Just when it seemed small-gauge filmmaking was becoming a thing of the past (at least in terms of viable commercial releases), along comes the micro-budget horror film I Am ZoZo. Writer-director-cinematographer Scott Di Lalla decided to forgo the often characterless sharpness of high definition video in favor of Super 8mm film stock. Shot entirely on...
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October 28, 2013October 28, 2013Music
Music Review: Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way (Deluxe Edition)
The third album by Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way (originally released in 1993), is also his third to be treated to a two-disc deluxe anniversary reissue. When Kravitz first burst on the scene in 1989 with his debut, Let Love Rule, many wrote him off as a derivative hippie-era ‘60s revivalist. The...
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October 14, 2013October 14, 2013Books
Book Review: Miles Davis: The Collected Artwork by Steve Gutterman with Miles Davis
“I only listen to certain people when it comes to criticizing,” Miles Davis explains in one of many quotes found in Insight Editions’ new coffee table book, Miles Davis: The Collected Artwork. “I don’t ask anyone who’s going to try and tell me how much they know about art. It’s like the same thing with...
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September 30, 2013September 30, 2013Film
Blu-ray 3D Review: The Little Mermaid (Diamond Edition)
In 1989, The Little Mermaid restored Walt Disney Animation Studios to the standards of its glory years after a very trying decade. An adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, Mermaid’s co-directors Ron Clements and John Musker, aided immeasurably by the music of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, crafted a true Disney classic. Now available...
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September 26, 2013September 26, 2013Video
DVD Review: Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh-Robot!
The last few weeks have been a veritable feast for Scooby-Doo! fans. Late-August saw the release of the all-new feature film Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright. Earlier in September we had a new compilation, 13 Spooky Tales: Run for Your ‘Rife!. Now Scooby-holics can add Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh-Robot! to their collections. It’s another two-DVD collection...
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September 25, 2013September 25, 2013Film
Blu-ray Review: Drums Along the Mohawk – Twilight Time Limited Edition
Set in 1776, smack dab in the middle of the American Revolutionary War, Drums Along the Mohawk is an notably placid Western. The John Ford-directed film, shot in color in 1939, meanders along at a nearly casual pace. Gil Martin (Henry Fonda) marries his best gal Lana (Claudette Colbert, well into her 30s at the...
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September 22, 2013September 22, 2013Film
Blu-ray Review: Blood of Redemption
Some movies begin to slip from the memory as soon as the end credits roll. Others fade while actually viewing the movie, with each scene becoming increasingly harder to pay attention to. So it is with Blood of Redemption, a direct-to-video action flick so crushingly purposeless, it’s a challenge even following the by-the-numbers, cookie-cutter plot....
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September 18, 2013September 18, 2013Music
Music Review: Bob Dylan – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) – The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series has unveiled many true gems since it first launched in 1991, but the tenth volume just might be the most listenable in terms of feeling like an actual album. The fact that the 35 tracks on Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) – The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 were recorded during one of...
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August 27, 2013August 27, 2013News
Convention Roundup: The Official Star Trek Convention 2013 in Seattle
Though Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway from Voyager) didn’t make it, The Official Star Trek Convention went on without a hitch at the Hilton Seattle Airport Convention Center, August 24-25. To the understandable disappointment of many fans, Mulgrew cancelled just two days prior to the convention, citing obligations to the Neflix series Orange is the New...
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August 26, 2013August 26, 2013Film
Blu-ray Review: Body Double – Twilight Time Limited Edition
Boutique label Twilight Time recently added Brian De Palma’s 1984 cult fave Body Double to its lineup of limited edition Blu-ray releases. With only 3,000 copies available, it didn’t take long for the title to completely sell out. What all the fuss is about over this barely competent Hitchcock riff is beyond me, but secondary...