DVD Outsider: Articles archive

Our end of year reviews in reverse date order.

Review of the Year 2009: L.K. Weston

Review of the Year 2009: Slarek

Review of the Year 2008: Slarek

Review of the Year 2007: Slarek

Review of the Year 2007: Camus

Review of the Year 2007: Lord Summerisle

Review of the Year 2006: Camus

Review of the Year 2006: CNash

Review of the Year 2006: Slarek

Review of the Year 2005, Part 1: The Films

Review of the Year 2005, Part 2: The DVDs

Review of the Year 2004, Part 1: The Documentaries

Review of the Year 2004, Part 2: The Movies

Review of the Year 2004, Part 3: The DVDs

Review of the Year 2003

The articles are listed in reverse date order, with the most recent first. Click on the title to read the story.
15 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	Going for gold (again) - an Interview with John Madden Timothy E. RAW conducts an in-depth interview with Shakespeare in Love director, John Madden. They discuss his upcoming political Thriller, The Debt, staring Helen Mirren and look back over a career spanning film, TV, theater and radio.
13 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	Heartthrob of Darkness - an Interview with Josh Hartner Timothy E. RAW struggles to even begin to talk about the year’s most fascinatingly incoherent film, I Come with the Rain. He decides to have the film’s star, Josh Harnett, do it for him.
8 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	From Serial Killers to Superheroes - an Interview with Jeremy Renner Timothy E. RAW quizzes The Hurt Locker leading man, Jeremy Renner on dealing with newfound success in the big time.
7 August 2010 Timothy E. RAW	Ischia Time Timothy E. RAW reviews the best film of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival and maybe even the year. We celebrate Cairo Time's US theatrical and Canadian Blu-Ray & DVD release with exclusive interviews with the director and star of the film.
11 April 2010 Camus	Being Mindful of Numbers With it's 17th April UK air date rapidly approaching, Camus previews ITV's 2009 remake of one of the most groundbreaking and imaginative TV series ever to grace our screens.
27 December 2009 L.K. Weston	Review of the Year 2009: L.K. Weston L.K. Weston selects her favourite film and DVD releases from the past 12 months, identifies a few horrors, and looks forward to 2010.
2 January 2010 Slarek	Review of the Year 2009: Slarek Slarek takes a personal look back a year of films, DVDs, Blu-rays and personal loss, as well as the films and discs that slipped through the review net.
August 2009 Camus	The Behaviour of Mush in Zero-G Camus celebrates those small moments in films, happy accidents of chance that smart directors have included rather than consigning to the cutting room floor or cleaned up with CGI.
5 May 2009 Slarek/Camus	A Conversation with Ken Russell To coincide with the UK DVD release of Lisztomania, Slarek and Camus spoke all too briefly to its maverick director about his memories of the film, the lack of DVD releases of his work, about cult favourite Altered States, and about his most recent project, Boudica Bites Back.
3 January 2009 Slarek	Review of the Year 2008: Slarek Slarek looks back at a few favourites from the past year, mourns the loss to two young industry figures and a key British distributor and groans at leangth about Hollywood remakes.
9 September 2008 Slarek	Lo-def in Hi-def Slarek ponders on his own move to hi-def, an expensive and inevitably incomplete process that he's been dragged into but is starting to enjoy, and looks forward to DVD Outsider's own Blu-ray coverage.
16 October 2008 Camus	Joker's Wild Camus celebrates and explores Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight, a screen character that has exerted an almost unprecedented hold on his psyche, and wonders what this obsession says about him.
January 2008 Camus	Brutes in the Chapel As a companion piece to his review of If...., Camus talks to the film's camera operator and now acclaimed director and cinematographer Chris Menges to put the record straight on the colour/black and white issue.
5 January 2008 Lord Summerisle	Review of the Year 2007: Lord Summerisle Lord Summerisle selects his favourite films and TV programmes from 2007, and has a couple of moans for good measure.
4 January 2008 Camus	Review of the Year 2007: Camus Camus reflects on a year when even his kindly tolerance was tested by Hollywood and picks the 10 high and low points of his viewing year.
3 January 2008 Slarek	Review of the Year 2007: Slarek Slarek looks back at 2007, waves goodbye to Hollywood and selects his favourite films and DVDs of 2007, at least of the ones he's actually found time to see.
