Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Varese Sarabande’s Return to Vinyl: Podcast + LP Review

Varese Sarabande’s Return to Vinyl: Podcast + LP Review

October 13, 2016 | By

Podcast interview with Cary E. Mansfield, Varese Sarabande’s V.P. of A&R, regarding the label’s recent release of soundtrack LPs, including John Powell’s The Bourne Identity (2002), which is reviewed in detail.

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The Composers of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

The Composers of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

October 12, 2016 | By

New podcasts with Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson, the composers of Tim Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, plus a review of La-La Land’s soundtrack CD.

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Nostalgia for Tales of 1950s Paranoia: Strange Invaders (1983) and Its Brethren

Nostalgia for Tales of 1950s Paranoia: Strange Invaders (1983) and Its Brethren

October 11, 2016 | By

Review of Michael Laughlin and Bill Condon’s cult favourite Strange Invaders (1983) on Blu from Twilight Time + from the KQEK.com archives other tales of alien invasions and small town paranoia!

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Not-so-nice North Korea: Part 3 – Under the Sun (2015)

Not-so-nice North Korea: Part 3 – Under the Sun (2015)

October 7, 2016 | By

Review of Vitaliy Manskiy’s amazing documentary on an ‘ordinary North Korean family,’ Under the Sun, new on DVD from Icarus Films + from the KQEK.com archives, Uli Gaulke’s Comrades in Dreams (2006) from Pathfinder.

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Not-so-nice North Korea: Part 2 – The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

Not-so-nice North Korea: Part 2 – The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

October 4, 2016 | By

Review of The Lovers and the Despot, the surreal life-imitates-art story of South Korean director Shin Sang-ok and award-winning film star Choi Eun-hee, both kidnapped by North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, currently playing at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.

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