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CD Review: OBLIVION soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 05/12/2013
OBLIVION soundtrack | ©2013 +180 Records

Architect-turned-director Joseph Kosinski is promising to become the multiplex answer to Stanley Kubrick after the almost shocking, mind-blowing intelligence he’s brought to TRON LEGACY and his latest, terrific trip into sci-fi dystopia OBLIVION. If there’s a style of music that complements his icily beautiful visual sensibility, then it’s a fusion of strings and electronics, all the better to convey high technology dining on ashes. Kosinki’s cutting edge made him seek out the French band Daft Punk to capture the neon-black groove of TRON. Now he’s brought in that country’s similarly evolutionary (and temporarily one-man band) M83 for OBLIVION to play […]Read On »


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CD Review: G.I. JOE RETALIATION soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
GI JOE RETALIATION soundtrack | ©2013 Varese Sarabande Records

You can only expect so much when it comes to an toy-based movie, which made this new action figure model so pleasantly surprising, especially with far more of a “believable” approach as opposed to the far more juvenile escapades of the last “Joe.” Where that film got a form-fittingly bombastic orchestral treatment from Alan Silvestri, Henry Jackman’s music here is out to fit “the real world” approach to G.I. JOE RETALIATION – or at least as real world as you can get with flesh and blood action cartoons wielding futuristic weaponry. Having shown his super heroic chops on X-MEN FIRST […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE GREAT GATSBY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/11/2013
THE GREAT GATSBY movie poster | ©2012 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Amitabh Bachchan, Jack Thompson Writers: Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce, based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Director: Baz Luhrmann Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: May 10, 2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY, originally published in 1925, is generally considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a brilliant look at the Jazz Age in which it was written. It has been adapted for both film and television before, but director Baz Luhrmann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Craig […]Read On »


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TV Review: GLEE – Season 4 – “All or Nothing” – Season Finale

By CARL CORTEZ
Lea Michele in GLEE - Season 4 finale - "All or Nothing" | ©2013 Fox/Mike Yarish

Stars: Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Jenna Ushkowitz Writer: Ian Brennan Director: Bradley Buecker Network: Fox, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: May 9, 2013 Well, that was a big pile of nothing. The GLEE Season 4 finale “All or Nothing” is about as anti-climactic as they come. It feels like a series finale after everyone involved with the show has given up, not a show with two more seasons committed to it. The joyous, cool and innovative GLEE, […]Read On »


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AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Angie Miller eliminated from the show

By PETER BROWN 05/10/2013
Angie Miller is eliminated on AMERICAN IDOL | (c) 2013 Fox/Michael Becker

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm Original Telecast: April 4, 2013 After this week, it will be the finale of the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL, and after numerous changes announced recently, it will be a decidedly different show next year. But who went home? By now you know that unfortunately Angie Miller was voted off leaving Candice Glover and Kree Harrison to battle it out for the title. It was a bit of a shock seeing as how Angie was penned as a […]Read On »


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MAMA Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN
MAMA | (c) 2013 Universal Home Entertainment

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: MAMA  – A pretty good but pretty sad horror flick about two girls that get lost once their father goes off the deep end and takes them to a remote shack in the middle of nowhere after killing his wife. As he just about kills the girls […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 1 – “Darkness on the Edge of Town”

By EGAN BRUMLEY
THE CW logo | ©The CW

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Colin Donnell, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Manu Bennett Writer:  Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle Director: John Behring Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: May 8, 2013 ARROW is normally at its strongest when it operates in shades of grey, but “Darkness on the Edge of Town” gives us a black & white, good vs. evil battle between Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman).  This is not necessarily a bad thing, though, because, while both men are hood-wearing vigilantes […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Jason O’Mara rolls the VEGAS dice

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Jason O'Mara in VEGAS | ©2012 CBS/Lorey Sebastian

In VEGAS, Dennis Quaid plays farmer-turned-Las Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb, who has to team up with casino owner/gangster Vincent Savino, played by Michael Chiklis, in the first-season finale, CBS, Friday May 10 at 9 PM. Jason O’Mara plays Jack Lamb, Ralph’s brother and now a deputy sheriff who has become romantically entangled with mob boss’ daughter Mia Rizzo, played by Sarah Jones. This situation has cost Jack dearly. As VEGAS is set in 1960-61, this marks the third TV series in a row that’s seen O’Mara playing a period role. He previously starred in the U.S. remake of LIFE ON […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 Recap: Sean Lowe kicked off DWTS

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/08/2013
Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 16 | ©2013 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler, Sean Lowe Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 7th, 2013 The Bachelor is denied a rose on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Sean Lowe with partner Peta Murgatroyd is cast off the show in week eight, just one week shy of the semi finals. It was time for him to leave and start making wedding plans while the final five get back to hard work for the semi finals. Ironically, the only other celeb who could have possibly gone home before Lowe was Ingo Mademacher who, with partner […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 1 – “The Undertaking”

By EGAN BRUMLEY 05/07/2013
THE CW logo | ©The CW

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Colin Donnell, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Manu Bennett Writer:  Jake Coburn & Lana Cho Director: Michael Schultz Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: May 1, 2013 ARROW surprises a little this week by revealing the entire conspiracy that’s driven its narrative throughout its debut season.  With another two episodes remaining, I didn’t expect this big reveal until the season finale, but since what they were revealing was not particularly unexpected, I didn’t have a problem with the refusal to let it continue […]Read On »


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