27 May 2007 Camus	Intelligence is Mandatory Camus celebrates Aaron Sorkin's new series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which has yet to reach these shores, and muses on the state of today's TV.
5 August 2007 Camus	Goodbye, Richard Camus pays tribute to his close friend, the filmmaker Richard Franklin, who tragically passed away last month.
27 March 2007 Camus	Power playing and the art of achieving the impossible Following a viewing of The Devil Wears Prada, Camus muses on power and the movie mindset.
4 January 2007 CNash	Review of the Year 2006: Slarek Slarek selects his favourite films and DVDs of 2006 and finds there are a LOT in the 'Also Ran' column.
3 January 2007 CNash	Review of the Year 2006: CNash CNash chooses his 2006 favourites from film and TV in 2007.
3 January 2007 Camus	Review of the Year 2006: Camus Camus has an end of year appreciation and rant.
1 November 2006 Camus & Slarek	Memories of Blade Runner To co-incide with the release fo a remastered DVD of Blade Runner - The Director's Cut in advance of the much anticipated 'Final Edition', camus and Slarek look back to their first encounter with a science fiction masterpiece, and ponder on the so-called 'director's cut' and the critical turnaround in the years following the film's release.
27 May 2006 CNash	London MCM Conference 2006 CNash reports from the 2006 MCM Expo in London, a meeting place for animé, manga and science fiction fans, and finds a Dalek in need of a hug.
4 April 2006 Slarek	From Eastern Horror to Western Dollar - Hollywood Plunders (Part 2) Slarek ponders on genre remakes and the decline of the American horror film.
18 September 2005 Camus	Nuns Climbing Every Mountain to Infinity and Beyond A short but very appreciative obituary of one of cinema's aged greats and, at half his age, one of cinema's potential greats.
3 January 2006 Slarek	Review of the Year 2005, Part 2: The DVDs Slarek chooses selects his choice DVDs for 2005.
1 January 2006 Slarek	Review of the Year 2005, Part 1: The Films Slarek chooses his favourite trips to the cinema of the past year.
7 December 2005 Camus	The Lion, The Pitch and the Boardroom A satirical speculation on the thinking behind another big budget Hollywood venture.
27 August 2005 Lord Summerisle	William Burroughs in Film A detailed look at the film work made and inspired by the writer William Burroughs.
27 May 2005 Slarek	A Spanner in the Works Slarek looks at the work of the independent documentary film-makers that are Spanner films, and talks to McLibel and Drowned Out director Franny Armstrong.
15 March 2005 Camus	In Wondrous Anticipation - In Anxious Dread Camus gets nervous about the upcoming Hollywood remake of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
11 March 2005 Camus	John Drake's Progress A detailed look at the greatest TV series of all time - The Prisoner.
2 March 2005 Slarek	Oscar Bollocks An overdue moan at the shallow irrelevance of Hollywood's annual back-slapping party.
February 2005 Slarek	Building an Extension Do extended versions and director's cuts really represent the director's original vision?
16 January 2005 Slarek	Imax, 3D and the Movie Experience A companion piece to Richard Franklin's review of The Polar Express that looks at Imax and its lower tech predecessors.
3 January 2005 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 3: The DVDs In the final part of his annual review, Slarek selects his favourite DVD releases of 2004.
3 January 2005 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 2: The Movies In part 2 of his review of the year, Slarek looks back at his time at the cinema.
31 December 2004 Slarek	Review of the Year 2004, Part 1: The Documentaries In a great year for documentaries, Slarek selects his favourites.
19 March 2004 Camus	Fare well and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies... A personal view on one a modern movie great.
11 July 2004 Camus	Jerry Goldsmith - A Personal Obituary Camus pays personal tribute to a great film composer and a very fine man.
12 March 2004 Slarek	Shall We Dansu? *to Shall We Dance!* - Hollywood Plunders (Part 1)**
14 January 2004 Camus	The Shaggy Dogs, the Fridge and the Vase
1 January 2004 Camus & Slarek	Review of the Year 2003 Camus and Slarek select their favourite movies and DVDs of 2003.
30 December 2003 Tonsofun	Switching Teams: Straight Actors Playing it Gay Tonsofun looks at the trend in recent Hollywood films for straight actors to camp it up in gay roles
24 December 2003 Camus	'Classic' Disney and Me A personal view of the changing face of Disney.
8 Dec 2003 Slarek	A Personal Journey Through Star Wars With the original Star Wars trilogy heading for DVD, Slarek details his long history with the series, from initial delight to fuming anger.