The Return of the Yes Men
Review of The Yes Men Are Revolting (2015), currently playing at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
Film: Yes Men Are Revolting, The (2014)
Infamous social activists / pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano return in this follow-up to their hit documentary The Yes Men Fix the World (2009), which chronicled their often wacky efforts in mounting elaborate pranks at major international media events to hammer home governmental idiocies, corruption, and blatant hypocrisy…
Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Lorne Balfe’s Blackwood (Lakeshore Records), the late James Horner’s Southpaw (Sony Classics), and Penka Kouneva’s The Woman Astronaut (Varese Sarabande).
CD: Woman Astronaut, The (2015)
Like her prior album, A Warrior’s Odyssey (2012), film and video game composer Penka Kouneva’s The Woman Astronaut is a concept album, this time featuring original music inspired by women who’ve chosen to follow the celestial dream of becoming astronauts…
CD: Southpaw (2015)
Reportedly the last score composed by James Horner before his tragic death in July of 2015, Southpaw represents the type quiet character work to which Horner gravitated, crafting a simple theme and relying on a much smaller palette, often with seamless fusion between organic and synth sounds…
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