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CD Review: AT ANY PRICE soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 10/10/2013
AT ANY PRICE soundtrack | ©2013 Milan Records

Another spellbinding rocker who found himself in the heartland, Dickon Hinchliffe saw his band Tindersticks turn their alt sound to such uniquely percussive works as NENETTE AND BONI and TROUBLE EVERY DAY, all before going solo with such distinctive works that embodied everything from cold-blooded murder in the first “Red Riding” mystery to sweetly accessible romance in LAST CHANCE HARVEY and the sympathetic soul of an abused ape in PROJECT NIMH. Yet this Englishman seems to be best at home in the acoustic badlands of WINTER’S BONE, RAMPART and THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS. Though Hinchliffe’s approach is often spare, it […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 5 – “I Know What You Did Last Summer” – Season Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/09/2013
Nina Dobrev as Elena and Steven. R. McQueen as Jeremy in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES I Know What You Did Last Summer | (c) 2013 Annette Brown/The CW

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Michael Trevino Writers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Caroline Dries, series created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on characters created in L.J. Smith’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES novels Director: Lance Anderson Network: The CW, Thursdays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: October 3, 2013 (Season 5 premiere) The summer has ended and Elena Gilbert and Caroline Forbes are off to college, finally. Elena has broken the sire bond, and picked Damon as the love of her life. Stefan upset and hurting has disappeared, but as […]Read On »


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Interview: Todd McFarlane on SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SUPERHEROES A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE | (c) 2013 PBS

SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE is a three-hour documentary on comic books and the culture they’ve created that airs Tuesday October 15 on PBS. Documentarian Michael Kantor says, “We made this series so that no parent would ever throw out their kids’ comic books again. This series is not just for comic book geeks – it’s funded both by the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of Humanities, and it contextualizes the stories of comic book superheroes within the greater history, that of the Great Depression, World War II, the congressional witch hunts of the 1950s, the Watergate […]Read On »


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DVD/Blu-ray Review: FOYLE’S WAR – Set 7 – “The Eternity Ring,” “The Cage,” “Sunflower”

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
FOYLES WAR SET 7 | (c) 2013 Acorn Media

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Daniel Weyman, Ellie Haddington, Nicholas Jones Writers: Anthony Horowitz and David Kane, created by Anthony Horowitz Directors: Stuart Orme and Andy Hay Distributor: RLJ Entertainment/Acorn Media Release Date: September 24, 2013 It’s relatively rare for a series to actually change genres, but with Season 7 (or Series 7, as the British call it), FOYLE’S WAR goes from a WWII police drama to a post-WWII espionage thriller without losing any of its tone, clarity, twists or, crucially, its hero Christopher Foyle, impeccably played by Michael Kitchen. There may be some confusion as to the contents of […]Read On »


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CD Review: BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
BERBARIAN SOUND STUDIO soundtrack | ©2013 Warp Records

Seldom has a movie gotten everything technically right, yet ended up so completely wrong as the Giallo homage BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO, which sets up an Italian mixing facility as the perfect sound stage for murder, yet forgets to have anything happpen during its beautifully done, deadly dull progression of an engineer’s mental unravelling. But all of that being said, Broadcast’s score manages to be BERBERIAN‘s single most successful salute to this suspenseful Neopolitain style, the perfect accompaniment to create a way better movie in one’s own mind. While Broadcast’s pitch-perfect work could easily play over any classic Dario Argento film like DEEP […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 17 – Week 4 Recap: Valerie Harper exits

By PAMELA HARLAND 10/08/2013
Valerie Harper and Tristan Macmanus in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 17 | ©2013 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Leah Remini, Elizabeth Berkley, Corbin Bleu, Brant Daugherty, Bill Engvall, Amber Riley, Valerie Harper, Jack Osbourne, Nicole Polizzi, Christina Milian Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: Oct. 7th, 2013 It’s a sad, sad day on DANCING WITH THE STARS, Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus were eliminated on week four of the competition. Skill wise it was the right choice but heart wise, no way, not even close. She had us at hello and now it’s already time to say goodbye. No one has ever had the ability to take things in stride like Harper who managed to smile week […]Read On »


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CD Review: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES soundtrack | ©2013 Intrada Records

While their cinematic relationship became popular through the slapstick destruction of the PINK PANTHER series, the collaboration between composer Henry Mancini and filmmaker Blake Edwards could yield far more serious stuff, complete with a memorable theme song and champagne jazziness. While 1961s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S put a shot of bittersweetness into its party girl antics, 1962s DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES was anything but a happy look at the lush life. Though not exactly hitting the rat-in-the-wall DT’s of THE LOST WEEKEND, Edward’s look at two alkis’ self-destructive relationship was fairly groundbreaking in a developing era of hard-hitting “message” pictures. […]Read On »


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TV Review: BREAKING BAD – Season 5 – “Felina” – Series Finale

By EGAN BRUMLEY 10/07/2013
Bryan Cranston in BREAKING BAD - Season 5 - "Felina" ©2013 AMC/Ursula Coyote

Stars:  Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk Writer: Vince Gilligan Director: Vince Gilligan Network: AMC, airs Sunday Nights Original Telecast: September 29, 2013 I’ve had some time to digest “Felina,” the series finale of BREAKING BAD, and while, like the series itself, this episode is a great achievement and has given me ample food for thought over the past week, I feel uneasy because I can only offer support for it that’s a mile wide but an inch deep. That the show’s creators had enough of a handle on their dense and […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Katia Winter awakens SLEEPY HOLLOW

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Katia Winter in SLEEPY HOLLOW - Season 1 | ©2013 Fox/Michael Lavine

Most of the characters in Fox’s SLEEPY HOLLOW, Mondays at 9 PM, are dealing with some pretty strange situations. Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison), a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, has just awakened in 2013 and must stop the impending Apocalypse. His one ally, police lieutenant Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie), must aid Ichabod while dealing with strange visions of her own. Meanwhile, Ichabod’s wife Katrina, played by Katia Winter, is trapped in a netherworld. Her witchcraft preserved Ichabod over the centuries and allows Katrina to give her spouse some cryptic warnings, but her current circumstances look pretty dire. Actress Winter, […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE ICEMAN soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
THE ICEMAN soundtrack | ©2013 Relativity Music

Being married to the mob is anything but romantic, especially when you’re a hitman in Ariel Vroman’s chillingly effective crime drama THE ICEMAN, made all the more disturbing by the fact that it’s based on the exploits of prolific contract killer Richard Kuklinski. Vroman’s kept it in the creative family by hiring fellow Israeli composer, and true murder follower Haim Mazar, who skillfully evades the jazzily orchestral Cosa Nostra clichés that would have made this period-spanning film nostalgically hollow. Dealing with a Polish outsider to the organization, not to mention a guy who has a hard time holding onto his […]Read On »


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