Soundtrack Reviews – Reissues & Premieres (0)
5/14/13 •
Reviews of John Barry’s previously unreleased First Love, an expanded release of James Newton’s Howard’s Grand Canyon, a remastered reissue of John Williams’ Jane Eyre (all from La-La Land Records), and the premiere release of Howard Blake’s S.O.S. Titanic (Silva Screen), plus my latest reviews in Rue Morgue magazine, and Peter Bogdanovich’s At Long Last Love appears as a pre-order on Amazon.com.
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Kirk Douglas’ Horror Triptych (0)
5/12/13 •
Tough guy Kirk Douglas made horror films? Why yes, he did! Uploaded are the following as proof: Brian De Palma’s body-exploding silliness The Fury (Twilight Time) on Blu, Alberto De Martino’s Omen rip-off Holocaust 2000 (aka Rain of Fire, aka The Chosen), and Kirk Douglas as an all-singing / cycling / transformative hero / villain in the TV musical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, circa 1973.
Hot Docs 2013, Days Two to Five: Fascist Regimes, Hellish Conditions, and Shanghai Jazz + Saul Bass at 93 (0)
5/08/13 •
Uploaded are a quartet of documentary film reviews from Hot Docs, including the world’s oldest jazz band in As Time Goes By in Shanghai, the hellish world of asbestos mining in remote China in Cloudy Mountains, film school students in The Great North Korean Picture Show, and Russia’s tsarist President in the feature doc Winter, Go Away! shot during the 2012 elections + the short film Vladimir Putin in Deep Concentration. Also embedded within the Editor’s Blog: extyra blather on Saul Bass’ 93rd birthday, Kubrick at the Bloor, and upcoming goodies at KQEK.com and Big Head Amusements.
Documenting George Romero’s Dead Cycle (0)
5/04/13 •
Uploaded is a review of Synapse’s new DVD release of Document of the Dead, Mark Frumkes’ finale and ‘definitive’ edition of his important documentary on the making of an independent film production – George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Also up is an expanded review of Twilight Time’s limited Blu-ray edition of Night of the Living Dead, the underrated Tom Savini remake from 1990, plus mobile reviews of several Romero-related docs, films, and soundtrack releases you may not know exist. Also: an illustration of what “frozen shoulder” looks like when pen hits paper and imagination does *not* run wild.
Soundtrack Reviews: Renewed Franchises (0)
4/29/13 •
Franchises are both a boon for the studios wanting to expand the lifespan of an existing franchises, as well as composers who get a crack at tackling an iconic series, remake, or re-imagining. Just uploaded is a review of Bear McCreary’s Battlestar Galactia: Blood & Chrome, and Roque Banos’ superb Evil Dead (both from La-La Land Records).
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