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Psycho returns to the Big Screen (with BIG SOUND)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho returns to the big screen in a newly ‘restored’ version at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, plus links to further conversations with composers on Bernard Herrmann’s brilliant score…
SOLD! One Aston Martin DB5
Well, you all missed your chance at owning James Bond’s 1963 Aston Martin DB5…
The world mourns, escape from whackers, and Hogtown gets a new face
Editorial blather on Paul the Octopus (RIP), “star whackers,” and our new Mayor Elect…
What’s Up, Peter?
Reviews of Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? (Warner Home Video), and his much maligned salute to thirties musicals, the all-singing, all Cole Porter, all-painful At Long Last Love (1975)…
Abandoned Matinees IV: The Allenby Cinema (Toronto)
Torontoist just published a short piece on the Allenby Cinema (formerly the Roxy), recently transformed from a shuttered rep cinema by Greenwood and Danforth to a convenience store adjoining a gas station. The cinema’s marquee has been ‘preserved’ due to its historical significance, and Tim Horton’s is said to move into the street front section, […]
New & Imminent Soundtrack Releases
Latest tally of new and imminent soundtrack releases, plus news of a massive Danny Elfman / Tim Burton 16CD box…
Flynn in WWII, Part 2
DVD reviews of Uncertain Glory (1944) and Objective, Burma! (1945), the last two titles in Warner Home Video’s TCM Spotlight Errol Flynn Adventure box…
Flynn in WWII, Part I
DVD reviews of Dive Bomber (1941), and the first trio of titles from Warner Home Video’s TCM Spotlight Errol Flynn Adventure box: Desperate Journey (1942), Edge of Darkness (1943), and Northern Pursuit (1943)…
Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Albert Glasser’s The Boy and the Pirates / Attack of the Puppet People (Kritzerland), Danny Elfman’s complete Batman score (La-La Land), Jeff Toyne’s Within (MovieScore Media), and Jacob Groth’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Milan)…
Soundtrack Reviews & News
Brief soundtrack news, plus reviews of Christophe Beck’s Waiting for Superman and Peter Golub’s Countdown to Zero (Lakeshore Records), Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (Silva Screen), and Mark Snow’s The Lone Gunman / Harsh Realm (La-La Land Records)…
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