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Graphic Social Horror

January 22, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Graphic Social Horror

Lengthy review of the controversial Insex documentary Graphic Sexual Horror (Synapse Films), and an even longer Editor’s Blog on violent sexual imagery in films…

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Hammer Films I: Missing Links & Classics

January 21, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Hammer Films I: Missing Links & Classics

Reviews of Synapse’s swanky Blu-ray of Hammer’s Vampire Circus, plus reviews of Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (from Paramount), and Christopher Lee with creepy contact lenses in Horror of Dracula and Dracula has Risen from the Grave (Warner Home Video). Also covered is a soundtrack review of Laurie Johnson’s Captain Kronos’ score (BSX Records)…

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2010 Golden Globe Winners

January 17, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
2010 Golden Globe Winners

List of the 2010 Golden Globe Winners, and titles currently / soon to be on home video…

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Soundtrack Reviews

January 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack reviews for a pair of video games: Daniel Pemberton’s Kinect Adventures ! (1812 Recordings) and Jesper Kyd’s Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft Music)…

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Abandoned Matinees V: R.I.P. The York Theatre

January 13, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Abandoned Matinees V: R.I.P. The York Theatre

Editor’s Blog on the York Theatre or York Cinemas, converted to an event theatre in 2002, and soon to be razed and replaced by The Madison twin condo towers…

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TFCA Winners & Runners Up

January 13, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
TFCA Winners & Runners Up

List of freshly announced winners & runners-up of the Toronto Film Critics Asociation, plus a tally of titles currently and soon-to-be on home video (because you must know these things)…

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Jeff Grace: Aspects of Fright

January 13, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Jeff Grace: Aspects of Fright

A previously unpublished interview with composer Jeff Grace, plus soundtrack reviews of Grace’s I Sell the Dead, and House of the Devil / I Can See You (all from MovieScore Media), plus a DVD review of I Can See You (Kino)…

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Tales of Revolution

January 11, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Tales of Revolution

Just uploaded are reviews of Bruce Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer (Mongrel) plus Christopher Gordon’s soundtrack (Lakeshore Records), and the superb PBS documentary series China: A Century of Revolution (Zeitgeist)…

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New & Imminent Soundtrack Releases

January 6, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
New & Imminent Soundtrack Releases

The latest tally of new and upcoming soundtrack releases…

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Film Music 2010 (or a lengthy preamble to a simple set of points any fool could make in under 200 words)

January 6, 2011 | By | Add a Comment
Film Music 2010 (or a lengthy preamble to a simple set of points any fool could make in under 200 words)

Before I post the latest list of late Dec. / early Feb. soundtracks (new & imminent), this is probably the best time to blather about soundtracks in 2010. . .Blather A: Memories & Perspective Not the best-of, most notable, best soundtrack label stuff, but just an opinion or two on trends from the vantage of […]

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