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| Aisle Seat 12-17: MVD Holiday Wrap
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Andy Dursin
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12/16/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| 1993 was a big year for Sylvester Stallone. After staging one of his signature “comeback” vehicles with “Cliffhanger” in the summer, Sly slid into the slick Silver Pictures production DEMOLITION MAN (115 mins., 1993, R; Arrow) in the fall. While advertised as a solemn futuristic action flick, “Demolition Man” was really much more entertaining – an often humorous take on an easily-offended future society (sound familiar?) where dethawed-from-the ‘90s adversaries Stallone and villain Wesley Snipes’ machismo is decades out of step. The end result – enhanced by a charming Sandra Bullock in one of her first lead roles – has aged gracefully and remains topical, easily making for one of Stallone’s most enjoyable pictures from its era. |
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| Aisle Seat 12-10: December Rundown Edition
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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12/9/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| One of the few genres that seems to generate consistent box-office revenues these days is the “family movie,” specifically animated pictures that always seem to attract an audience – even if it’s occasionally to varying degrees. Two recent films from this past fall, now on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray, confirm that trend, with Dreamworks’ THE WILD ROBOT (102 mins., 2024, PG; Universal) ranking as one of the very best movies of its kind released in recent memory, and TRANSFORMERS ONE (104 mins., 2024, PG; Paramount), while just a modest box-office performer, offering big, colorful action for series fans of all ages. |
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| Aisle Seat 12-3: OCN Wrap, INTERSTELLAR Back on UHD
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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12/2/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| OCN Distribution’s November and December slate offers a wide range of Blu-Ray titles, with the Cinematographe label also premiering one of their most eclectic features on 4K UHD yet: a restored edition of the true William Castle curio SHANKS (93 mins., 1974, PG). This hugely offbeat, dark fairy tale features Marcel Marceau in a dramatic turn as both a deaf/mute puppeteer as well as a mad doctor who takes him under his wing as his assistant – until the doctor dies, and “Shanks” finds out he can reanimate the dead. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-26: Thanksgiving Feast, Part 2!
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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11/25/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| When Jim Henson passed away in 1990, the creator of the Muppets left us with only a few, fleeting glimpses into his potential as a purveyor of fantasy projects beyond the scope of Kermit and Miss Piggy. Henson only directed three theatrical features in his career: the second, and best, Muppet movie (1981’s “The Great Muppet Caper”); the epic fantasy “The Dark Crystal” (1982), which he co-helmed with Frank Oz; and “Labyrinth” (1986), a live-action fantasy, produced with George Lucas, that flopped at the box-office. Both THE DARK CRYSTAL (93 mins., 1982, PG; Shout!) and LABYRINTH (101 mins., 1986, PG; Shout!) have been newly reissued this month as 4K UHD Steelbooks by Shout!, which has entered into a new distribution agreement with The Jim Henson Company. Each are certainly worthy of gift-giving this holiday season. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-19: Thanksgiving Edition Part 1!
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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11/18/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Clint Eastwood’s filmography has always enjoyed a healthy life on home video spanning multiple formats, and it continues this month with Kino Lorber premiering three Eastwood films from his ‘70s Universal catalog on 4K UHD. Each transfer offers immediate gains with their implementation of Dolby Vision HDR, making for recommended upgrades for enthusiasts and the hopeful promise of even more to come. |
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| Aisle Seat 10-29: Halloween Wrap, Part 2!
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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10/28/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Writer Eric Red and director Robert Harmon’s THE HITCHER (97 mins., 1986, R; HBO/Warner) has long been a cult favorite: a vividly shot, superbly acted, tense suspense-thriller about an enigmatic serial killer (Rutger Hauer) who picks a naive young man (C. Thomas Howell) for his latest prey along the dusty desert highways of the American Southwest. Yet does Hauer’s “John Ryder” want to merely toy with Howell’s Jim Halsey out on the open road, or does he have some other purpose involved in his psychotic behavior? Those are the questions raised, but mostly unanswered, in Eric Red’s script, which is light on explanations but heavy on mood, atmosphere and tension, all of it beautifully captured by Harmon and cinematographer John Seale. |
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| Aisle Seat 10-22: Halloween Edition Part 1
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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10/21/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” franchise kicked off its existence with a pair of modestly budgeted horror outings produced by New World Pictures in the midst of its post-Roger Corman mid ‘80s heyday, back when they and other upstarts like The Cannon Group tried to throw their hat into the ring with major Hollywood studios. The first two “Hellraisers” weren’t big box-office hits but nevertheless became instant cult classics and are collected on 4K UHD for the first time along with the intriguing, if hugely uneven, third and fourth series entries in Arrow’s dynamite HELLRAISER: QUARTET OF TORMENT 4K UHD box-set – one that was released to widespread acclaim and big sales in the UK in 2023, and now comes to the USA in an identically packaged release. |
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Today in Film Score History:
January 19 |
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| Bjorn Isfalt died (1997) |
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| David Shire records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Moving Day" (1987) |
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| Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Life Support” (1995) |
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| Don Costa died (1983) |
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| Gerard Schurmann born (1924) |
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| Jerome Moross begins recording his score to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording electronic cues for Logan's Run (1976) |
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| John Williams records his score for The Ghostbreaker (1965) |
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| Michael Boddicker born (1953) |
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| Recording sessions begin for Cyril Mockidge’s score to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) |
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| Stu Phillips born (1929) |
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