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MichaelB wrote:

tenia wrote: While I feel myself it was a bit unwarranted for Michael to get at Costa this way for what it nothing else than an innocuous question ("we know these 2 have leaked, but do you think more titles will be announced ?"), it's hard to share his views on Michael's trying to "shut down any criticism" (especially because if there is a place where labels strategies and line-ups have been freely discussed, it's here).

Ironically, if I really did want to "shut down any criticism", I could do it with a single stroke of my trackpad - I have the power to edit or delete any post in this particular subforum, and I can do it with no visible sign that anything's happened.

But I've never exercised this power, and I never will, unless it's for something indefensibly libellous that might get the forums into legal hot water - and such things are very rare indeed.

I'm close to an absolutist when it comes to freedom of speech (an area where, disappointingly, I often seem to have quite a few differences with many people on my political side of the fence), as I was always brought up to favour upfront and vigorous argument over censorship, and I especially despise the really sneaky kind of censorship that involves revisiting a thread a few days after a particular kerfuffle has died down and tweaking or deleting posts purely in order to paint a different picture and make someone who was originally badly losing an argument come off better. Not least because it's a complete abuse of privilege.

dwk wrote:Since Olive released it in the US, I"m going to assume this is for Arrow: Sean Phillips appears to be working on a cover for Ramrod

What A Disgrace wrote:Maybe we have a Westerns boxed set coming up, as a companion to the not delayed yet film noir boxed set.

DRW.mov wrote: Academy is definitely Valley of the Dolls.

What A Disgrace wrote:I have my fingers crossed for Creepshow. I think that's the Stephen King penned title I most want, and as I recall the Second Sight edition is out of print, so its got a shot.

rapta wrote:

dwk wrote:Since Olive released it in the US, I"m going to assume this is for Arrow: Sean Phillips appears to be working on a cover for Ramrod

Interesting...thought that would be another from the Paramount catalogue but seems MGM released it in the UK.

Also worth noting Simply Media released this on DVD in 2013, so hopefully that means rights to some of their other titles from then (or earlier) are expiring. Perhaps we'll soon (well, within the next two years) see UK Blu-ray editions of Lonely Are the Brave, Broken Lance, Garden of Evil, Man on a Tightrope, Unfaithfully Yours, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, House of Bamboo. Maybe even Threads eventually (most likely from the BFI).

This is obviously assuming it was for a UK release at all! Seems likely though; the DVD is OOP.

DeprongMori wrote:The “Academy” clue seems pretty obviously to be Jane Campion’s Angel at My Table (1990).

M Sanderson wrote:What other King could it be - Misery perhaps? Obviously you get some overlap between Arrow and Shout Factory.

Ribs wrote:There’s also the possibility of Thomas Crown Affair, which Kino is releasing a new resto of in the US.

dwk wrote:Maximum Overdrive is a StudioCanal title.