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My take on CDs, DVDs, and scores from today and yesterday.
CD Review: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when Hollywood has to tap into 40-year-old, long-forgotten TV movies for new product. (SYBIL with Lindsay Lohan, anyone? How about Halle Berry in THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS
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CD Review: Villa Rides! – The Western Film Music of Maurice Jarre
Legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa has always been a colorful presence in film, even appearing as himself in some early silent films. From Wallace Beery’s portrayal in the Oscar-nominated VIVA VILLA! (1934) to reports
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CD Review: Metropolis
Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent METROPOLIS is a masterpiece of the genre, and its unique visual style can be found in later films, most notably in the set design of BLADE RUNNER. The story takes place
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CD Review: Taras Bulba
Bernard Herrmann called it “the score of a lifetime.” And, oh, what a lifetime! Except for some TV work and one final score, Franz Waxman‘s 1962 score for TARAS BULBA brought the composer his 12th Oscar
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Book Review: No Minor Chords – My Days In Hollywood
Books about film music are rare. Entertaining books about film music are even rarer. And entertaining books about film music written by those who are actually down in the trenches are practically nonexistent. That
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CD Review: Winnie the Pooh
WINNIE THE POOH, that willy-nilly, silly old bear all stuffed with fluff, is back in theaters for a new generation. I’m sure I saw the original POOH when I was a child, but I
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CD Review: Super 8
When a train derails releasing a dangerous, unseen presence in a small suburban town, a group of youngsters making an amateur film unwittingly capture the alien images on their Super 8 camera. The nuts
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CD Review: Cars 2
The original CARS in 2006 is widely considered one of the weaker Pixar efforts. Its box office performance did not nearly match its merchandising sales, with an estimated $5 billion in sales. After merchandising
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CD Review: The Tree of Life
I’ve held off posting a review of Alexandre Desplat‘s score for THE TREE OF LIFE until I had a chance to see how it fit within the film. Little did I know I could
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CD Review: X-Men: First Class
I freely admit that I don’t know jack about X-Men. I’ve never read the comics and I only saw the first movie years after its 2000 release. So I went into X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
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