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2009 BAFTA Winners
2009 BAFTA Award Winners, and James Cameron’s Avatar coming to DVD/BR this spring.
The Carlton Cinemas' Resurrection
Magic Lantern Theatres (who also operate the Rainbow Cinemas) have their eye on a June 2010 target date to reopen the Carlton Cinemas, which they purchased from former owners Cineplex Odeon…
Postwar Berlin, Hollywood Style
Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman is an upgraded version of Curt (Kurt) Siodmak’s better, leaner, and more fun 1941 script, The Wolf Man, but prior to writing that classic Universal monster movie, Siodmak had written some very striking films during his early years in Germany. Among his best-known works from the pre-Nazi era are F.P.1 antwortet […]
Doctor Zhivago Blu-ray and More Canadian Release Dates
Among the newly announced dates and titles for Canada are the following…
See the Film, Hear the Music: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Film review of Ray Milland’s bleak Panic in Year Zero! (1962), as well as Les Baxter’s soundtrack, newly released by La-La Land Records…
Re-birthing The Wolfman
Friday Feb. 12 marks the beginning of the Winter Olympics, but for horror fans the release of the much-delayed Wolfman from Universal will determine whether the franchise can be rebooted, and whether star/co-producer Benicio Del Toro’s gamble on playing Lawrence Talbot was such a good idea…
Cosmatos on Blu-ray, and the Hobo Returns
Editor’s Blog on Disney’s announced release of Tombstone on Blu-ray, the return of Universal’s flipper disc, and TV soundtrack music…
2009 Oscar Nominated Short Films on Home Video
List of the 2009 Oscar nominated short documentary, live action short film, and short animated film with links to websites and viewing availability…
2009 Oscar Nominated Music / Upcoming Score Notables
List of and linked Oscar nominated scores and songs, plus new and upcoming notable soundtrack releases…
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