In Part 4 of our Surburban Tales series, we look at Durham County: Season 3 (Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada / Muse International) , and see how bad it gets for poor Mike Sweeney. Oh, and strange man digs basement for 7 years using toy excavation machines. WHY?
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / D . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Good Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada / Muse International/ Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: February 21, 2012 Genre: TV Series / Crime Drama / Suburban Malaise Synopsis: While investigating the killings of teen drug runners, Mike Sweeney’s new partner, […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / D . Film: Excellent / DVD Transfer: Very Good/ DVD Extras: Good Label/Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada / Muse International / Catalogue: DV-16111 / Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: September 9, 2008 Synopsis: When Detective Mike Sweeney moves his family to Durham County, Ontario, he discovers his worst nightmare lives across the […]
Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Filmmakers . With Season 3 of Durham County now underway via HBO Canada, addicts of the series can further watch what newer and weirder elements will challenge the Sweeney family, and maybe send them packing back to the raccoon-infested environs of Toronto. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration (Raccoons in Toronto? […]
Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers Having scored Seasons 2 and 3 of Durham County, composer Peter Chapman isn’t a newcomer anymore, but his music is a fresh mix of the abstract, the impressionistic, the melodic, and the weird. Chapman took over the scoring chores for Season 2, basing his score around the main […]
Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)
Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com
Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)
Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films
Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream
Severin Films showcases the work of Eloy de la Iglesia via two fine Spanish gialli entries: NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM (1973) + CANNIBAL MAN (1972)
ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise
For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.
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.
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.
Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.
BR: Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)
Had Barbara Steele remained in Europe – especially Italy – during the early 1970s, she may well have appeared in giallo thrillers…
BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)
Cannibal Man has a palpable crime-drama feel – the events unfold after daily title cards – and one can sense Hitchcockian sensibilities…
BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)
After the grisly thriller Cannibal Man (1972), Spanish auteur Eloy de la Iglesia opted for a far less graphic thriller which is part giallo…
DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)
Produced and released around the same time as Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), the approach by director Hilla Medalia is a more authorized chronicle…
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