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...
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August 18, 2013August 18, 2013Television
Dame Judi Dench and Michael Williams: A Fine Romance
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Sonny and Cher — besides having been married in real life, these celebrity couples once worked side-by-side on their own TV shows. Over the years, art has also imitated life in the same way on the UK small screen, one example being Dame Judi Dench and...
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August 16, 2013August 16, 2013Music
Music Review: Elvis Presley – Elvis at Stax (Deluxe Edition)
What better way to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the King of Rock and Roll’s passing (August 16, 1977) than losing oneself in RCA/Legacy’s new Elvis at Stax deluxe box set? This remarkable release chronicles the dozen recording sessions Presley undertook at the legendary Memphis recording studio Stax, in 1973. While the material has all...
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August 15, 2013August 15, 2013Television
A Chat with The Lady Vanishes’ and Silk’s Tom Hughes
A 1930s Balkans railway journey filled with mystery and suspense, and a look at the inner sanctum of the UK legal system. British actor Tom Hughes does double duty this month and next in the States when he dips a proverbial toe in both these worlds. First off in The Lady Vanishes (airing Sunday night,...
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August 4, 2013August 4, 2013Film
Blu-ray Review: Tom and Jerry’s Giant Adventure
The Tom and Jerry brand continues to be a lucrative franchise for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Whether made up of new or repackaged material, the titles keep on coming. Falling into the former category is the all-new Tom and Jerry’s Giant Adventure, available on Blu-ray and DVD (or both formats together, along with a code...
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August 2, 2013August 2, 2013Film
Blu-ray Review: Oblivion (2013)
Some movies are best approached with as little prior knowledge as possible. For anyone partial to either ponderous sci-fi or anything starring Tom Cruise, all you need to know in advance is that Oblivion falls into both those categories. It’s not action-oriented sci-fi, understand that before going in. Oblivion aspires to be more along the...
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July 25, 2013July 25, 2013Television
Taking a Beating: Interview with Continuum’s Victor Webster
Continuum, the mind-bending sci-fi series that is part time travel adventure and part procedural, is nearing the end of a successful second season on its native Canadian channel Showcase. Meanwhile, south of the border it is halfway through the same season on Syfy. The show stars Rachel Nichols as tough cop Kiera Cameron who has...
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July 17, 2013July 17, 2013Television
Anger Management: Interview with King’s Alan Van Sprang
Most of us have said or done something at some point in our lives that we wish we could take back or at the very least do a bit differently. For Toronto city police detective Derek Spears, a brief professional misstep cost him his position as head of the Major Crimes Task Force. Although still...
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July 15, 2013July 15, 2013Television
Oxford’s Finest: Interview with Endeavour’s Shaun Evans
Classic cars, real English ale, opera and cryptic crossword puzzles — probably not the interests of your typical police officer, but whoever said that Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse was typical? Created by writer Colin Dexter, this often sullen-tempered but still likeable and always dependable police officer was the bane of existence of many a...
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July 5, 2013July 5, 2013Music
Bentley’s Bandstand: The First Half – Favorite Albums of 2013
This week’s column celebrates the second anniversary of Bentley’s Bandstand. It’s still amazing to see how much moving music is being released, in all different kinds of categories. As the record business continues to shift and splinter, it seems like musicians themselves are becoming more and more dedicated to finding a way to share their...