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Portraits

June 22, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Portraits

New DVD reviews of The Eastwood Factor (Warner), as well as The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (from Warner’s Bringing Up Baby 2-disc set), and the concert video Michel Legrand: Live in Brussels (EuroArts)…

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Soundtrack Reviews and Upcoming Releases

June 21, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Soundtrack Reviews and Upcoming Releases

Recently uploaded is a DVD review of Tribute to Basil Poledouris (Quartet Records), featuring a live version of his classic Conan the Barbarian score; soundtrack reviews of Poledouris’ RoboCop (Intrada), James Newton Howard’s The Last Airbender (Lakeshore), and Nelson Riddle’s Batman: The Movie and Christopher Drake’s Wonder Woman (La-La Land Records), plus a tally of new and imminent soundtrack releases…

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The Return of Charlie Chan on DVD

June 18, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
The Return of Charlie Chan on DVD

Reviews of the new TCM-Warner Home Video set featuring four previously unavailable Charlie Chan films – Dark Alibi (1946), Dangerous Money (1946), The Trap (1946), and The Chinese Ring (1947). – plus lengthy editorial blather on ethnic characters portrayed by white folks…

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Soundtrack Releases – New & Imminent

June 14, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Soundtrack Releases – New & Imminent

New tally of just released and July-bound soundtracks from around the Earth (which is very big and round)…

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Nature Rules

June 11, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Nature Rules

Editor’s Blog on classic nature shows, and a review of the new Life Blu-ray (BBC Warner), comparing the differences between the Oprah Winfrey and David Attenbourough versions…

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Shirley Walker's Flashes of Brilliance

April 2, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Shirley Walker's Flashes of Brilliance

CD review of La-La Land’s 2-CD set of Shirley Walker’s music from The Flash series (1990-1991) in bouncy-bouncy stereo…

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The Lighter Side of Christopher Young, and a few Soundtrack Links

March 31, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
The Lighter Side of Christopher Young, and a few Soundtrack Links

Uploaded soundtrack reviews of Christopher Yong’s Love Happens and Creation (both 2009), plus music from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, and a new online database of IMAX film scores…

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Life After a TV Death

March 29, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Life After a TV Death

Thoughts on the cancellation of Fox’ iconic 24, and Roger Ebert’s tribute to the now-dead At the Movies …

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Free Me!

March 27, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Free Me!

Film reviews of two great kidnapping thrillers, the original Ransom! (1956) starring Glenn Ford, and William Holden in Union Station (1950), plus a list of classic and cult Paramount films coming soon to DVD from Olive Films, and more editorial blather…

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Avatar Gets Allocated in Canada

March 27, 2010 | By | Add a Comment
Avatar Gets Allocated in Canada

Editor’s Blog regarding recent Fox FAQ to merchants regarding the allocation of limited copies of Avatar in April, followed by title moratorium until the fall…

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