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CD review: SPELLBINDER (1,200 edition) soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 10/24/2011
SPELLBINDER soundtrack | ©2011 La La Land Records

Though Basil Poledouris was better known in the 1980’s for the uber-heroic orchestral damage of such scores as CONAN, RED DAWN and ROBOCOP, some of the late composer’s most creative scores were being done for synths, from the wildly percussive car chases of NO MAN’S LAND to the eerie sci-fi western stylings of the HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN. If there’s one electro-centric score of Poledouris’ that truly held hypnotically evil sway, then it would be 1987’s SPELLBINDER. This little-seen, but very effective chiller cast TOP GUN’s Rick Rossovich as the hunk who falls bad for uncanny hottie Kelly […]Read On »


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TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “Pilot”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON
Ginnifer Goodwin in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC/Kharen Hill

Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge Writer: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis Director: Mark Mylod Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m. Original Telecast: October 23, 2011 Once upon a time, back in 1987, ABC put on a situation comedy called THE CHARMINGS  in which the Evil Queen (Judy Parfitt), in a fit of rage that Snow White had survived after all, cast a spell so powerful, it sent Snow, Prince Eric (Christopher Rich) and their two boys, the Queen and a Dwarf, to modern suburbia.  Their confusion with their fairy tale beginnings and real life made for much merriment, but not enough […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Bloodletting”

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG
Jon Bernthal, Andrew Lincoln, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jane McNeill, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson and Chandler Riggs in THE WALKING DEAD - Season 2 - "Bloodletting" | ©2011 AMC/Bob Mahoney

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne McBride, Madison Lintz, IronE Singleton, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson, Neil Brown Jr.  Writer: Ardeth Bey and Robert Kirkman Director:  Ernest Dickerson and Gwyneth Horder-Payton Network: AMC, airs Sunday nights  Original Telecast: October 16, 2011 In the second episode of THE WALKING DEAD Season 2, “Bloodletting,” Rick (Andrew Lincoln) finds a possible safe haven for the group while seeking help for Carl (Chandler Riggs), and Shane (Jon Bernthal) undertakes a mission to obtain medical supplies to save Carl’s life. New friends are […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Smokey and the Bandit”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/23/2011
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 6 | ©2011 Showtime

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson, Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Brea Grant, Mos, Ronny Cox Writer: Manny Coto Director: Stefan Schwartz Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Release Date: October 16, 2011 In the teen years, when other kids were worshipping athletes and rock stars, Dexter idolized – who else? – serial killers. In the DEXTER episode “Smokey and the Bandit,” we learn that one of Dexter’s persons of interest was the Tooth Fairy, a never-caught prolific murderer whose signature was stealing a tooth from […]Read On »


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CD Review: OUR IDIOT BROTHER soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
OUR IDIOT BROTHER soundtrack | ©2011 ABKCO

A pleasant LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE vibe fills the soundtrack of a movie that’s far more human comedy than the stoner one its ads would lead you to believe. IDIOT’s band of loveable losers gets a similarly ironic, if more low-key vibe on their path to self-actualization, especially with this pleasantly eclectic soundtrack. BROTHER certainly starts on the right foot with Eric D. Johnson’s whimsical interpretation of the Tony Orlando and Dawn hit “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” with plenty of pointed strumming to follow with Johnson’s “2 Roadrunners” and “The Fruit Bat’s “Lightning Bug.” But is […]Read On »


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CD Review: A LONELY PLACE TO DIE

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
A LONELY PLACE TO DIE soundtrack | ©2011 Movie Score Media

You wouldn’t think of the Scottish highlands as a place abounding with cliffhanging thrills better suited for Sylvester Stallone. Yet promising action composer Michael Richard Plowman (SPLINTER CELL) gives his all to build a convincing, musically formidable mountain for A LONELY PLACE TO DIE – kidnapping thriller-cum-wilderness adventure. Having last given Union Jack-waving glory to the WW2 AGE OF HEROES on the Movie Score Media label, the English composer is back on MSM to deliver more noteworthy thrills. With just a bit of pipes and flutes to get across the Celtic location, Plowman uses an engaging number of approaches for […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Once Upon a Time …”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/22/2011
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 6 | ©2011 Showtime

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Molly Parker, Brea Grant, Geoff Pierson, Mos Def Writer: Tim Schlattmann Director: SJ Clarkson Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Release Date: October 9, 2011 No DEXTER episode is ever less than good, and “Once Upon a Time …” has plenty to recommend it: big changes for Dexter’s (Michael C. Hall) sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), Dexter’s relationship with (and concerns about) his two-year-old son Harrison and a very solid guest performance by Mos Def as an ex-con […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE SPACE CHILDREN / THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
THE SPACE CHILDREN / COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK soundtrack | ©2011 Film Score Monthly

Music for a beneficent space brain and a giant killer robot packed with some screwed-up dura mater fill up this impressive double feature of great sci-fi music, composed by the strikingly-named Van Cleave (first name Nathan). While better known (if uncredited) for the underscore of WHITE CHRISTMAS, it’s Van Cleave’s sci-fi scores for the likes of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (also put out by Film Score Monthly), CONQUEST OF SPACE and numerous TWILIGHT ZONE episodes that stand as career highlights. But where Van Cleave used CONQUEST and ROBINSON to play the heroism and peril of the outer limits, 1958’s THE […]Read On »


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CD Review: SQUANTO: A WARRIOR’S TALE soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
SQUANTO soundtrack | © 2011 Intrada

Sure October might be one of the best Intrada-Disney months ever with the release of such long-awaited hardcopy treasures as 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE BLACK HOLE, but if there’s a new title in their Disney bunch that represents some of the best music The Mouse House has ever gotten, then it’s from a movie the studio devoted to an American Indian. However, we’re not talking about the Oscar-winning score that was bestowed on POCAHONTAS, but the rousing music given to a live action brave named SQUANTO, who pre-figured that soundtrack by just a year. No offense meant […]Read On »


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TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 – “Murder House”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/21/2011
Dylan McDermott and Denis O'Hare in AMERICAN HORROR STORY - Season 1 - "Murder House" | Dylan McDermott and Denis O'Hare | ©2011 FX.Ray Mickshaw

Stars: Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare, Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckenridge, Kate Mara, Lily Rabe Writer: Jennifer Salt, series created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk Director: Bradley Buecker Network: FX, Wednesdays @ 10 PM Original Telecast: October 17, 2011 Into the life of every series, some exposition must fall. This is true of AMERICAN HORROR STORY, but at least “Murder House” shows rather than tells us the origins of the horror in the Harmon family’s hellish domicile. A prologue shows us Constance (Jessica Lange, looking great) as a young woman, walking in as […]Read On »


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