Month: May 2008

Posted on: May 27, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Red Violin – Meridian Collection

The Red Violin – Meridian Collection / 2008 Lionsgate / 130 Minutes / http://www.lionsgate.com The Red Violin is a 1998 film that stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, and Christoph Koncz. It discusses the history of the titular object, from its creation in 1681, through 1793 Vienna, 1890s Oxford, 1960s Shanghai, and finally 1998 Montreal. In the film, the violin is called red because it was painted with the blood…

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Shirley Temple – America’s Sweetheart Collection, Volume 6

Shirley Temple – America’s Sweetheart Collection, Volume 6 / 2008 Fox / 266 Minutes / http://www.foxhome.com/shirtleytemple / Where I was too young to really have focused much on when The Magnificent Seven was originally shown on Fox (1998-2000), my parents were not even born when these three Shirley Temple films – Stowaway, Wee Willie Winkie, and Young People  – were originally released. This collection of films was timed to coincide…

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The Magnificent Seven – The Complete Series

The Magnificent Seven – The Complete Series / 2008 Fox / 1031 Minutes / http://www.mgm.com/dvd / http://www.foxtvdvd.com / Once upon a time, there was a film called The Magnificent Seven. This film was released in 1960, and took much of its influence from Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film, the Seven Samurai. This movie in turn gave influence to a show that would ultimately run from 1998 to 2000. Essentially, there are…

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This Up Here, David Ramos’ First Album, To Be Released

. While this is indeed David’s debut you may have heard his music in disparate places such as performing in folk band Little Wings, making beats for rappers Aceyalone and Busdriver, or as a much heralded teenage drumming prodigy. Definitely worth checking out for fans of WHY? or Ra Ra Riot.

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Anya Singleton Releases “The Other Side” 8/12

New York, NY— Born in Tunisia and raised in South Africa and England before arriving in New York, singer-songwriter Anya Singleton’s first full-length album, The Other Side, will hit stores August 12 and features 11 tracks all co-written by Singleton. Intensely introspective yet captivating, you’ll feel as if Singleton has invited you into her living room for an emotional thrill ride of a story. Not content to only chronicle the ups and…

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THE GATHERING working on 9th studio album

THE GATHERING have posted an update on their official website’s forum about the new material they are currently working on. “Dear all, Sorry it has been a while since you’ve heard from us. We apologize for this. It actually means that we have been really busy with the band. During the last couple of months we created a lot of new ideas that lead to the first songs of our…

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PostConsumerWaste #3

PostConsumerWaste #3 / :30 / $? / 48S / Louise, PO Box 4, Enmore NSW, 2042, Australia / [email protected] / At first, I was intimidated by the size of PostConsumerWaste, but when I finally sat down to read it, I was drawn in by Louise’s emotional style of writing. Moving back and forth between political rallies and the suicide of eir firend, Louise makes sure that every facet of eir…

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Diva – Meridian Collection

Diva – Meridian Collection / 2008 Lionsgate / 117 Minutes / http://www.lionsgate.com Irene Siberman’s Diva originally came out in 1981, and was a film adaptation of a work by Daniel Odier (under the name Delacorta). The film is fast paced, detailing where a young postal employee (played by Frederic Andrei) has audio taped a concert by an opera singer (Wilhelenia Wiggins Fernandez). This audi tape finds a brother when a…