Elvis Goes Straight, Part 1: Flaming Star (1960)
Review of a rare western starring Elvis Presley and directed by Don Siegel: Flaming Star (1960), new on Blu from Twilight Time + some Editorial Blather on home video.
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Sage Stallone’s Vic (2006) + a Home Video Check-In, Part 1: Special Editions
Review of Sage Stallone’s short film Vic (2006) + an Editor’s Blog on Special Editions (or lack of).
Video Tales II: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition
Part 2 of Video Tales includes a review of Jake West’s excellent 2010 doc Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape (Severin / Nucleus) + scans of another 1980s video store catalogue!
New Production Diaries at Big Head Amusements / Thoughts on International Independent Videostore Day
In the latest Editor’s Blog: some compact thoughts & digressions about International Independent Videostore Day, which marked its second year this past Saturday October 2th. Yes Virginia, video stores still exist. Quite a few of them, really.
The Oscars, and the quiet emergence of the Standard International Edition
Pure Editorial Blather on this weekend’s Oscar telecast, Norm Wilner’s piece on the Dardennes’ The Kid with a Bike premiering as a DVD-only release, and what may be the quiet emergence of the Standard International Home Video Edition of movies on Blu.
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