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Savant's new reviews today are
Here's some news to frustrated Sci-Fi fans unhappy with Best Buy exclusives -- the three Warners double bills that came out at Best Buy only late in July will be available through normal retail channels on October 7. So Savant might get an opportunity to review them all, after all! They are World Without End / Satellite in the Sky, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth / Moon Zero Two and The Ultimate Warrior / Battle Beneath the Earth.
A newly-discovered great site is Shadowplay from David Cairns -- I've been happily neglecting other duties this past weekend, reading its back pages. Cairns' blog is ripe with good film observations, interesting images and some of the funniest criticism in filmland, from him and from his many comment contributors. I found out about Shadowplay when Cairns wrote me with an offer of a free disc of a rare Julien Duvuvier movie, La fin du jour. The offer is open to everyone -- ! -- so take a look. And I'm an easy mark for Shadowplay's droll sense of humor.
Savant's new reviews today are
Hello again. Since this is the year for Anthony Mann DVD releases, correspondent Dean Blake reminds me that Turner Classic Movies is showing Mann's The Tall Target on September 22. It's sort of The Narrow Margin with stovepipe hats, a claustrophobic thriller about an assassination plot on a train carrying the newly elected Abraham Lincoln.
And I'm receiving enthusiastic mail about Sony's November 4 release of the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Collection; western fans can't wait to their paws on it.
If things work out, I'll be at the Cinerama Domefor Sunday's presentation of How the West Was Won in its original 3-screen format; the plan it to interview Cinerama expert Dave Strohmaier, right from the Dome's enormous three-projector booth. I'll take some pictures if allowed.
An odd exchange of political gossip this week, via email:
Name withheld: "I heard Fred Thompson at the RNC last night proudly declare that Sarah Palin was the only candidate who could field dress a moose. Is this an official part of the Vice President's duties? I know about the whole presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes stuff, but don't recall reading in history class about the moose thing. Did Spiro Agnew ever field dress a moose? Do Vice Presidents deal only with moose, or all North American ruminants? Why isn't the media asking the tough questions about this topic?"
Savant: "I think that Jay Ward's Bullwinkle the Moose should now make an appearance in Democratic issue spots, protesting this outrage on grounds that Vice-Presidential nominee Palin represents a personal threat to his civil rights, not to mention his flea-bitten hide.
Of course, that plan carries a risk. Democrats will need to soft-pedal the fact that Bullwinkle and Rocket J. Squirrel have been living together in an unorthodox cross-species relationship for the last 49 years.
Name withheld: "On the other hand, Bullwinkle and Rocket J. Squirrel have a strong record of anti-Communist counter-espionage, having repeatedly defended America from the actions of intelligence agents from Pottsylvania."
Name withheld #2: "Spiro Agnew did not field dress a moose, and therefore resigned his office. John C. Calhoun did field dress a moose, but did it badly. He resigned. Certain VP duties are sacrosanct."
Once again, DVD Savant is first on the web, with cogent, practical political opinions. Thanks for reading, Glenn Erickson
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