Hot Docs 2013: Two by Rachel Boynton (0)
5/22/13 •
Uploaded is the next-to-last review from Hot Docs 2013 – Rachel Boynton’s Big Men, about a small U.S. company’s efforts to maintain their interest in Ghana’s Jubilee Fields offshore oil reserve, plus a full review of the director’s first film, Our Brand is Crisis (KOCH / EOne), about American spin doctors managing a political candidate in Bolivia’s 2002 presidential elections.
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CanCon 101: Sexcula – “She’ll suck more than your blood!” (0)
5/21/13 •
Yes, it’s true: the first and perhaps only hardcore film to enjoy the benefits of Canada’s tax shelter system during the heady seventies not only exists, but is available on DVD from Impulse Picttures / Synapse Films. I guess this means as taxpayers, we took part in Sexcula’s making, and I’m okay with that. Are you?
Soundtrack Reviews: Video Game Scores (0)
5/21/13 •
Just uploaded are reviews of four video game soundtracks from 2013 and 2012: Bear McCreary’s Defiance (released on the composer’s new label, Sparks and Shadows), and from La-La Records we have Tyler Bates’ God of War: Ascension, Mark Mancina’s Sorcery, and Christopher Lennertz’ Starhawk.
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.
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.
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