Tally of the latest soundtrack releases, plus reviews of Tyler Bates’ engrossing score for the sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour and Craig Richey’s Answers to Nothing (both from Lakeshore Records); Danny Elfman’s complete music for Scrooged (La-La Land); Howard Shore’s A Dangerous Method and John Williams’ War Horse (both Sony); and the original Casino Royale (Kritzerland).
Review of Yilmaz Güney’s Cannes-decorated Yol (1982), part of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s tribute to one of Turkey’s most important directors, beginning this week.
Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.
Just uploaded: reviews of Synapse Films’ snappy new Blu-ray of Frank Henenlotter’s classic Frankenhooker, and a similar themed Frankenstein riff, Ralph Nelson’s Embryo (1976).
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).
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