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Adventures in VHS (2016) / Noel Mellor

Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion (2016) / Anthony Nield (Editor)

Bernard Herrmann’s The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (2005) / David Cooper

Danny Elfman’s Batman (2004) / Janet K. Halfyard

Dear Guelda: The Death and Life of Pioneering Canadian Filmmaker Julian Roffma (2017) / Peter Roffman

Ennio Morricone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2004) / Charles Leinberger

Fiddler’s Tale, A / (2003) / Louis Kaufman

Film Musings: A Selected Anthology from Fanfare Magazine (2007) / Royal S. Brown

I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era (2015) / Tom Roston

Louis and Bebe Barron’s Forbidden Planet (2005) / James Wierzbicki

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones (2002)

 

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The Day Time Ended, 40 Years Ago

The Day Time Ended, 40 Years Ago

THE DAY TIME ENDED (1979) gets its due on DVD and Blu in Full Moon’s 40th Anniversary Edition, all widescreen and in stereo surround!

January 16, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
Questi Laid a Fragrant Egg + Buh-Bye, 2020

Questi Laid a Fragrant Egg + Buh-Bye, 2020

Review of Cult Epics’ fancy new Blu of Giulio Questi’s DEATH LAID AN EGG / LA MORTE HA FATTO L’UOVO (1968) + Squaring 2020 Where It Huts.

December 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Sharksploitation: Oh, the Cruel Jaws of Death

Sharksploitation: Oh, the Cruel Jaws of Death

Reviews of Severin’s neon-bright Blu-ray edition of Bruno Mattei’s ridiculous CRUEL JAWS / JAWS 5 (1995) + William Grefé’s peculiar & underrated MAKO: THE JAWS OF DEATH (1976) on Retro Media DVD.

November 10, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
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Latest Podcasts / Interviews

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.

April 25, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

Podcast interview with ANNE WITH AN E’s composing team Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.

January 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Podcast: Austin Wintory’s REMNANTS + ERICA (2019)

Podcast: Austin Wintory’s REMNANTS + ERICA (2019)

In a new podcast, composer Austin Wintory discusses scoring the interactive PS4 video game ERICA + the eclectic music on the compilation album REMNANTS.

October 11, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
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New Film Reviews

DVD: Day Time Ended, The (1979)

DVD: Day Time Ended, The (1979)

Although a fair share of the images within the original movie poster do appear within The Day Time Ended, this clumsily designed sci-fi is…

January 16, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Death Laid an Egg / La morte ha fatto l’uovo / Plucked (1968)

BR: Death Laid an Egg / La morte ha fatto l’uovo / Plucked (1968)

Giulio Questi’s Death Laid an Egg will probably rank as the strangest giallo ever produced, if not a leading example of Cinema Bizarre…

December 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Cruel Jaws / Jaws 5 (1995)

BR: Cruel Jaws / Jaws 5 (1995)

After producing and directing a slew of sexploitation, exploitation, and assorted rip-off films since 1970, by 1995 one can argue Bruno Mattei’s reign as Italy’s Ed Wood, Jr. was coming to a close…

November 10, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
DVD: Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)

DVD: Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)

Known for playing supporting tough guys in a diversity of genres in film & TV, outrageously prolific Richard Jaeckel had a rare opportunity to stretch himself in a leading role…

November 10, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Blood & Flesh – The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

BR: Blood & Flesh – The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

Al Adamson was cut from the same cloth as Roger Corman, a filmmaker making whatever was in vogue at the drive-in, but he one-upped Corman…

October 12, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Soundtrack Reviews

LP: John and Mary (1969)

LP: John and Mary (1969)

Written during his busiest period (1968-1970), Quincy Jones’ score for John and Mary was quite sparse, leaving obligatory space for the film’s myriad dialogue exchanges and source music, but the score is memorable for being atypical of the material Jones was writing at the time: action comedies (The Italian Job, The Hell with Heroes), comedies (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,Cactus Flower), and the funky style of They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!

March 8, 2017 | By Mark R. Hasan
CD: Runaway Train (1985)

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)…

December 5, 2016 | By Mark R. Hasan
LP: Bourne Identity, The (2002)

LP: Bourne Identity, The (2002)

The first film in the enduring franchise gave John Powell the perfect opportunity to write what remains both his definitive action sound, and the definitive action score of that decade, blending large orchestral sounds with layers upon layers of electronics…

October 13, 2016 | By Mark R. Hasan
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