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| Aisle Seat 11-29: New Kino Lorber 4K & Blu-Ray Reviews
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/28/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| The 1999 comic book spoof MYSTERY MEN (122 mins., PG-13; Kino Lorber) seemed to arrive, in many ways, just before its time. Before super-heroes became the cinema’s preeminent movie genre, a short time prior to star Ben Stiller having a breakout hit with “Meet the Parents,” and just ahead of co-star Geoffrey Rush suiting up as the villain in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise there was this late summer ’99 Universal box-office disappointment – one worthy of some reappraisal in light of the veritable hundreds of comic book projects we’ve seen over the many years since. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-15: MAVERICK Flies in 4K
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/14/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| It might be an overstatement to call Tom Cruise “The Last Movie Star,” but it’s hard to argue in 2022 there’s an actor still working today who commands a project, and the screen itself, the way Cruise still can. It’s a commendable feat that’s no small accomplishment when you analyze the constrained marketplace that is the U.S. box-office in these post-pandemic times – an era in which movies where teenagers aren’t the central demographic have become a nearly extinct species, dominated instead by super-heroes and recycled “Intellectual Properties” owned by massive corporations. TOP GUN: MAVERICK (131 mins., 2022, PG-13; Paramount) is still, obviously, a revisit of one of the all-time ’80s blockbusters, but it’s been produced with so much skill and soul that it scarcely resembles the generic sequels and comic book films taking up residency in our nation’s multiplexes in the 21st century. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/11/22
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/10/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest releases from Music Box are a collection of film music by Philippe Miller, including selects from Jeanne and the Perfect Guy; the first CD release of Michael Magne's 1973 album re-recording of his film themes; and re-releases of LA REVOLUCION FRANCAISE by George Delerue, and Philippe Sarde's LE CHOC and LES SEINS DE GLACE (aka Icy Breasts).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Brutal - Alan Howarth - Dragon's Domain
Girl at the Window - Jamie Blanks - Buysoudtrax
La vita, a volte, e' molto dura, vero provvidenza?/Ci risiamo, vero provvidenza? - Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai - Beat
Le Choc/Les seins de glace [re-release] - Philippe Sarde - Music Box
Los renglones dorcidos de dios - Fernando Velazquez - Quartet
The Peter Bernstein Collection Vol. 3 - Peter Bernstein - Dragon's Domain
Philippe Sarde: Anthologie de musiques de films - 50 ans de cinema - Philippe Sarde - BMG
The Pit and the Pendulum - Richard Band - Dragon's Domain
Piu'forte ragazzi - Guido & Maurizio DeAngelis - Beat
Zeus and Roxanne - Bruce Rowland - Buysoundtrax
IN THEATERS TODAY
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ludwig Goransson - Song CD due Nov. 18 on Hollywood
The Fabelmans - John Williams - Score CD due Dec. 9 on Sony
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Alexandre Desplat
Nothing Lasts Forever - Logan Nelson
Paradise City - Sam Ewing
Spirited - Score: Dominic Lewis; Songs: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, Mark Sonnenblick - Song CD due Nov. 18 on Republic
You Resemble Me - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans |
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| Aisle Seat 11-8: Imprint’s Latest Limited Editions
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/7/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| The great Akira Kurosawa virtually never ventured outside Japan for his cinematic sojourns, making his 1975 epic DERSU UZALA (142 mins.) a picture to treasure. This rugged, Serbian-shot outdoor adventure offers a straightforward story of a Russian military officer (Yuri Solomon) who’s charged with surveying the Mongolian frontier shortly after the turn of the 20th century. To his aid comes a resourceful local guide (Maksim Munzuk), who not only saves his life, but represents an old, nature-based world slowly being eradicated by the rise of civilization. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/4/22
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/3/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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This month's new releases from La-La Land, available to order now, are the fourth volume of their Quinn Martin Collection series of TV music, this one featuring Dominic Frontiere's music for the TV series version of the Oscar-winning military drama 12 O'CLOCK HIGH, and an expanded edition of James Horner's score for director Ron Howard's hit 2000 film version of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS.
The latest score CDs from Dragon's Domain are a two-disc expanded edition of Richard Band's score for the 1991 film version of Poe's THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM; Alan Howarth's score for the 2012 thriller BRUTAL (not to be confused with the many other films with that title); and THE PETER BERNSTEIN COLLECTION VOL. 3, featuring the composer's music for the action comedy Fifty Fifty, starring Peter Weller and Robert Hays (not to be confused with the cancer dramedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen), and the comedy Miracles, starring Tom Conti and Teri Garr.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - James Horner - La-La Land
The Godfather Suite - Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota - Silva
Mark Isham: Music for Film - Mark Isham - Silva
Notre-Dame - Eric Demarsan - Music Box
The Quinn Martin Collection Vol. 4: 12 O'Clock High - Dominic Frontiere - La-La Land
Stranger Things 4: Vol. 1 - Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein - Lakeshore
Stranger Things 4: Vol 2 - Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein - Lakeshore
10/31 Part III - Rocky Gray - Howlin' Wolf |
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Today in Film Score History:
December 5 |
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| Cliff Eidelman born (1964) |
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| Dave Brubeck died (2012) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Coma (1977) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the Room 222 pilot (1968) |
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| John Altman born (1949) |
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| Johnny Pate born (1923) |
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| Karl-Ernst Sasse born (1923) |
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| Manuel De Sica died (2014) |
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| Masaru Sato died (1999) |
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| Osvaldo Golijov born (1960) |
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| Richard Gibbs born (1955) |
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| Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Outrageous Okona" (1988) |
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