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‘Swell Welles’ Part II – Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, The Battle Over Citizen Kane, and RKO 281

‘Swell Welles’ Part II – Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, The Battle Over Citizen Kane, and RKO 281

March 18, 2012 | By

In Part 2 of ‘Swell Welles,’ reviews of Warner Home Video’s Citizen Kane set on Blu-ray, featuring Kane, the 1996 documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane, and the 1999 HBO TV movie RKO 281, plus authentic editorial blather.

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‘Swell Welles’ Part I: Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons (1939, 1942, and 2002) & More!

‘Swell Welles’ Part I: Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons (1939, 1942, and 2002) & More!

March 6, 2012 | By

In Part 1 of ‘Swell Welles,’ a lengthy comparartive essay on Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons (Warner Home Video) – the 1939 radio show, the 1942 RKO film, and the 2002 A&E teleplay – plus the 1993 documentary It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (Paramount).

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Interview with composer Andrew Lockington + Soundtrack News & Reviews

Interview with composer Andrew Lockington + Soundtrack News & Reviews

February 17, 2012 | By

Just uploaded, an interview with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island composer Andrew Lockington, plus reviews of Journey 2 (Water Tower), John Williams’ Adventures of Tintin (Sony Classical), Alberto Iglesias’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Silva Screen), and Jerry Goldsmith’s Tora! Tora! Tora! and Shirley Walker’s Space: Above and Beyond (both from La-La Land) plus Soundtrack Release news!

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ANDREW LOCKINGTON (2012)

ANDREW LOCKINGTON (2012)

February 16, 2012 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . Having scored the 3D version of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008, Andrew Lockington returned for the sequel, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, but the project turned out to be much more than writing another dynamic orchestral score. This time there was […]

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John Guillermin at Fox

John Guillermin at Fox

January 24, 2012 | By

Reviews of three films British director John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) made at Twentieth Century-Fox during the 1960s: Guns at Batasi (Fox), Rapture (freshly released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time), and The Blue Max (Fox)

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