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Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack Reviews

August 1, 2011 | By

Uploaded are reviews of Christian Henson’s The Devil’s Double (Lakeshore Records), Basil Poledouris’ Breakdown (3 packed CDs from La-La Land!), Alfons Conde’s Viento en contra (MovieScore Media), and from Screamworks / MovieScore Media a pair of horror scores: David Julyan’s Heartless, and Nathaniel Levisay’s Dawning…

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Stanley Kubrick: Part II

Stanley Kubrick: Part II

July 29, 2011 | By

In Part 2 of this Stanley Kubrick series, the focus is on Barry Lyndon (newly released by Warner Home Video on Blu-ray) and Jon Ronson’s Channel 4 documentary Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008). I’ve got reviews of both, some helpful links, and an Editor’s Blog that someone at the TIFF Bell Lightbox shoud read…

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Women in Prison, Part II: Red Heat (1985)

Women in Prison, Part II: Red Heat (1985)

July 25, 2011 | By

Just uploaded is a review of Linda Blair’s second Women in Prison films, Red Heat [M], made in 1985, and often confused with the 1988 Arnold Schwarzenegger-Jim Belushi buddy cop film – a fine comic book film, but largely missing the social wrongness that permeates every frame once Blair in thrust into a dank East […]

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Stanley Kubrick, Part I

Stanley Kubrick, Part I

July 23, 2011 | By

Tied to a review of Warner Home Video’s shiny new Blu-ray of Lolita, I’ve added reviews of Stanley Kubrick’s first 3 films – all documentaries of sorts: Day of the Fight and Flying Padre (both released in 1951 by RKO), and The Seafarers, his first colour film, released in a special edition DVD by Indian Relay Films…

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Dear Mr. Gacy

Dear Mr. Gacy

July 21, 2011 | By

Review of the true crime drama Dear Mr. Gacy (Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada), plus minor blather on how to handle the scorching heat, and upcoming review info…

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