It's a great week for superhero fans. I know that today DC fans are rejoicing for the #SnyderCut of Justice League. Well, even though I have enjoyed some DC superhero movies in the past, I'm not clamoring to see the 4-hour slog elongated version of what I think I saw back in 2017 that I …
Continue reading The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Episode 1 Review
I had been listening to X-Men: First Class during my workout lately, one of my favorite scores of the past few years. Henry Jackman was a protégé of one of my favorite composers, Hans Zimmer, and he's been churning out great works himself. Born in Middlesex, UK, Jackman studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College …
Continue reading Music Break: Top 5 Fave Soundtracks from Henry Jackman
As Ted just reviewed Chappie this weekend, he mentioned that the only thing he liked in the movie was Hans Zimmer's score. So it made me think of other robot movies that have great, memorable soundtracks. First thing that came to mind is of course Pacific Rim, boy I love that movie and its soundtrack, …
Continue reading Music Break: Five favorite scores from sci-fi movies about robots
I'm so behind on my year-end top ten lists, but hey, I think January is still a great time for those lists right? 😉 I was listening to NPR two nights ago and caught host Robert Siegel interviewing composer Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Road To Perdition, Wall•E, etc.) and naturally I started thinking …
Continue reading Music Break: Top 10 Favorite Film Scores of 2014
I've been seeing quite a bit of biopic feature films this past year but obviously not all are created equal. I think the BOATS (based-on-a-true-story) sub-genre is best handled when it focuses on a certain period of time and this is a great example of one. The title refers to Captain Richard Phillips, based on …
Happy Sunday, folks, hope you've had a pleasant weekend! I've been wanting to do this post for quite a while as I haven't got a chance to actually review this movie for myself (but Paula G did here). But as I said in my weekend roundup last week, it's my top favorite movie of the …
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