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| Aisle Seat 6-24: JAWS 50th Anniversary, THE WIZ, Kino Lorber Wrap
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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6/23/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| A few years ago I rewatched Sidney Lumet’s filming of the hit Broadway musical “The Wiz” and was surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did, especially given my vague memories of seeing it as a child and its long-attached reputation as another “bloated musical flop” from the ‘70s. Now on 4K UHD in a gorgeous restoration from Universal that Criterion is premiering for the first time, THE WIZ (135 mins., 1978, G) can be better appreciated by fans and newcomers alike. It’s a picture that’s aged in a number of different ways – and not all of them necessarily bad. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-17: Dazzling DARK CITY Restored In 4K
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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6/16/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| Director Alex Proyas showed with “The Crow” that flashy directorial technique and a sense of style can overcome a deficient plot. In his 1998 follow-up DARK CITY (111/100 mins., R; Arrow), Proyas concocted a fascinating science-fiction thriller with a story that lives up to the evocative settings and dense noir atmosphere surrounding it. Now on UHD in a restored Arrow box-set, there’s never been a better time to (re)visit one of the best films of the ‘90s. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-5 Weekend Edition: Bond, Finally, In 4K
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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6/5/2025 - 4:00 AM |
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| 4K UHD owners have long tabbed this week’s release of the SEAN CONNERY 007 6-FILM COLLECTION (Warner) as one of the format’s biggest releases of the year. This Warner anthology presents Sean Connery’s entire Eon tenure as James Bond with new Dolby Vision HDR remasters and Dolby Atmos soundtracks, and while the enhancements may come off as mild in terms of detail, there are big improvements in color reproduction to be found here – especially once Bond makes the move into anamorphic widescreen in “Thunderball.” And speaking of that, there’s a big surprise here too: for the first time, fans can choose between two different sound mixes that have long confounded aficionados of Connery’s fourth foray as 007. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-3: OCN Spring Wrap, New Releases
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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6/2/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| Director John Badham had a big run from the ‘70s through the late ‘80s, with “Saturday Night Fever,” “WarGames,” “Blue Thunder,” “Short Circuit” and “Stakeout” becoming bona-fide box-office hits. Even Badham’s movies that didn’t quite come off commercially were solid – the John Williams-scored “Dracula” (1979) among those – yet Badham hit a wall when the 1990s began. Several misfires followed before DROP ZONE (102 mins., 1994, R; Cinematographe) was made, and while this Wesley Snipes vehicle was only a modest performer in the Christmas ‘94 marketplace, it provides a reasonably diverting genre experience that easily counts as one of Badham’s better films from the era. |
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| Aisle Seat 5-27: Kino Lorber, Severin, FCE New Spins
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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5/26/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| I sort-of recall watching PROPHECY (102 mins., 1979, PG; Kino Lorber) on network TV in the early ’80s, and getting quite upset that Talia Shire’s unborn baby could be a mutated, one-eyed monster — the kind of thing you might expect from a tired grade-schooler who probably shouldn’t have been staying up to watch this movie to begin with. Years later when I finally rewatched the movie on DVD, I was reawakened to the charms of this 1979 John Frankenheimer genre fiasco, coming away believing that a) giant mutated bear movies are cool, and b) even though “Prophecy” is far from a good movie, they really don’t make silly horror films the way they used to back in the late ’70s and early ’80s. |
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| Aisle Seat 4-29: Kino Lorber, Warner 4K Remasters
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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4/28/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| John Wayne and director John Ford produced over a dozen movies together, concluding their collaboration with a picture that, while being deemed a lark by most involved, nevertheless became a beloved outing for its fans: DONOVAN’S REEF (116 mins., 1963; Kino Lorber). A South Seas comedy that takes the more lighthearted elements of Ford and Wayne’s works – as evidenced by the “roughhousing” here between Wayne and co-star Lee Marvin – and mixes them together with a rather poignant family drama, “Donovan’s Reef” wasn’t the Old West sendoff that some western fans wanted – but on its own terms, it’s a disarming little movie with beautiful Hawaiian locales and the stars having great fun on-screen. |
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Today in Film Score History:
July 12 |
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| Benny Carter died (2003) |
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| Eddy Manson died (1996) |
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| Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Elaan of Troyius" is recorded (1968) |
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| Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns For Adonais?" is recorded (1967) |
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| James Bernard died (2001) |
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| Michael Small begins recording his score for Marathon Man (1976) |
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| Yasushi Akutagawa born (1925) |
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