Reviews of Silva Screen’s compilation series, featuring Music from the Transformers Trilogy by Steve Jablonsky, The Music of Michel Legrand, and The Music of James Horner, plus La-La Land’s complete presentation of James Horner’s Commando. Also: gorgeous Rue Morgue poster art, Julian Roffman’s The Mask + Guillermo del Toro in person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and David Cronenberg’s Shivers at The Revue. Sometimes I love my city. Sometimes.
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / M . Rating: Very Good Label: Silva Screen / Released: October 3, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 14 tracks / (75:08) + CD2: 13 tracks / (72:35) . Special Notes: 8-page colour booklet with liner notes by Michael Beek.. . Composer: James Horner . . Review: With a 30+ year […]
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Very Good Label: La-La Land Records / Released: September 6, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 24 tracks / (61:48) . Special Notes: 24-page colour booklet with liner notes by Jeff Bond / Limited to 3000 copies.. . Composer: James Horner . . Review: Although he’s responsible for several […]
Composer Mark Isham launches his new label with The Mechanic, and reviews of 3 new La-La Land releases: Dominic Frontiere’s The Rat Patrol, John Debney’s The Young Riders, and James Horner’s Jade…
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / J to L . Rating: Very Good Label: La-La Land Records / Released: November 30, 2010 Tracks & Album Length: 15 tracks / (51:21) . Special Notes: 20-page colour booklet with hefty liner notes by Dan Goldwasser / Limited to 3000 copies. . Composer: James Horner . . Review: Jade […]
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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