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CD Review: PLANES and TURBO soundtracks

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 11/18/2013
PLANES soundtrack | ©2013 Walt Disney Records

Mark Mancina has a long history of scoring talking animals for The Mouse House, from his arrangements on Hans Zimmer’s THE LION KING to his own adventurous score to TARZAN and BROTHER BEAR. However, his new, exhilarating work for a little plane that could flies far more in the spirit of TOP GUN and REMEMBER THE TITANS than a reincarnated bruin. With noble trumpets, rock-military rhythm, a rousing chorus and a sweepingly courageous orchestra, one might easily expect the underdog team entering a Midwestern stadium for the big game they somehow made it to. It’s a propulsive, flesh and blood […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE GRANDMASTER soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
THE GRANDMASTER soundtrack | ©2013 Lakeshore Records

If anything, Wong Kar-Wai’s movies are about the lack of movement, an overrated auteur reputation built on languid pacing and dreamily unreadable characters. All of this makes his choice to make a high-kicking Ip Man picture all the more surprising, and for once interesting. As expected, THE GRANDMASTER comes across as the artsiest Hong Kong chopsocky movie ever made, a stunning visual poetry that often beats down the always-spectacular action choreography by MATRIX master Yuen Woo-Ping. That leaves two musical martial artists named Shigeru Umebayashi and Nathaniel Mechaly to really do the heavy lifting when it comes to conveying physical […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 5 – “Monster’s Ball”

By SUE SCHNEIDER
Nina Dobrev as Elena (back to camera) and Ian Somerhalder as Damon in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 5 - "Monster's Ball" | ©2013 The CW/Curtis Baker

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Michael Trevino
 Writers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Sonny Postiglione, series created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on characters created in L.J. Smith’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES novels
 Director: Kellie Cyrus
 Network: The CW, Thursdays @ 8 PM
 Original Airdate: October 31, 2013 (Season 5 – Episode 5) What a perfect night for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES to be on…Halloween and to show an episode called “Monster’s Ball,” where they get to dress up as someone from history and attend a society ball. The episode […]Read On »


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TV Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW – Season 1 – “The Midnight Ride”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 11/17/2013
Tom Mison in SLEEPY HOLLOW - Season 1 - "The Midnight Ride" | ©2013 Fox/Brownie Harris

The Headless Horseman in SLEEPY HOLLOW – Season 1 – “The Midnight Ride” | ©2013 Fox/Brownie Harris Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, John Cho, Nicholas Gonzalez Writer: Heather V. Ragnier, series created by Phillip Iscove & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Len Wiseman Director: Doug Aarniokoski Network: Fox, Mondays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: November 11, 2013 Orlando Jones has been on hand as SLEEPY HOLLOW’s police captain Frank Irving from the start, but since the pilot, he’s been given little to do. This changes with “The Midnight Ride,” which sees Irving go from deadpan […]Read On »


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Film Festival Report: Best Bits from the 2013 AFI FEST

By PAUL ZIMMERMAN

With a deft blend of Hollywood A-list films (Tom Hanks in SAVING MR BANKS, Ben Stiller’s THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY) and odd, out of the way fare (the acclaimed documentary JODOROWSKY’S DUNE, the slapstick comedy AWFUL NICE), the recent AFI FEST 2013 didn’t not disappoint. Held over the course of eight days once again in the heart of Hollywood, AFI took over the Chinese Theater complex on Hollywood Blvd and for the fifth straight year gave away tickets to all the screenings. Headquarters was in the historic Roosevelt Hotel with several floors roped off into an assortment of […]Read On »


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MAN OF STEEL Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN
MAN OF STEEL | (c) 2013 Warner Home Video

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies MAN OF STEEL – I loved MAN OF STEEL. Loved it. I know that’s something that may come of a bone of contention for some people that seemed to really down-to-a-new-level hate the movie because it wasn’t simply a reboot of the film series but a complete […]Read On »


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Blu-ray Review: JOHN CARPENTER’S ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 Collector’s Edition

By CARL CORTEZ 11/16/2013
JOHN CARPENTER'S ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 Blu-ray | ©2013 Shout! Factory

Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer Writer: John Carpenter Director: John Carpenter Distributor: Scream Factory Suggested Retail Price: $29.93 There’s been a nice trend with John Carpenter movies being reissued on Blu-ray as of late, which is a good thing and the latest is his 1976 pre-HALLOWEEN movie ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. While it’s no secret Carpenter loves westerns, he’s never been given the chance to direct a full-on western (though he’s scripted a couple), so many of his films do have that western flavor to it (THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, GHOSTS OF MARS). With ASSAULT, Carpenter […]Read On »


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TV Review: GROUND FLOOR – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ 11/15/2013
Skylar Astin and Briga Heelan in GROUND FLOOR - Season 1 | ©2013 TBS

Stars: Skyler Astin, Briga Heelan, James Earl, Rene Gube, Alexis Knapp, John C. McGinley Writer: Bill Lawrence, Greg Malins Director:  Gail Mancuso Network: TBS, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: November 15, 2013 The premise for GROUND FLOOR is simple. A young, rising banker Brody (Skylar Astin) spends all his time living the corporate high life, by working hard and playing very little. During an office party, he meets a charming, somewhat brash woman on the ground floor named Jennifer (Briga Heelan) who has a one stand with him. The two of them shouldn’t be together, but they have chemistry and […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 2 – “League of Assassins”

By EGAN BRUMLEY
Caity Lotz and Navid Negahban in ARROW - Season 2 - "League of Assassins" | © 2013 The CW/Michael Courtney

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Susanna Thompson, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Manu Bennett, Colton Haynes, Celina Jade, Summer Glau, Caity Lotz, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Kevin Alejandro Writer: Jake Coburn & Drew Z. Greenberg Director: Wendey Stanzler Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: November 6, 2013 ARROW takes on issues of guilt, forgiveness and redemption in this week’s episode, “League of Assassins.”   And while the episodes’ two main storylines nicely illustrate the agony and self doubt that result from a guilty conscience, I find myself wondering once again whether it’s wise for ARROW to keep […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “The Dude in the Dam”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 8 - "The Dude in the Dam" | ©2013 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Michael Grant Terry, Nora Dunn, Boti Bliss, Jeanette Brox, Ian Kahn, Loren Ester, Alexis Carra, Malcolm Goodwin Writers: Kathy Reichs & Kerry Reichs, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Kevin Hooks Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM – NOTE: moving to Fridays @ 8 PM as of November 15, 2013 Airdate: November 11, 2013 BONES the TV series is based on the mystery novels of real-life anthropologist/novelist Kathy Reichs, whose literary creation Dr. Temperance Brennan is a […]Read On »


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