A Runaway Classic: Runaway Train (1985)
Review of Twilight Time’s excellent Blu-ray edition of Runaway Train (1985) + from the KQEK.com archives, La-La Land’s packed soundtrack CD.
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BR: Runaway Train (1985)
Runaway Train is a perfect action-drama, and perhaps the best film produced and released by Cannon Films, a company that succeeded due to its emphasis on neatly packaged B-flicks for the international exploitation market…
CD: Runaway Train (1985)
For some soundtrack fans, it was a bit of surprise to learn the composer of pioneering synth scores had begun his career with large orchestral scores for John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981) and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal (1982)…
Shakespeare Transposed: Richard III (1995)
Review of Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen’s superb version of Shakespeare’s Richard III (1995), new on Blu from Twilight Time.
BR: Richard III (1995)
Director Richard Loncraine and star Ian McKellen’s reworking of William Shakespeare’s classic tale of a king ‘offering his kingdom for a horse’ is given a wholly new spin by reducing the epic play (reportedly one of the Bard’s longest) to roughly 100 mins. with surprisingly minimal dialogue…
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