The Big Year Extended Version Review
The Big Year is coming to the home market on DVD and Blu-ray on January 31st. The Blu-ray includes an extended version of the movie, as well as some other extras not available on the DVD version.
Movie (I'd like to Review): The Hide
Well, you can imagine I would be interested in a movie called The Hide, right? The Hide is a British thriller starring Alex MacQueen and Phil Campbell. It seems to only be available in PAL/region 2 format. Bummer, because it sounds interesting:
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
It seems this title is available streaming on Amazon, but not in the United States. Here's the trailer:
Have you seen The Hide? What did you think of it? Was Red-tailed Hawk one of the rare ticks found by the main character? Because it sure sounds like one in the trailer. ;)
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