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Forgotten Film Gems: Untamed Heart
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
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Tagged christmas, drama, film score, films, movie review, movies, music, nat king cole, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack, untamed heart
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10 Movies That Will Make You Bawl (While You Have a Ball)
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
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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
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Movie Matchups: Star Trek: The Motion Picture vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey
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
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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
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Bad Movies with Great Music: St. Elmo’s Fire
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
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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
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Forgotten Film Gems: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
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
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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
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Bad Movies with Great Music: Edward Scissorhands
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
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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
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Bad Movies with Great Music: Dune (1984)
First of all, I have to say that I really like Frank Herbert’s masterpiece Dune. The book is epic in scope and I’ve never read a better examination of the dilemma of fate and free will than that of Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, david lynch, dune, film score, films, frank herbert, iron eagle, movie review, movies, music, science fiction, soundtrack, star wars, toto
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5 Great Movies That Were Saved By Budget Cuts
Thank goodness for budget cuts. Filmmakers sometimes complain that they have to compromise their artistic vision because they didn’t have enough money. But I believe that good filmmakers will wind up being happy that they had less to work with … Continue reading