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| 11-21: Holiday Gift Guide Part 1! Police Academy, Martial Arts Mayhem & More
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/20/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| It was one of the biggest comedy hits of the 1980s, returning close to $200 million when adjusted for inflation. Spawning six sequels, an animated TV series and recurrent talk of a big-screen resurrection, POLICE ACADEMY may not have received widespread critical acclaim – or in the case of its follow-ups, even a small amount of positive critical response – but it remains a viewer favorite, both for its wacky gags as well as its appealing assortment of rag-tag underdogs who triumph against all odds. If you're a fan, "Academy" addicts will be excited to learn that Shout! Factory has at last brought the series to Blu-Ray this month in a five-disc POLICE ACADEMY COLLECTION “Shout Select” box-set. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-14: 4K Thrills (And One Misfire!)
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/13/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| One of the great sports movies ever made, RUDY (114/127 mins., 1993, PG; Sony) reunited the production team from another genre classic – “Hoosiers” – in telling the real-life story of a young man who wants desperately to play football for Notre Dame, and makes up in heart and determination what he lacks in talent and academic prowess. Debuting this month on 4K, Sony’s “Rudy” not only looks spectacular, easily surpassing its previous Blu-Ray, but premieres on UHD a never-before-seen Director’s Cut restoring some 13 minutes of excised scenes the filmmakers had to remove in order to fulfill Tri-Star’s two-hour running time mandate. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/10/23
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/9/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced two new releases ready to order this week - the third volume of the label's new series STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - THE 1701 COLLECTION, this edition featuring Fred Steiner's scores for the episodes "Who Mourns for Adonais?," "Mirror, Mirror," 'By Any Other Name," "The Omega Glory," "Spock's Brain" and "Elaan of Troyius"; and a "Suites and Themes" edition of Lorne Balfe's score for this summer's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, featuring over an hour of musical material that Balfe developed for the film before recording the final score (which was itself released by La-La Land earlier this year on a two-disc set).
The label is currently planning to release at least five titles on November 24th, aka "Black Friday."
The latest releases from Music Box are an expanded version of Philippe Sarde's gorgeous, Oscar-nominated score for Roman Polanski's TESS; a remastered edition of Ennio Morricone's score for LE CASSE (The Burglars); two Claude Bolling scores for two TV miniseries from the late 1980s - LE CLAN and RENSEIGNEMENTS GENERAUX; and the scores for the gangster dramas LE GRAND PARDON (Serge Franklin) and LE GRAND PARDON II (Romano Musumarra).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Laurence Rosenthal: Music for Film and Television - Laurence Rosenthal - Silva
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Suites and Themes - Lorne Balfe - La-La Land
Rosenstrasse - Loek Dikker - Caldera
Sleepaway Camp - Frankie Vinci - 1984 Publishing
Solo: A Star Wars Story - John Powell, John Williams - Intrada
Star Trek: The Original Series - The 1701 Collection Vol. 3 - Fred Steiner - La-La Land
Zombie Town - Ryan Shore - MovieScore Media |
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| Film Score Friday 11/3/23
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/2/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from Intrada, expected to begin shipping next week but available to order now, is a two-disc Deluxe Edition of the score to the 2018 prequel SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, featuring a greatly expanded version of the score by John Powell, incorporating themes by John Williams including his new "The Adventures of Han."
The latest releases from Dragon's Domain include THE ERNEST GOLD COLLECTION VOLUME 2, which includes two of the final scores from the Oscar-winning composer, the Western biopic Tom Horn and the TV minseries Gore Vidal's Lincoln; the score for the Japanese live-action feature G-SAVIOUR, composed by John Debney and Louis Febre; and CD-R releases of THE JOE HARNELL COLLECTION VOL. 2, featuring Senior Trip and Scared Silly; FAIRYTOPIA by Eric Colvin; RAGE by Louis Febre; and SAVATE by Kevin Kiner.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Good Omens 2 - David Arnold - Silva
La Ternura - Fernando Velazquez - Quartet
Lo scopone scientifico - Piero Piccioni - Quartet
Tre fratelli - Piero Piccioni - Quartet
IN THEATERS TODAY
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt - Sasha Gordon, Victor Magro
At the Gates - Julia Newman
Beyond Utopia - Adam Taylor, Taylor Page
Four Daughters - Amin Bouhafa
Helen's Dead - Adam Westbrook
The Lady Bird Diaries - Paul Brill
The Marsh King's Daughter - Adam Janota Bzowski
Open - Clifton Hyde
Radical - Pascual Reyes Llanas, Juan Pablo Villa
Rustin - Branford Marsalis
What Happens Later - David Boman |
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| Aisle Seat 10-31: Halloween Edition! Kino Lorber, Warner Archive Wrap
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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10/30/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Kino Lorber’s October bag of treats extends from catalog revisits to 4K UHD premieres, including the 4K debut of CUJO (93 mins., 1983, R), one of the many Stephen King adaptations that filled theaters in the 1980s. Helmed by journeyman director Lewis Teague, “Cujo” is a tight, gritty little film that – atypical for the author – eschews the supernatural but still boasts a suitably unpleasant but not unsatisfying adaptation that ranks, especially in hindsight, as one of the better King flicks from an era when it seemed a new movie based on one of his works was coming to theaters every few months. |
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| Aisle Seat 10-24: Halloween Frights, A BRONX TALE Remastered
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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10/23/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| If you’re looking for something a little offbeat this Halloween season, chances are you’ve never seen ARNOLD (95 mins., 1973, PG), which is out this month from Vinegar Syndrome on Blu-Ray. Making its high-def debut (its last home video appearance came via a “Lightning Video” VHS release in the ‘80s), “Arnold” is a weird time capsule – a black comedy a la “The Old Dark House” with Stella Stevens essaying the mistress of a wealthy, recently deceased old man who stands to inherit his estate…so long, after marrying “Lord Dwellyn” at his funeral, she lives in the mansion alongside his corpse. One that seems to be very much alive at that! |
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Today in Film Score History:
April 25 |
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| Alec Puro born (1975) |
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| Brian May died (1997) |
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| David A. Hughes born (1960) |
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| Franz Waxman records his score for Stalag 17 (1952) |
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| Gary Hughes died (1978) |
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| Georges Delerue records his score for L’Homme Qui Revient De Loin (1972) |
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| Heinz Roemheld's score for Union Station is recorded (1950) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score for How to Steal a Million (1966) |
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