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CD Review: MOMMIE DEAREST soundtrack (2,000 edition)

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 06/23/2012
MOMMIE DEAREST soundtrack | ©2012 La La Land Records

As a composer whose beautifully lush music is the equivalent of gauzy cinematography from Hollywood’s romantic era, few musicians were better suited than Henry Mancini to contrast the sound of the picture perfect studio system with the unwholesome activities of one of its biggest starlets. But then, perhaps the scream of “No more wire hangers- EVER!” sums up the disconnect between an 8 x 10 glossy of Joanne Crawford and the alleged dragon lady behind it, let alone the camp appeal that her biopic MOMMIE DEAREST has gotten since its 1981 release. But if there’s one person who helped bring […]Read On »


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CD Review: STARHAWK soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
STARHAWK soundtrack | ©2012 La La Land Records

Though Christopher Lennertz is prolifically onscreen with the comedy-centric likes of HORRIBLE BOSSES and HOP, it’s the videogame arena that truly lets this composer strut his creative stuff beyond giving humorous oomph to male bad behavior and talking animals. You can tell the first-person blast he has at the controls, often when bringing new energy to musical styles set long ago in the traditional movie realm, whether it’s the military action of MEDAL OF HONOR‘s European and Pacific assaults, the grooves of classic and current 007 music for FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE, or being far more […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the ROCK OF AGES World Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER | 06/22/2012
Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough at the World Premiere of ROCK OF AGES | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Rock ‘N Rock was the theme at the Warner Bros. Pictures World Premiere of ROCK OF AGES held recently at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The black carpet was decorated with landmark signs from the famous Sunset Strip rock scene – The Whisky Ago Go, The Viper Room and the famous rock eatery hangout The Rainbow Bar and Grill, where a lot of these rock people still go to eat. The Whisky Ago Go being around the longest on the Strip have had many of the great groups play there – The Doors, Poison, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, […]Read On »


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Interview: BRAVE co-director and writer Mark Andrews reaches for the Highlands

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Merida in BRAVE | ©2012 Disney Pixar

In BRAVE, the latest 3D animated offering from Disney/Pixar, we’re in the Scottish Highlands of the distant past, where clan loyalty is precarious and magic still affects mortal lives. Princess Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, starts out rebelling against the future laid out by her strict but loving mother Queen Elinor (voiced by Emma Thompson), but winds up fighting for her family’s survival and peace in the kingdom when a spell goes awry and turns Elinor into a bear. BRAVE doesn’t look quite like any film that’s come before, which is intentional. Director/writer Mark Andrews (who shares directing credit with […]Read On »


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TV Review: FUTURAMA – Season 7A – “A Farewell To Arms” – Season Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ |
Leela and Fry in FUTURAMA - Season 7A - "A Farewell to Arms" | Futurama TM and ©2012 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved

Stars (voices): Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dave Herman Writer: Josh Weinstein Director: Raymie Muzquiz Network: Comedy Central, Wednesday nights Airdate: June 21, 2012 The second half of the FUTURAMA Season 7A premiere is even better and funnier than “The Bots and the Bees.” Taking its cues from big disaster and end-of-the-world type of movies, the film parodies all the tropes that come with those types of films. The episode begins with weird weather patterns and results in Fry inadvertently discovering an ancient “Mayan” temple underneath the earth. What they […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Tim Kring on the DAYBREAK web series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/21/2012
DAYBREAK poster | ©2012 AT&T

DAYBREAK begins with a wild vehicle chase – not too surprising, as it’s directed by 24 veteran Jon Cassar – then flashes back to show us how Ben (Ryan Eggold), living in a mobile home park after turning his back on conventional success, gets entangled in a web that involves his late father, a twelve-sided dodecahedron and a secret society. The far-reaching themes are a hallmark of DAYBREAK’s co-creator/executive producer Tim Kring (TOUCH, HEROES). What is most unusual about DAYBREAK, with its high production values and pedigree on both sides of the camera – besides Eggold (ENTOURAGE, 90210), stars include […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 5 – “Authority Always Wins”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
Christopher Meloni in TRUE BLOOD - Season 5 - "Authority Always Wins" | ©2012 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer Von Straten, Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Janina Gavankar, Lucy Griffiths, Michael McMillian, Scott Foley, Dale Dickey Writer: Mark Hudis, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Michael Lehmann Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: June 17, 2012 TRUE BLOOD seems to be even more divided than usual in the episode “Authority Always Wins.” This isn’t a bad thing – pretty much everything going on is […]Read On »


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TV Review: TEEN WOLF – Season 2 – “Abomination”

By CARL CORTEZ |
Tyler Posey in TEEN WOLF - Season 2 - "Abomination" | ©2012 MTV

Stars: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes, Linden Ashby, JR Bourne Writer: Christian Taylor Director Tim Andrew Network: MTV, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: June 17, 2012 I hate to say this, because I love TEEN WOLF so much, but the latest episode “Abomination” was about as frustrating as you can get. Yes, it has some great effects, yes, the humor is there, yes I like the characters, but the pacing and the ultimate reveal of what the Shapeshifter looks like was kind of, well, anti-climactic. We still don’t know who the Shapeshifter  is, […]Read On »


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TV Review: FUTURAMA – Season 7A – “The Bots and the Bees” – Season Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ |
Bender, Bev and Bend in FUTURAMA - Season 7A - "The Bots and the Bees" | Futurama TM and ©2012 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved

Stars (voices): Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dave Herman Writer: Eric Horsted Director: Stephen Sandoval Network: Comedy Central, Wednesday nights Airdate: June 21, 2012 FUTURAMA returns for the first half of Season 7 with fun new episode titled “The Bots and the Bees” which shows a somewhat softer side to Bender (John Di Maggio). When Planet Express installs a new beverage vending machine named Bev (voiced by Wanda Sykes), a love/hate relationship develops between her and Bender which results in some rough mechanical sex. Very quickly, a little hybrid robot […]Read On »


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TV Review: DALLAS – Season 1 – “The Price You Pay”

By PAMELA HARLAND |
Brenda Strong and Patrick Duffy in DALLAS - Season 1 - "The Price You Pay" | ©2012 TNT/Zade Rosenthal

Stars: Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Linda Gray, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo Writers: Bruce Rasmussen Director: Michael M. Robin Network: TNT, airs Wednesday nights Original Telecast: June 20th, 2012 It takes no time at all for all the power playing and scheming to begin on DALLAS, just like where it left off 20 years ago. Quickly things become apparent that although nearly two decades have passed, very little has changed. There are a few new faces but the game is the same and oh what a game to be played. J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) confronts […]Read On »


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