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CD Review: HELEN OF TROY soundtrack (1,000 edition)

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 12/18/2012
HELEN OF TROY soundtrack | ©2012 Buysoundtrax Records

As if laying tributes before an unsung Greek god, Buysoundtrax has paid tribute to the recently passed Joel Goldsmith with releases of two of his best works, beginning with an improved re-issue of MOON 44, and now continuing with what just might be the composer’s finest work with 2003’s HELEN OF TROY. An Emmy-nominated TV movie that hit shores the year before Brad Pitt and James Horner invaded the multiplex with TROY,Goldsmith’s score certainly has the big screen power to become the face that launched 1,000 ships for one of mythic history’s most famous, and ill-fated love stories. Not only […]Read On »


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TV Review: 1600 PENN – Season 1 – “Putting Out Fires” – Series Premiere

By PAMELA HARLAND |
Andre Holland as Marshall Malloy, Josh Gad as Skip, Jenna Elfman as Emily, Amara Miller as Marigold, Bill Pullman as Dale, Benjamin Stockham as Xander, Martha MacIsaac as Becca in 1600 PENN | ©2012 NBC/Chris Haston

Stars: Josh Gad, Jenna Elfman, Martha MacIsaac, Andre Holland, Amara Miller, Benjamin Stockham and Bill Pullman Writer: Jon Lovett Director: Jason Winer Network: NBC Original Telecast: Dec. 17th, 2012 Chris Farley tried hard to emulate John Belushi before breaking out on his own in the 1990s and now Josh Gad (from the hit Broadway musical BOOK OF MORMON) is trying desperately to mimic Farley, only coming off as a third rate Belushi, without any of the charm both Belushi and Farley embodied. The format Gad is using is an ineptly scripted sitcom named 1600 PENN (which got a sneak preview […]Read On »


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TV Review: GLEE – Season 4 – “Glee Actually”

By CARL CORTEZ | 12/17/2012
Cory Monteith, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Melssa Benoist, Blake Jenner, Becca Tobin, Samuel Larsen in GLEE - Season 4 - "Glee, Actually" | ©2012 Fox/Eddy Chen

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, Whoopi Goldberg, Kate Hudson Writer: Matthew Hodgson Director: Adam Shankman Network: Fox, airs Thursdays Original Telecast: December 13, 2012 Is it me, or does it appear that GLEE may actually be building toward a Season 5 (if there is one) where NYADA becomes the new “Glee Club” and McKinley high is completely torpedoed? There are some clues, particularly with Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) there, and the hint […]Read On »


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CD Review: BOUND FOR GLORY soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
BOUND FOR GLORY soundtrack | ©2012 Intrada Records

Of the major soundtrack labels specializing in retro releases, Intrada might have the quirkiest tastes in taking chances on catalogue titles, especially when it comes to movie with a surfeit of songs that might not necessarily appeal at first to score fans. But then, how can you go wrong when those freewheelin’ political tunes are by Woody Guthrie, in the personage of David Carradine in the film BOUND FOR GLORY. An actor most popular in pop culture for wandering the west and kicking ass along the way as KUNG FU master Caine, Carradine got the role of a lifetime in […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Howard Gordon on HOMELAND Season 2 and beyond

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/16/2012
Damian Lewis and Claire Danes in HOMELAND - Season 1 | ©2011 Showtime

Showtime’s HOMELAND, which has its second-season finale Sunday night at 10 PM, is a great big suspenseful, plot-twisting hit. The first season won six Emmys, including Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Actress in a Drama for Claire Danes as high-strung CIA agent Carrie Mathison and Outstanding Actor in a Drama for Damian Lewis asU.S. war hero turned secret terrorist turned U.S. Congressman turned informant Nicholas Brody. Executive producer Howard Gordon, who adapted HOMELAND with writing partner Alex Gansa from Gideon Raff’s Israeli series HATUFIM, now has a production deal at Twentieth Century Fox and is producing the new drama TYRANT with Raff […]Read On »


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TV Review: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – Season 38 – Host Martin Short

By CARL CORTEZ |
Martin Short and Paul McCartney in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Season 38 | ©2012 NBC/Dana Edelson

After a very rough patch of episodes, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE pulled out all the stops for its Christmas episode hosted by Martin Short with musical guest Paul McCartney. Following on the heels of the tragedy in the Sandy Hook elementary shooting, SNL made the cold opening a very classy and understated moment – they had the New York Children’s Choir sing “Silent Night”. No mention was made of the tragedy, but it was clear what this moment stood for. Very memorable. The rest of the episode was filled with an endless parade of big name cameos (Samuel L. Jackson, Alec […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE BODYGUARD soundtrack (3,500 edition)

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
THE BODYGUARD soundtrack | ©2012 La La Land Records

It’s a great thing to be a composer on a diva-driven film whose soundtrack will go through every precious metal LP there is to hang on a best-selling wall. Not so much for score fans hoping to hear the underscore amidst the pop hits, but for the musician who has one or two contractually mandated cuts that will give him a taste of the platinum pie. Now twenty years after the release of THE BODYGUARD, and several months after the sad death of its superstar Whitney Houston, those who are equally enamored of Alan Silvestri have finally gotten their complete […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/15/2012
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - Bilbo poster | ©2012 Warner Bros./New Line/MGM

Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis Writers: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo Del Toro, based on the novel THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien Director: Peter Jackson Distributor: Warner Bros./New Line/M-G-M Release Date: December 14, 2012 There’s a lot to love about THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, particularly for fans of director Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS films. Like that astounding fantasy trilogy, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is based on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien – THE HOBBIT actually came before LORD OF THE RINGS in Tolkien’s work, but it was […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Michael C. Hall on DEXTER Season 7 and beyond

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 7 - "Buck the Trend" | ©2012 Showtime/Randy Tepper

Season 7 of DEXTER, Sundays at 9 PM on Showtime, has been pedal to the metal the whole way. Michael C. Hall’s serial killer (of other killers) has not only been coping with the fact that his police lieutenant sister Debra, played by Jennifer Carpenter, has learned his big secret, but he’s also fallen in love with fellow serial killer Hannah McKay, played by Yvonne Strahovski, pissed off the Ukrainian mob and drawn the suspicions of Police Captain LaGuerta (Lauren Velez). There’s shocks, emotional revelation and danger at every turn. With the season finale coming up this Sunday and next […]Read On »


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CD Review: BATTLE OF THE BULGE soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
BATTLE OF THE BULGE soundtrack | ©2012 Perseverance Records

Perseverance Records is on a roll re-issuing the original LP-programming of such Warner Brothers titles as CAPRICORN ONE, THE EXORCIST and THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, their distribution now having grown to encompass Europe (excepting the U.K.) to allow fans to get their hands on these formerly hard to find titles. But if there’s one catalogue soundtrack just might have the most meaning for that continent, then it’s Benjamin Frankel’s 1965 score to BATTLE OF THE BULGE. One of the 60s biggest WW2 spectaculars, BULGE chronicled the Allies’ desperately fought battle to suppress a German tank offensive in Belgium, one that […]Read On »


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