Day: October 10, 2011

Blu-ray Review: Mr. Nice

Bernard Rose’s (Candyman, Immortal Beloved) Mr. Nice is a biopic of the infamous Welsh hashish smuggler Dennis Howard Marks. Oxford educated, Marks didn’t set out to be a drug kingpin, but he didn’t fall into a life of crime by accident, either: once he saw…

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Blu-ray Review: Les Cousins

For his 1958 debut, Le beau Serge, Claude Chabrol told the story of a man returning to his provincial hometown after many years away. In the follow up, Les cousins, Chabrol flipped things around, even switching the types of roles played by the two lead…

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