Category: FILM REVIEWS
Suburban Tales III
Blu-ray reviews of three takes on suburban paranoia: Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (Sony), Tom Holland’s Fright Night (Twilight Time), and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (Paramount), plus some Editorius Blathorious regarding review updates + upcoming film projects (mine, not yours).
Richard Roxburgh’s Rake
Season 1 review of Richard Roxburgh’s Rake (2010), one of the best shows to emerge from Australia, if not the most deliciously dark-witted in recent years.
Mutiny on the Bounty (4.0 )
Lengthy review of Warner Home Video’s new Blu-ray of Mutiny on the Bounty, the 1962 Ultra Panavision 70 version that’s aged quite well in spite of piquant Brandoisms and some fudging of historic facts.
‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’
Film review of Roman Polanski’s Carnage, which finds the veteran director back in form directing a tale of disintegrating civility. The film’s release is also being preceded by the screening of related vintage films from Polanski’s Polish, British, and American canon at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this month (although sadly, fans will still have to wait for a celebration of Pirates. Yeah…)
Canada’s Top Ten & Packaged Goods series
Details of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten winners in feature and short film categories, with links to online clips and home video availability, plus a review of the upcoming Packaged Goods series playing next week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, featuring hand-picked ads, music videos, and a great Spike Jonze animated short.
More Batman and Mortal Kombat on Blu
Just uploaded, Blu-ray reviews of Batman: Year One and Mortal Kombat: Legacy from Warner Home Video.
The Hitchhiker – The (In)Complete Collection
Editor’s Blog on Alliance’s “Complete Collection,” a new 6-disc set which supposedly features all the episodes from The Hitchhiker, the classic Canadian anthology series from the 1980s. I’ve done a breakdown of what’s so incomplete with this repackage of the American HBO set. Harumph…
Samuel Bronston, Part I
Editorial blather and film review of Samuel Bronston’s epic production of 55 Days at Peking (1963), recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, plus a review of La-La Land’s new 2-CD soundtrack album featuring Dimitri Tiomkin’s complete Boom-De-Boom score.
Swan Songs
Review of The Left Hand of God, the weirdly understated drama directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney, and released on a fine DVD by Twilight Time.
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