Even as a confirmed pessimist, I was surprised at how much the state of film music depressed me this year.... Read More
One of the joys of compiling a year-end list is revisiting film scores that I may have forgotten. With so... Read More
Disney has faced an uphill battle marketing its new film, JOHN CARTER. Based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s 1917 novel A Princess... Read More
When a train derails releasing a dangerous, unseen presence in a small suburban town, a group of youngsters making an... Read More
The original CARS in 2006 is one of Pixar’s weaker efforts. Its box office performance did not nearly match its... Read More
Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since... Read More
I have a dear friend in Austin who refuses to see animated films. I’ve tried for nearly 25 years to... Read More
It’s been a long road of prognosticators and pontificating on the way to this year’s Oscar nominees, myself included. As... Read More
When Pixar announced that their entry into the already over-crowded litter of critter movies in 2007 was to be about a rat,... Read More
Much has already been written in these pages about my admiration for Michael Giacchino’s score for UP. Much has also... Read More