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| Aisle Seat 9-17: Season 28 Premiere! 4K Debuts & New Release Wrap!
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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9/16/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| It’s unfathomably hard to believe I wrote the first Aisle Seat column for the internet way back when I was graduating from college in 1997 – since then we’ve been through more movies, home video releases, and format changes than you can count! Yet throughout it all, I’ve had a blast covering an industry that’s shifted from small “boutique labels” (in the earliest days of DVD) to major studios (the heyday of that format and Blu-Ray) and now back again to a lot of indie labels and distributors keeping physical media alive across Blu and 4K UHD (and DVD too for that matter – the format that simply will not die). We’ll still be here as the marketplace shifts, changes and adjusts to post-COVID viewing habits and a theatrical marketplace that has never recovered from “the pandemic” – and invite all of you to join me on our message boards for always-lively discussion about movies both new and (especially) vintage in nature. |
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| Aisle Seat 8-20: LAST EMBRACE Remastered on 4K UHD
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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8/19/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| After the passing of Alfred Hitchcock numerous directors attempted to keep the director’s “vibe” alive by producing homages like Jonathan Demme’s 1979 affair LAST EMBRACE (102 mins., 1979, R; Cinematographe). This adaptation of Murray Teigh Bloom’s novel “The 13th Man” offers a laundry list of attractive ingredients – from a terrific lead performance by Roy Scheider to its outstanding supporting cast and Miklos Rozsa’s romantic, old-fashioned score – yet the movie itself doesn’t work, an unsuccessful attempt at melding the suspense of Hitch with the sensibilities of the late ‘70s. |
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| Aisle Seat 7-30: MGM Catalog & New Release Wrap
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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7/29/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| A few weeks ago Andrew McCarthy’s “Brats” documentary was released, profiling the at-times frustrating career trajectories of members of the ‘80s “Brat Pack.” That unofficial “gang” of rising stars found themselves being shut out of projects due to their “membership” in the Pack, though debate remains over what stars and movies are part of the list. Though not a film that’s usually associated with the Brat Pack, the 1983 Orion comedy CLASS (94 mins., 1983, R; MGM) was released right before the John Hughes teen era began, and offers a fascinating list of young and future ‘80s stars right on the cusp of stardom: Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Casey Siemaszko, Virginia Madsen, Joan Cusack, and Lolita Davidovich all appear in this highly uneven, yet undeniably entertaining, mix of high school comedy and coming-of-age drama. |
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| 7-16-24: OCN Summer Rundown
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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7/15/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Guiseppe Tornatore’s ENNIO (156 mins., 2021; Music Box) has at last reached the shores of the U.S. after having been released elsewhere around the world over the last couple of years. So what took this terrific documentary so long to find a U.S. distributor? One wonders, since Morricone’s legacy – a list of literally hundreds of movie soundtracks and concert works, plus a massive influence on both Italian and worldwide pop music that came before them – spans decades of popular film scores, some of which transcended the cinematic creations they originally accompanied. |
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| Aisle Seat 7-2: 4th of July Fireworks, From Kung Fu to 4K
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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7/1/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Growing up in the ‘80s, Saturday afternoons on local Boston affiliate WLVI TV 56 used to include a “Creature Double Feature” of Godzilla fare, followed sometimes by an Abbott & Costello movie or, occasionally, a kung-fu adventure. These often didn’t star Bruce Lee but “Bruce Li,” and would offer cheap genre action with limited dramatic engagement – it was all about the martial arts, and these quickly-paced genre exercises are now the centerpiece of one of the year’s best Blu-Ray box sets. Severin’s THE GAME OF CLONES: BRUCEPOLITATION COLLECTION VOL. 1 streets next week and provides no less than a full dozen wild and woolly kung fu flicks with ersatz Bruce Lee stand-ins, mostly low budgets but lots of energy to spare, plus fantastic extras which put this entire, bizarre filmmaking era into proper historical context. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-25: Summer Arrival Edition
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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6/24/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| The ‘60s were filled with “caper” movies, many of the international variety with stars from around the globe hoping to sell their respective collaborations to markets far and wide. The genre was wrapping up by the time THE BURGLARS (114/126 mins., 1971, PG; Sony) was made, which is unfortunate because this is an irresistible late entry in its field, filled with gorgeous Greek locations and exciting action set-pieces. And what more needs to be said than, at one point, star Jean-Paul Belmondo does his own leaping from one moving bus to another while trying to avoid corrupt local cop Omar Sharif? |
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Today in Film Score History:
September 19 |
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| Alfred Newman begins recording his score for How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
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| Arthur Benjamin born (1893) |
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| Daniel Lanois born (1951) |
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| Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Search - Part 1” (1994) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Powder (1995) |
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| Joel McNeely wins the Emmy for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode “Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920;” Dennis McCarthy wins for his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine main title theme (1993) |
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| Johann Johannsson born (1969) |
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| Johnny Harris begins recording his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “Planet of the Slave Girls” (1979) |
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| Nile Rodgers born (1952) |
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| Paul Williams born (1940) |
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| Vladimir Horunzhy born (1949) |
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| Willie Hutch died (2005) |
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