Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack Reviews

October 15, 2015 | By

Soundtrack reviews of Marcelo Zarvos & Paul Hartnoll’s American Ultra + Dario Marianelli’s Everest (both from Varese Sarabande), and Theodore Shapiro’s Trumbo (Lakeshore Records).

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Frizzi 2 Fulci at The Opera House: Recap

Frizzi 2 Fulci at The Opera House: Recap

October 12, 2015 | By

Recap of Frizzi 2 Fulci, Fabio Frizzi’s tribute concert to director Lucio Fulci which occurred at Toronto’s The Opera House Oct. 8, 2015.

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Video Store Day V: The Gold Mine of Cable & Pay TV

Video Store Day V: The Gold Mine of Cable & Pay TV

October 12, 2015 | By

Editor’s Blog on Video Store Day V, coming this weekend. In this nostalgia piece, I look at the personal impact of getting cable TV in 1972, and Pay TV around 1986. Included: links to scans of vintage brochures.

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Sci-Fi Thrillers: Viral, Alien, and Parallel Worlds

Sci-Fi Thrillers: Viral, Alien, and Parallel Worlds

October 8, 2015 | By

Reviews of four sci-fi thrillers: The Satan Bug (1965) on Blu from Kino Lorber + Fox’s 2005 DVD of Panic in the Streets (1950) from the KQEK.com archives, Ejecta (2014) from Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, and Singularity Principle (2013) from Big Screen / CAV.

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Shakespeare, Bergman, Mendelssohn, and Woody in less than 90 mins.

Shakespeare, Bergman, Mendelssohn, and Woody in less than 90 mins.

October 1, 2015 | By

Review of Woody Allen’s underrated A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982), available on Blu from Twilight Time.

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