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John Huston’s Cold War Thrillers

John Huston’s Cold War Thrillers

June 24, 2011 | By

Reviews of two great espionage gems by director John Huston: The Kremlin Letter (Twilight Time), and The MacKintosh Man (Warner Home Video)…

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CD: Crysis II

CD: Crysis II

June 20, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / C . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land Records/ Released: April 26, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 21 tracks / (49:29) + CD2: 25 tracks / (49:15) . Special Notes: 12-page colour booklet with a Q&A with composer Hans Zimmer, and liner notes by co-composers Borislav Slavov and Tilman Sillescu . […]

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“Pilot Error”

“Pilot Error”

June 20, 2011 | By

Reviews of three films dealing with pilots and the huge risks and responsabilities within their grips: Clarence Brown’s 1933 melodrama Night Flight (Warner Home Video), Ralph Nelson’s still-potent Fate is the Hunter (Twlight Time) from 1964, and Henry Koster’s No Highway in the Sky drama from 1951 (still unavailable on DVD)…

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Colour Noir

Colour Noir

June 13, 2011 | By

Review of Richard Fleischer’s superb ‘colour noir’ suspenser, Violent Saturday (Twilight Time)…

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Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack Reviews

June 11, 2011 | By

Soundtrack reviews of Andrew Hewitt’s Submarine (MovieScore Media), Martin Phipps’ Brighton Rock (Silva Screen), Marco Beltrami’s Scream 4 (Varese Sarabande), and Darren Callahan’s Alien Terrain (Phantom Soundtracks)…

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