Susan Lacy’s Spielberg (2017)
Review of Spielberg (2017), Susan Lacy’s engaging doc on the iconoclastic filmmaker from HBO.
Tag: Steven Spielberg
DVD: Spielberg (2017)
Distilling the career, the creative and industry accomplishments of Steven Spielberg into even a 147 mins. doc is quite a chore, but like her subsequent portrait…
CD: Adventures of Tintin, The (2011)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / A . Rating: Very Good Label: Sony Classical/ Released: December 13, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 18 tracks / (65:39) . Special Notes: 8-page colour booklet with liner notes by director Steven Spielberg. . Composer: John Williams . . Review: John Williams’ second 2011 score for Steven Spielberg, after the […]
CD: War Horse (2011)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / V to Z . Rating: Excellent Label: Sony Classical/ Released: November 21, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 16 tracks / (67:28) . Special Notes: 8-page foldout colour booklet with notes by director Steven Spielberg. . Composer: John Williams . . Review: Steven Spielberg tends to bring out the inner-schmaltz in […]
Suburban Tales III
Blu-ray reviews of three takes on suburban paranoia: Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (Sony), Tom Holland’s Fright Night (Twilight Time), and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (Paramount), plus some Editorius Blathorious regarding review updates + upcoming film projects (mine, not yours).
BR: Super 8 (2011)
Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Excellent Label: Paramount/ Region: A / Released: November 22, 2011 Genre: Science-Fiction / Horror Synopsis: In 1979, a group of kids in a small town discover a recent train derailment unleased a potentially malevolent alien. Special Features: Audio commentary by writer / director J.J. Abrams + Filmmakers’ Commentary […]
Film: Something Evil (1972)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / S . Film: Good / DVD Transfer: n/a/ DVD Extras: n/a Label: n/a/ Region: n/a / Released: n/a Genre: TV movie / Supernatural Horror Synopsis: A family moves to a country farm and slowly realize their home and maybe a family member might be possessed by a demonic […]
BR: Color Purple, The (1985)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / C . Film: Excellent / DVD Transfer: Excellent / DVD Extras: Excellent Label: Warner Home Video / Region: All / Released: January 25, 2011 Genre: Drama Synopsis: An African American woman struggles to maintain her dignity after being handed off to a brutal farmer in turn-of-the-century America. Special Features: 4 […]
Suburban Tales II: Poltergeist (1982)
Review- no, more like an essay on Warner Home Video’s new Blu-ray of Poltergeist (1982), plus an anecdotal Editor’s Blog on the film’s impact, and that beloved Sony Trinitron, often dubbed ‘the Poltergeist TV’…
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