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Movie Review: ANNA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/08/2014
ANNA movie poster | ©2014 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox, Saskia Reeves, Richard Dillane, Indira Varma Writer: Guy Holmes, story by Guy Holmes & Martha Holmes Director: Jorge Dorado Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: June 6, 2014 Remote viewing, discussed in newsreel footage early in ANNA, is a real technique developed by the military. There’s some dispute as to how much, or whether, it actually works, but there is documentation that the armed forces used psychics to try to mentally “see” terrain, buildings and rooms far from their physical selves. In ANNA, this technique has been enhanced, so that there are […]Read On »


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CD Review: SOLAR CRISIS soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
SOLAR CRISIS soundtrack | ©2014 Intrada Records

I may have been the only person to see this intended sci-fi epic on the big screen back in 1990, let alone enjoy the loony virtues of Alan Smithee’s (i.e. Richard Sarafian’s) voyage to bomb the sun, a mission pre-figuring SUNSHINE‘s by almost two decades. Powered with impressive effects by 2010’s Richard Edlund, this 50 million dollar Japanese-American co-production was filled with stars like Tim Matheson, Jack Palance, Peter Boyle and Charlton Heston (because you can never end the Earth without him). But perhaps the most impressive passenger aboard SOLAR CRISIS was Maurice Jarre, who’s catch-all style score was especially […]Read On »


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LONE SURVIVOR Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN | 06/07/2014
LONE SURVIVOR | © 2014 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: LONE SURVIVOR – It takes a powerful film with a good storyline to be able to overcome the fact that the major plotline of the movie is given away in the title. LONE SURVIVOR tells you exactly what you will be seeing. But what it doesn’t tell […]Read On »


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Interview: EDGE OF TOMORROW composer Christophe Beck stays alive with his first sci-fi score

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
EDGE OF TOMORROW | ©2014 Warner Bros.

In the two or so decades since Christophe Beck followed Howard Shore and Mychael Danna as one of Hollywood’s most valuable Canadian composing imports, the burly, bearded and bespectacled musician has become an exemplar on how to incorporate a pop-rock sensibility into an old school, and often orchestral talent for melody. It’s a hummable talent that’s made him a go-to guy for teen hijinks (THE PERFECT MAN, A CINDERELLA STORY), rhythmically swooning romance (GUINEVERE, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN), talking animals (GARFIELD, THE MUPPETS) and thoroughly R-rated bad boy behavior (THE HANGOVER, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE) – all before really hitting […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EDGE OF TOMORROW

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
EDGE OF TOMORROW movie poster | ©2014 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Taylor Writers: Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, based on the novel ALL YOU NEED IS KILL by Hiroshi Sakurazaka Director: Doug Liman Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: June 6, 2014 What if the premise of GROUNDHOG DAY – a man who wakes up to live the same day over and over – were applied to a science-fiction war drama? One answer to that question is provided effectively and mostly engrossingly by EDGE OF TOMORROW, the film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel ALL YOU NEED IS […]Read On »


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CD Review: SHE-DEVIL soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
SHE-DEVIL soundtrack | ©2014 Music Box Records

Before Howard Shore became the thunderous orchestral king of serial killers, fantasy epics and heavy duty drama, the Canadian composer (and former SNL music director) did indeed have a funny bone to his body early in his Hollywood career, as can be evidenced by AFTER HOURS, BIG and even MOVING.  Sure these scores might have been sandwiched between the Cronenbergian likes of THE BROOD and THE FLY, but humor has always provided Shore with some of his most purely enjoyable scores, especially when taking on the harlot-housefrau battle between Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr in 1989s SHE-DEVIL. DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN director […]Read On »


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CD Review: LAIR soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 06/06/2014
LAIR soundtrack | ©2014 La La Land Records

2007’s LAIR stands as a videogame that simultaneously allowed the booming industry to take off and crash to the ground. The big downdraft came from a “Sxixaxis” PS3 control system that was supposed to allow you fly giant lizards with the ease of a dragon rider from Pern. However, it ended up being so frustratingly faulty that thousands of users let fly their controllers towards their television screens (mine included). While players would have to wait for an analog update to truly enjoy the game’s graphic virtues, the one area that immediately met LAIR‘s grand ambitions, and then some, was […]Read On »


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TV Review: 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY – Season 9 – “4:00PM to 5:00PM”

By PETER BROWN |
Agent Morgan (Yvonne Strahovski) gets tortured on on 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY | © 2014 Daniel Smith/FOX

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Giles Matthey, Michael Wincott, Benjamin Bratt, Kim Raver Writers: David Fury Director: Omar Madha Network: Fox, airs Monday nights @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: June 2, 2014 This was a damn good episode of 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY. Action packed from start to finish with some pretty good tense moments where even though we knew the outcome was still nail biting in some sense. We also got to see Yvonne Strahovski’s Agent Kate Morgan finally be the badass that we pretty thought she was going into […]Read On »


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Car Review 2014 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER

By A.C. FERRANTE |
2014 Mitsubishi Outlander | ©2014 Mitsubishi

Car Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Model: 2014 Mitshubishi Outlander Suggested Retail Price: Starting at $22,995 Family cars have advanced in major ways over the last ten years accommodating changing lifestyles, needs and trying to make the classic family SUV into something more stylish, hip and functionable. The 2014 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER is one of these next generation vehicles that is packed with gadgets, gizmos and technology galore. It understands families want space (there are seven seats in the car), but the ability to reconfigure the car easily to transport heavy items (hence, seats that fold back down in many different combinations). We test […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Fran Kranz on THE LORD OF CATAN and more – PART 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/05/2014
Fran Kranz at the Los Angeles Premiere Screening of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | ©2013 Sue Schneider

In addition to THE LORD OF CATAN, Kranz worked with more of his DOLLHOUSE friends on the feature film LUST FOR LOVE, which recurs on VoD and is currently available on iTunes. Kranz stars opposite Dichen Lachman (DOLLHOUSE, LAST RESORT), who also produced, in the low-budget independent romantic comedy. Other DOLLHOUSE personnel appearing in the film include Enver Gjokaj, Miracle Laurie, Felicia Day and Maurissa Tancharoen. ASSIGNMENT X: At one point did Dichen Lachman come to you and say, “Would you like to do a movie where the budget is a buck-ninety-five?” FRAN KRANZ: My God, is it that much? […]Read On »


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