Out of the ashes of superheroes and the mid-summer slump rises a gem of a film—RUBY SPARKS. Paul Dano stars as... Read More
I didn’t go into the new Bond film/score with any particular expectations other than being an admirer of Thomas Newman... Read More
Guilt. Judgment. Love. Sexuality. Morality. Betrayal. These are the issues and emotions at the heart of THE READER (2008), newly... Read More
As a longtime Oscar junkie, I live for the end of the year and the glut of Oscar bait that... Read More
The big surprise in last week’s announcement of the Oscar nominations—at least from a film music standpoint—was the inclusion of Gary... Read More
Just as remakes of ’70s TV horror fare are now fair game for the cineplex, so are B-level horror films... Read More
George Winston and Vince Guaraldi. Two musicians who evoke wildly different memories for me. Guaraldi is famous for his compositions... Read More
O’HORTEN (2007), Norway’s entry as Best Foreign Language Film at last year’s Academy Awards, was recently released in limited markets here... Read More
I enjoyed the first IRON MAN, mainly thanks to Robert Downey, Jr.’s lighthearted portrayal of billionaire Tony Stark. Though the... Read More
As a writer, I had an obvious interest in Roman Polanski’s latest, THE GHOST WRITER. The other main reason to see the... Read More