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Hatfields & McCoys
Blu-ray review of the History Channel’s epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (Sony) plus an interview with its Emmy-Nominated co-composer, Tony Morales, and soundtrack album review (Silva Screen).
Too Much Double-D
Blu-ray review of John Gulager’s flat Piranha 3DD (Alliance), a film that utterly fails to recapture the guilty pleasure magic of Alexandre Aja’s 2010 film.
They’re Twins… of EVIL!
Blu-ray review of Synapse’s swanky Twins of Evil (1971), the latest in the label’s HD Hammer horror series.
John Steinbeck on Blu
Blu-ray review of Twilight Time’s The Wayward Bus, a rare 1957 film based on the steamy, sweaty, sultry, sexaliscious novel by John Steinbeck.
Packaged Goods: The Art of the Edit
Editor’s Blog & review of the latest installment of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s Packaged Goods, “The Art of the Edit,” which screened this past Wednesday, and featured a Q&A with award-winning editor Chris Franklin.
Nikkatsu Naughties: Part 2 + Tony Scott R.I.P.
Reviews of another kocking pair of naughty Nikkatsu erotica from Impulse Pictures / Synapse – Debauchery and Eros School: Feels So Good – plus quick thoughts on director Tony Scott’s suicide this past weekend.
Glenn Ford – the Great and the Bad
Just uploaded: reviews of two Glenn Ford vehicles, made during the actor’s prime: Fritz Lang’s great noir The Big Heat, out out Blu courtesy of Twilight Time, and the banal Affair in Trinidad (Sony), which proves front & centre that Hollywood’s been making movies without scripts for decades.
Assorted Reviews. Literally.
Minor Editorial Blather, and reviews of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Warner Home Video) on Blu, Elliot Goldenthal’s underrated score for Batman Forever (La-La Land Records), and Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator / O le tulafale, part of First Peoples Cinema: 1500 Nations, One Tradition at the TIFF Bell Lightbox seroes, ending this weekend.
OCD and As Good As It Gets
James L. Brooks’ Oscar-winning comedy-drama As Good As It Gets gets its due on Blu via Twilight Time + CanCon at TIFF & The First Weekend Club.
Nikkatsu Naughties: Part 1
Impulse Pictures / Synapse have thus far released 6 very naughty entries in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno series, and just erected (get it? get it?) are the first two DVD reviews – Zoom In: Sex Apartments and Zoom Up: Beaver Book Girl. Of course those titles are real. Why would I make those up?
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