Sunday, April 5

B-Sides: Filmmakers and composers work in harmony to create legacies

In recent movie history, fans of both music and film have seen the rise of some truly great filmmaker-composer partnerships. The most obvious, of course, is composer John Williams and filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who worked together on movies such as “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Jurassic Park” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Read more...

Photo: The pairing of composer Michael Giacchino and filmmaker and producer J.J. Abrams on the “Star Trek Into Darkness” score can be added to the list of successful collaborations between directors and composers, like Steven Spielberg and John Williams.




Movie Review: “Black Rock”

If one were to mix “The Most Dangerous Game” with “Deliverance” and add in three mentally unstable, dishonorably discharged war veterans, then one might arrive somewhere in the vicinity of what “Black Rock” purports to be. Read more...


Love or Hate: Columnists debate NBC’s renewal of ‘Community’

Troy and Abed are back in the morning! In the wake of the yearly spring massacre of TV shows by broadcast networks, only two NBC comedies will live to see the light of day once more: one of them being, against all odds, critical darling “Community.” A perpetual ratings problem child, “Community” suffered the loss of its creator Dan Harmon and cast member Chevy Chase this season, and, as was inevitable, something was missing, or so the detractors claimed. Read more...

Photo: NBC has renewed “Community,” the little TV series that could, for an additional 13 episodes. Columnists Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang debate the need for the persistent survival of the sitcom.


Movie Review: ‘What Maisie Knew’

Child-centric movies thrive on the incompetence of their parents. Perhaps if the McAllisters or the Wormwoods had paid more attention, Kevin wouldn’t have been left “Home Alone,” or “Matilda” wouldn’t have been as conniving. Read more...




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