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October 26, 2020

Episode 710: Ennio Morricone with West Anthony

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension’s resident musicologist West Anthony to discuss the career of Ennio Morricone.

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October 7, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Fists in the Pocket, by West Anthony

Marco Bellocchio’s 1965 debut film Fists in the Pocket reminded me of my family and that’s not a good thing. A ferociously unpleasant depiction of a family that appears to be slowly eating itself alive and asking for seconds, the film...

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September 17, 2019

New to Home Video 9/10/19

Review Review

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August 12, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass 2, by West Anthony

The Quatermass trilogy is a real treat for fans of classic sci-fi horror stories in which mankind is threatened by a fun bunch of guys from outer space. Based on a trio of British television serials written by Nigel Kneale,...

best of the week / movies

July 27, 2019

On the QT and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Dream in the Dream Factory, by Scott Nye Han Solo: A Smuggler’s Trade Home Video Hovel: The Leopard Man,...

home video hovel / movies / reviews / west anthony

July 22, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Leopard Man, by West Anthony

If you’ve been listening to Adam Roche’s podcast The Secret History Of Hollywood, you know that he has been laboring for over two years now on an exhaustive multi-part series on producer Val Lewton; the episodes are few and far...

best of the week / movies

May 24, 2019

That Screwy, Ballyhooey Hollywood and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Cannes 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, by Luiz Oliveira Cannes 2019: The Lighthouse, by Luiz Oliveira Petty Petitions, by Tyler Smith Echo in the...

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May 22, 2019

Echo in the Canyon: The Unheard Music, by West Anthony

To say that Laurel Canyon was a hotbed of musical creativity and innovation in the 60s is like telling you that you are breathing air at this very moment; yes, it is an immutable truth but it’s not necessarily something you’re...

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March 13, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Deadly Mantis, by West Anthony

Shout! Factory, home to many lovingly-crafted horror blu-rays under their Scream Factory imprint, is lately turning their attention to some of Universal’s goofier sci-fi/horror B-films of the 50s. There are few goofier than 1957’s The Deadly Mantis, in which a...

movies / musical notation / podcast / west anthony

November 6, 2018

Musical Notation: (Belated) Halloween Bonus: Teen Death Songs

This was meant to be a Halloween bonus episode, and was recorded as such; in it, West plays music from an obscure pop music subgenre, Teen Death Songs. West’s recent hospitalization prevented him from uploading it in time, so here...

Tagged: west anthony

Episode 710: Ennio Morricone with West Anthony

Home Video Hovel: Fists in the Pocket, by West Anthony

New to Home Video 9/10/19

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass 2, by West Anthony

On the QT and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Home Video Hovel: The Leopard Man, by West Anthony

That Screwy, Ballyhooey Hollywood and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Echo in the Canyon: The Unheard Music, by West Anthony

Home Video Hovel: The Deadly Mantis, by West Anthony

Musical Notation: (Belated) Halloween Bonus: Teen Death Songs

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