Berklee hires composer who scored ‘Austin Powers’ movies
Hopefully they didn’t pay him “One million dollars!†Berklee College of Music announced it has signed up George S.
Hopefully they didn’t pay him “One million dollars!†Berklee College of Music announced it has signed up George S.
‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ Based on a real classified ad about going back in time, this indie comedy follows a Seattle reporter (Jake Johnson of TV’s “New Girl”) and a pair of interns (Aubrey Plaza of “Parks and Recreation” and newcomer Karan Soni), as they head off to investigate the legitimacy of the advertisement.
‘A Cat in Paris’ The list of nominees for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar usually includes whatever is new from Pixar, Disney or DreamWorks. But it seems an indie or foreign toon usually sneaks in and gets the publicity it deserves.
‘A Cat in Paris’ The list of nominees for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar usually includes whatever is new from Pixar, Disney or DreamWorks.
Independent producer John McDonough explores a handful of early, mostly little-known movies about presidential elections. It is uncanny how some old, obscure films capture moments that later on became real life political moments.
The stop-action animated movie, “Frankenweenie,” is playing in area theaters. Photo: Contributed Photo / Westport News contributed Halloween comes early this year as Tim Burton (“The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Corpse Bride”) delights fans of the morbid and macabre with this black-and-white, Gothic tale about a boy and his dog.
Britain’s Adele is the latest to sing a Bond movie theme song. She’s part of a “who’s who” list of singers who have recorded Bond themes.
In his new book, New Yorker film critic David Denby bemoans what digital and global filmmaking has done to the industry. “[Movies] have to play in Bangkok and Bangalore …
‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ This was a heck of a summer for superhero movies and Marvel’s “The Avengers” (written and directed by Joss Whedon), the culmination of years of predecessors (“Iron Man,” “Thor,” “Captain America,” “Hulk”), was far and away the finest of the bunch.
Photo credit: Indiana Jones eyes a golden idol in the remastered Imax version of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Tons of movies come out on Blu-ray every week, but only a select few are true events.
