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Borgen: Season 2
Just uploaded is a review of Borgen: Season 2, Denmark’s excellent political drama recently released in the UK on DVD and Blu via Spirit Entertainment / Arrow Films.
Nikkatsu Naughties, Part 4: Caged Fairies & the Dewey Fetishes of Koyu Ohara
In Part 4 of our ongoing series of Wrong Erotica on video, we look at a trio of films by Koyu Ohara, the diretor of Fairy in a Cage / Ori no naka no yôsei (1977), True Story of a Woman in Jail: Sex Hell / Jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho: sei-jigoku (1975), and the sequel True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues / Zoku jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho (1975), all released by Impulse Pictures / Synapse Films.
Soundtrack Reviews: Men of Action!
Just uploaded are reviews of Marco Beltrami’s A Good Day to Die Hard (Sony Classical), Joe Kraemer’s Jack Reacher (La-La Land), John Scott’s underrated Man on Fire (Varese), and Michael Kamen’s Road House (Intrada).
Tyrone Power is the Pony Soldier from Toronto
New review of a little-known Tyrone Power western – Pony Soldier (1952) – where the charismatic actor plays a by-the-books, calm & cool Canadian Mountie from Toronto, sent to the U.S. to bring 1000 Crees back to Canada. Released by Twilight Time on Blu-ray, the disc also features an isolated score track of Alex North’s bouncy, modernist score.
The Killing / Forbrydelsen 3 and the Return of Denmark’s Sweater Girl
Waiting for AMC to play catch-up and produce their own third season of The Killing / Forbrydelsen? Not to fear, because the original Danish series is out on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.K. if you need that crime / human misery / life is just horrible fix. Alongside a review of Season 3, I’ve also added a review of Frans Bak’s new CD, featuring music from Season 1.
Toronto’s Lost Rivers
Happy April Fool’s and all that nonsense. Uploaded is a review of Caroline Bacle’s Lost Rivers (2012), a timely film about the status of buried rivers and tributatries in major industrialized cities like Toronto. Tied to the review are excerpts from a post-screening audience Q&A with producer Katarina Soukup and Lost Rivers Toronto founder Helen Mills.
Denmark’s Borgen Finally Arrives
After enjoying exposure on TV and home video throughout Europe, Season 1 of Denmark’s next great TV series – Borgen – finally arrives on home video, via Mhz Networks. The review’s up, but take a peek at the Editor’s Blog for some fawning blather.
James Coburn is… In Like Flint!
Derek Flint returns in swanky HD via Twilight Time’s Blu-ray edition of In Like Flint, with all the key extras from the Ultimate Flint DVD set plus Jerry Goldsmith’s score isolated in uncompressed stereo.
John Debney’s The Call + Thriller Soundtrack Reviews
Just uploaded is a podcast with composer John Debney, wherein we discuss his latest score for director Brad Anderson, The Call. In addition to a review of Lakeshore’s soundtrack album, I’ve added related reviews of Debney’s Dream House (Varese), La-La Land’s Jennifer 8 featuring Christopher Young’s score + Maurice Jarre’s rejected score, and an expanded review of Dana Kaproff’s When a Stranger Calls (Krizterland), which I previously covered in an issue of Rue Morgue magazine.
James Coburn is… Our Man Flint!
A review of Twilight Time’s swanky Blu-ray of Derek Flint’s first film adventure, Our Man Flint (1966), is up, with In Like Flint (1967) to follow this weekend.
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