Blog Archives

Video Store Day: Correcting the Corrupted

Video Store Day: Correcting the Corrupted

November 1, 2014 | By

In Post #2, I look at one of the gizmos designed to ensure maximum viewing pleasure from rented videotapes: the image stabilizer / aka video corrector / aka videotape stabilizer / that secret black box that could do a little bit more than advertised.

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Soundtrack Reviews + Interview with Sound Engineer Richard Moore

Soundtrack Reviews + Interview with Sound Engineer Richard Moore

October 31, 2014 | By

Soundtrack reviews of Ceiri Torjussen’s The Canal and Gary Numan’s From Inside (Lakeshore Records) + an Interview with sound engineer Richard Moore on Roy Budd’s Phantom of the Opera score.

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Podcast Interview with Nima Fakhrara + the music of The Signal (2014)

Podcast Interview with Nima Fakhrara + the music of The Signal (2014)

October 27, 2014 | By

Podcast interview with Iranian-born film composer Nima Fakhrara and the music of The Signal (2014) + some updates.

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Twilight Time Goes to War: The Dogs of War + Resurrected

Twilight Time Goes to War: The Dogs of War + Resurrected

October 22, 2014 | By

Reviews of two war films released on Blu by Twilight Time: John Irvin’s cynical The Dogs of War (1980) and Paul Greengrass and David Thewlis’ feature film debut, The Falklands War drama Resurrected (1989).

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Video Store Day: Slight Preamble to VSD IV

Video Store Day: Slight Preamble to VSD IV

October 20, 2014 | By

First Post regarding this past weekend’s Video Store Day.

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