Category Archives: Music

Doc Review: ‘Rejoice and Shout’

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Nat Almirall

I’m not the biggest fan of gospel music. Actually, I’m not really a fan at all, so I’m not the target audience for Rejoice and Shout, but you don’t have to be once you’ve heard the little black girl in … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Green Lantern’ by James Newton Howard

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

UGH! Allow me to start my review with a bit of onomatopoeia that demonstrates my frustration with this score. Green Lantern is supposed to be an epic space sci-fi adventure. This score does a poor job of relaying that message. … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Henry Jackman

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Big summer super-hero movie scores carry with them a certain set of expectations. The broadness of the source material opens the doors for large and exciting music that should play with the imagination and enhance the very feel of the … Continue reading →

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Leonard Nimoy Let’s His Spock Out In this Unofficial Bruno Mars Music Video

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Matt Raub

When you think of current chart-topping pop singer Bruno Mars, Leonard Nimoy is definitely not the first name that comes to mind. Nor is it the second, third, or fifth, for that matter. That hasn’t stopped him from starring in … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Super’ by Various Artists

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Super is an odd film, it is hard to take it out of context from the other recent films that it resembles. Both Kick-Ass and Defendor came out last year, and they all tackled very similar subject matter. From a … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Natural Selection’

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Like most folks who attended the last screening of Natural Selection, I was catching the film mostly due to its winning both the audience and jury awards at SXSW. I hadn’t heard of it either, but then there were a … Continue reading →

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Michael Bolton Tells the Story of Jack Sparrow in a new Lonely Island Single

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

Saturday marked the special Mother’s Day season finale of Saturday Night Live, with special guest host Tina Fey. Fey did a pretty solid job, considering how very pregnant she is and the fact that she didn’t even sit in to … Continue reading →

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Soundtrack Review: ‘Hanna’ By The Chemical Brothers

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

There is a fantastic new trend in the world of film music, more and more main stream artists are bringing their talents to feature films.  These artists are crafting music that serves to make the films better and stand on … Continue reading →

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