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Soundtrack Reviews

Soundtrack Reviews

October 18, 2012 | By

Soundtrack reviews for Bill Brown’s Brother’s Keeper (MovieScore Media), Mateo Messina’s Butter, Brian Byrne’s The Good Doctor, Craig Armstrong’s In Time (all Lakeshore Records), and Nathan Johnson’s Looper (Cut Narrative / La-La-Land).

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The Mystique of Denmark’s The Killing / Forbrydelsen

The Mystique of Denmark’s The Killing / Forbrydelsen

October 8, 2012 | By

Review of the Danish TV series The Killing / Forbrydelsen: Season 1, which U.S. network AMC recently remade with very mixed results. Søren Sveistrup’s 3-season series is superb, and Sophie Gråbøl found the role of her career as divorced single mom Det. Lund in this lengthy ode to complex, infuriating and addictive detective thrillers.

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Hatfields & McCoys

Hatfields & McCoys

September 10, 2012 | By

Blu-ray review of the History Channel’s epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (Sony) plus an interview with its Emmy-Nominated co-composer, Tony Morales, and soundtrack album review (Silva Screen).

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Too Much Double-D

Too Much Double-D

September 5, 2012 | By

Blu-ray review of John Gulager’s flat Piranha 3DD (Alliance), a film that utterly fails to recapture the guilty pleasure magic of Alexandre Aja’s 2010 film.

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They’re Twins… of EVIL!

They’re Twins… of EVIL!

September 4, 2012 | By

Blu-ray review of Synapse’s swanky Twins of Evil (1971), the latest in the label’s HD Hammer horror series.

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