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John Guillermin at Fox
Reviews of three films British director John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) made at Twentieth Century-Fox during the 1960s: Guns at Batasi (Fox), Rapture (freshly released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time), and The Blue Max (Fox)
Festivals-a-Go-Go: Dec.1 – Dec. 9, 2011
Tally & heads up of local film festivals & screenings, advance Hot Docs and Bloor Cinema passes now available for purchase, Bill ‘Deliverance’ McKinney dies at 80 without a squeal, Chinatown & Adam Nayman at the TBL, hockey films, and Nino Rota turns 100!
Screenwriter William Rose: Part I
Reviews of 3 films written by William Rose: The Flim-Flam Man (Twilight Time), It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (MGM), and Genevieve (VCI), plus quick thoughts on the current restoration of the Cinerama catalogue for theatrical and home video.
The Demo Man Prophecy, and Speculators Beware
Editor’s Blog on two odd newsy tidbits: McDonald’s plans to upscale its restaurants in Canada, and Intrada’s latest release – Jerry Goldsmith’s Explorers – is going back to the pressing plant for a second run because the CD sold out in less than a day – an event best described as ‘What the hell?’
Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews for Jerry Goldsmith’s First Knight and John Morris’ Clue (both from La-La Land Records)…
Soundtrack Reviews + News
Reviews of four fun video game soundtracks: Bear McCreary’s SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs and Hans Zimmer & Company’s Crysis II (both from La-La Land Records), and Inon Zur’s Dragon Age II (Bioware) and Crysis (Sumthing Else), plus news regarding recent Q&As with composer Winifred Phillips (Legend of the Guardians), and Special Features producer Charles de Lauzirikia regarding Universal’s recent Legend (1984) Blu-ray…
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