVD on January 6th. The Movie Waffler, in association with Metrodome, has three copies to give away to UK readers.

The 10 Best John Carpenter Scores

John Carpenter is the ultimate auteur. Not only has he directed, written, edited and produced throughout his career but he's also written the scores for most of his movies. One of the first soundtrack composers to make use of synths, Carpenter brought a minimalistic rock 'n' roll approach to his scores and defined the sound of eighties horror. Here are selections from ten of his best works.