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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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Readers Poll – Top 10 Film Scores of 2010
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in this year’s readers survey. Over 200 people voted and over 1,600 votes were cast. While I expected certain scores to appear, it was interesting to
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9 Favorite Science Fiction Film Scores, Vol. 1 – Space
Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since one of my earliest memories of the outside world was the moon walk, it
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Married Life
My buddy Tim got married a couple of weeks ago. I wasn’t at the wedding and I’ve never even met Tim in person. Yet we’ve connected through Twitter, this blog, and our love of
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Oscar 2009 – Some Final Thoughts
For those of us who thought THE HURT LOCKER a competently made yet rambling, dull, insignificant piece of filmmaking (like me), last night’s Academy Awards was an excruciating affair. And producers Bill Mechanic and
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The Work of a Critic Is Easy?
When Pixar announced that their entry into the already over-crowded litter of critter movies in 2007 was to be about a rat, to paraphrase Hermione Gingold in THE MUSIC MAN: ”I was reticent. Oh, yes, I was
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Composing for Characters
Much has already been written in these pages about my admiration for Michael Giacchino’s score for UP. Much has also been written about my dissatisfaction with the “download only” release of the soundtrack. While
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After missing THE INCREDIBLES and WALL-E in the theater, I was determined to not let that happen again with UP. The film made my heart soar. Michael Giacchino’s score left me floating on cloud nine.
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CD Review: Up
To “celebrate” their 10th animated film, Pixar has elected to release Michael Giacchino’s score for UP as a download only purchase on Amazon and iTunes. If you’ll allow me to vent a bit, this
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