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Hot Docs: Part I
Reviews of three films from Toronto’s Hot Docs film festival: Lotte Stoops’ debut, Grande Hotel (2010), Robert-Jan Lacombe’s short documentary Goodbye Mandima (2010), and Stefan Kolbe and Chris Wright’s doc Das Block / The Block…
Soundtrack Reviews
As promised, soundrack reviews of Mark Isham’s The Mechanic (MIM Records), Atli Orvarsson’s The Eagle (Silva Screen), Vangelis’ The Bounty (BSX Records), and Hans Zimmer’s Broken Arrow and Mark Mancina’s Money Train (both from La-La Land Records)…
Eros III – ‘Somewhere There’s a Heart…’ + VOTE TODAY
It’s Federal Election Day in Canuckleland, so don’t forget to vote! To sweeten the deal (of course it’s all related), here are DVD reviews of Aphrodisiac! The Sexual Secret of Marijuana (1971) and Schoolgirl Report #7: “What the Heart Must Thereby…” / Schulmädchen-Report 7: Doch das Herz muß dabei sein (1974) from Impulse Pictures / Synapse Films…
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds: Part I
In this first part examining Orson Welles’ 1938 radio drama of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, I’ve a review of The Art of Time Ensemble’s 2011 stage production + director Andrew Burashko, and related reviews of The Night America Trembled (1957) and Without Warning (1994)…
Soundtrack Reviews
Reviews of four soundtrack albums from Lakeshore Records: Marcelo Zarvos’ engaging Beastly, Cliff Martinez’ Lincoln Lawyer, Chris Bacon’s Source Code, and Tyler Bates’ Super…
Mortal Kombat: Part I
Review of New Line / Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray edition of Mortal Kombat (1995) , plus some editorial blather on the franchise and its latest online incarnation…
Limited Editions and Such
Editor’s Blog on how the business model for soundtrack labels like Intrada have changed over 20 years, as recently articulated by Intrada Records’ Douglass Fake…
Big Science on the IMAX screen, Part I
This year marks the end of NASA’s shuttle program, and tied to the retirement of the fleet of three remaining ‘flying bricks’ are a trio of IMAX documentaries: Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D (both Warner Home Video), Solarmax from Sling Shot Entertainment, plus the 2000 non-IMAX Discovery Channel doc Inside the Space Station (Artisan)…
Cancon I: A Ticket to the Heavenly Mother Lode
In the first of an ongoing series on Cancon (Canadian content) films made during the tax shelter years, we start with Charlton Heston’s underrated directorial venture Mother Lode (Warner Home Video), which isn’t a Canadian film per se, but is loaded with Cancon talent and was filmed in B.C. Because the film co-starred Nick Mancuso, I’ve added a review of a true Cancon film, the equally underrated drama Ticket to Heaven (Echo Bridge), but check out the Editor’s Blog prior to the reviews…
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