Tag Archives: film score

‘Lego’ – A Parody of ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I wrote a funny version of “Let It Go,” from the wonderful Disney movie Frozen, and I’d like to share it with you, my kind readers. My sister and her children turned my words into a pretty cool music video. Sit … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff, Videos | Tagged animated films, comedy, disney, film score, films, frozen, fun, funny, humor, lego, let it go, movies, music, parody, puns, relationships, songs, soundtrack, videos | 2 Comments

Movie Matchups: Frozen (2013) vs. Enchanted

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Disney’s animation studio has been on a roll for the last few years with great films like Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, and The Princess and the Frog. But Frozen is the best film to come from the studio since Beauty and … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, disney, enchanted, film score, films, frozen, fun, love, movie review, movies, music, parody, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack | 15 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Untamed Heart

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Long before Twilight romanticized the notion of a mysterious boy sneaking into a girl’s bedroom at night to watch her sleep, Untamed Heart did it without being creepy. And long before Moulin Rouge overused the line, “The greatest thing you’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged christmas, drama, film score, films, movie review, movies, music, nat king cole, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack, untamed heart | 5 Comments

10 Movies That Will Make You Bawl (While You Have a Ball)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Some movies are so good that it doesn’t matter that they make me feel incredibly sad. I’ve compiled a list of 10 movies that have the power to make me cry my heart out, but they still keep me coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged animated films, baseball, beauty and the beast, big, cats, christian slater, comedy, deep impact, dinosaurs, disaster movies, disney, don bluth, drama, elephant man, film score, films, fun, garfield, girls, humor, james horner, john merrick, john travolta, love, macaulay culkin, madonna, major league baseball, movie review, movies, music, my girl, phenomenon, relationships, romance, romantic comedy, sad, star trek, tearjerker, the land before time, tom hanks, untamed heart | 4 Comments

Pleasant Surprises: Star Trek (2009)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I didn’t expect to like Star Trek (2009) at all. I originally thought it sounded like a cheap gimmick to cash in on a popular franchise. The filmmakers had clearly run out of ideas for continuing the story, so why … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged action movies, anakin skywalker, clue, darth vader, film score, films, fun, funny, humor, james t kirk, message movies, michael giacchino, movie review, movies, music, relationships, science, science fiction, soundtrack, space, spock, star trek, star wars, TV shows, voyager | 17 Comments

James Cameron’s Best Movie

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

What is James Cameron’s best movie? It’s not Aliens. It’s not Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It’s not even Titanic. No, his best movie is one that he planned more than a decade before it became a reality. He had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, abyss, action movies, alan silvestri, alien, america, avatar, back to the future, beauty and the beast, CGI, characters, cold war, conservatives, drama, dreamworks, ed harris, film score, films, history, how to train your dragon, humanity, james cameron, james horner, liberals, love, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, message movies, michael biehn, military, movie review, movies, music, navy, navy seals, pixar, politics, relationships, romance, science fiction, somewhere in time, soundtrack, soviet union, special effects, star trek, submarine, technology, terminator, titanic, tron, undersea, united states, war | 19 Comments

Movie Matchups: Star Trek: The Motion Picture vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Since my first attempt at talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey was such a resounding success (Stanley Kubrick fans lined up to hurl insults at me), I thought I might as well finish what I started and try to set … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, alien, classical music, dave bowman, drama, enterprise, evolution, film score, films, fun, funny, hal 9000, heavens gate, humor, james t kirk, jerry goldsmith, jupiter, klingon, krypton, leaders, monolith, movie review, movies, music, NASA, religion, science, science fiction, soundtrack, space, space exploration, spock, stanley kubrick, star trek, superman, TV shows, voyager, youtube | 29 Comments

Bad Movies with Great Music: St. Elmo’s Fire

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Long before Joel Schumacher made Batman and Robin, he had already cemented his position as a schlock director with the 1985 cinematic stinker called St. Elmo’s Fire. He actually wrote and directed this movie, so there’s no wiggle room to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Movies with Great Music | Tagged 1980s, ally sheedy, bad movies, batman and robin, demi moore, drama, emilio estevez, film score, films, funny, ghost, humor, joel schumacher, judd nelson, love, movie review, movies, music, patrick swayze, relationships, rob lowe, romance, seven degrees, songs, soundtrack, st elmos fire, tom hanks | 5 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Merry Christmas! I love this time of year. Even though the weather seems to get worse every day, my spirits brighten more and more as I approach that happy holiday on December 25. That’s the day when I’m reunited with … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged big bird, children films, christmas, comedy, cookie monster, drama, feliz navidad, film score, films, fun, funny, grover, holiday, kermit the frog, movie review, movies, muppets, music, oscar the grouch, relationships, santa claus, sesame street, songs, soundtrack, spanish, television, TV shows | 2 Comments

Bad Movies with Great Music: Edward Scissorhands

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I know I risk the ire of my patient readers by saying this, but, in my opinion, Edward Scissorhands is not a good movie. I’d like to stress that it’s not terrible, either. The main reason I consider it bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Movies with Great Music | Tagged back to the future, beauty and the beast, california, christmas, danny elfman, disney, drama, edward scissorhands, film score, films, frankenstein, holiday, john hughes, johnny depp, movie review, movies, music, relationships, romance, soundtrack, tim burton, winona ryder | 8 Comments