Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli is currently on tour and has concerts all throughout 2024.
A few days ago, Bocelli announced some concert postponements due to “health challenges” and offered rescheduled dates. In a Facebook post, the Italian singer made another announcement that his voice was back and that he would be performing at both the original and rescheduled dates.
“I’m double honored and grateful because in my heart, I am already at Madison Square Garden, where I’ll be singing to celebrate Christmas on Wednesday and Thursday,” Bocelli’s post read. “I want to embrace New York and the entire nation in song, thanking them again for their love, and also for their patience. Speaking of patience, it’s a virtue I’ve had to practice recently by stopping and listening silently to what my body needed: some time to recover from a winter cold.”
Shortly after his doctors...
A few days ago, Bocelli announced some concert postponements due to “health challenges” and offered rescheduled dates. In a Facebook post, the Italian singer made another announcement that his voice was back and that he would be performing at both the original and rescheduled dates.
“I’m double honored and grateful because in my heart, I am already at Madison Square Garden, where I’ll be singing to celebrate Christmas on Wednesday and Thursday,” Bocelli’s post read. “I want to embrace New York and the entire nation in song, thanking them again for their love, and also for their patience. Speaking of patience, it’s a virtue I’ve had to practice recently by stopping and listening silently to what my body needed: some time to recover from a winter cold.”
Shortly after his doctors...
- 12/17/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
The idea of a focus on the soundtrack work of Hans Zimmer was an exciting prospect. How can I spin this subject and create a new way to approach these popular scores that are loved by so many? The task itself was far more daunting; scouring through Zimmer’s filmography felt like being an archivist, for a film composer only active since the mid 80s, his output is significant. He’s one of the most famous contemporary film composers on the world stage today; the type whose fans create YouTube videos of hours-long ultimate Zimmer loops and purchase his instrumental sample packs for their digital audio workstation software. In a popular culture that feels despondent towards cinema and the many players involved in the making of it, Zimmer strikes out as a household name.In going about this mix, Zimmer’s whole filmography is explored. His cherished signature sounds are represented: tribal instruments,...
- 2/28/2022
- MUBI
Under a lowering sky, in front of a makeshift movie screen hastily erected on a Kazakh hillside, a loose-limbed, unkempt young man performs a shambolically graceful version of Gene Kelly’s “Singin’ in the Rain” for an audience of one rapt viewer. This scene is Adhilkan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” in miniature: a film that apes its influences with such infectious, idiosyncratic enthusiasm that it ends up entirely its own, lovely little thing. The fabulously distinctive Kazakh filmmaker’s most accessible and purely enjoyable film to date is steeped in offbeat cinephilia, ultimately operating as a cock-eyed tribute to Terrence Malick’s “Badlands,” an outlaw-lovers-on-the-run tale that meshes sly genre acumen with sharp social satire to deliver a droll and delightful riff on an age-old story: lovable misfits pursuing untenable dreams in a world hardwired against dreamers.
A lonesome figure traipses across the featureless Kazakh steppe. Even from this distance,...
A lonesome figure traipses across the featureless Kazakh steppe. Even from this distance,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
As the Venice Film Festival ramps up for its 77th (and in-person!) run on September 2, now’s the time to peruse the lineup for the discoveries that will pop, especially in a festival season without many new major movies. One such discovery is the film from Kazakhstan “Yellow Cat,” set for the Horizons section dedicated to edgier fare looking to break out. IndieWire shares the exclusive first trailer for the film, which is directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov. Check it out below.
It’s no coincidence that the music in the trailer sounds a lot like Carl Orff’s “Gassenhauer,” the theme for Terrence Malick’s debut “Badlands.” Like that film, “Yellow Cat” follows lovers on the lam, running from a criminal background but still entangled in all sorts of misadventures. The story centers on ex-con Kermek (Azamat Nigmanov) and his beloved Eva (Kamila Nugmanova), who want to give up their...
It’s no coincidence that the music in the trailer sounds a lot like Carl Orff’s “Gassenhauer,” the theme for Terrence Malick’s debut “Badlands.” Like that film, “Yellow Cat” follows lovers on the lam, running from a criminal background but still entangled in all sorts of misadventures. The story centers on ex-con Kermek (Azamat Nigmanov) and his beloved Eva (Kamila Nugmanova), who want to give up their...
- 8/5/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Time tugs strangely on the sleeve of “Sweet Thing,” a heartfelt, hopeful yet slightly hollow black-and-white coming-of-ager from American indie stalwart Alexandre Rockwell. A lively, bittersweet meditation on an impoverished childhood that is still rich in innocence and imagination, it feels old-fashioned in a way that does not quite gel with its bid for contemporary grit. In form too, it feels more like a quaint reminder of Rockwell’s early-’90s heyday than a product of our modern times. With verve and vitality it pays a dreamy-eyed retrospective debt to films past, and largely due to the beguiling performance from Rockwell’s own daughter Lana, ultimately delivers a moving, tousled journey of discovery — but it’s through an America that has not existed for decades, if it ever did.
Lana Rockwell plays Billie, the daughter of unreliable, alcoholic but loving Adam (a terrific Will Patton) and older sister to Nico.
Lana Rockwell plays Billie, the daughter of unreliable, alcoholic but loving Adam (a terrific Will Patton) and older sister to Nico.
- 3/27/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Carl Orff’s O Fortuna has been called one of the most overused pieces of music in any medium and yet it’s still used to this day as an inspirational and very dramatic piece that is able to convey something epic within each film, TV show, and even commercial that it’s used for. There’s nothing wrong with using it again and again so long as those using it recall that it is something rather special and isn’t to be tossed around like a child’s toy to be played with whenever it feels convenient. The level of power that this piece holds,
The Top Uses of Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna” in Movies or TV...
The Top Uses of Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna” in Movies or TV...
- 2/15/2018
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
For Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck,” composer Carter Burwell created his loveliest and most ambitious score, entering the interior worlds of two deaf children, Rose (Millicent Simmonds) and Ben (Oakes Fegley), who flee to New York 50 years apart and discover a mysterious connection at the American Museum of Natural History.
“It was about how to play those two periods [1927 and 1977] and those two kids, but at the same time not having it feel like two movies,” said Burwell, who previously collaborated with Haynes on the Oscar-nominated “Carol,” HBO Series “Mildred Pierce,” and glitter-rockfest “Velvet Goldmine.”
Finding Their Voices
“Wonderstruck” weaves in and out of the black-and-white silent movie world of Rose, which, without dialogue, relies heavily on Burwell’s score, and the gritty world of Ben. Each kid searches for a missing parent to solve a puzzle and becomes immersed in two very different New Yorks (one ascendant in ’27 and the other at its nadir in ’77).
Burwell,...
“It was about how to play those two periods [1927 and 1977] and those two kids, but at the same time not having it feel like two movies,” said Burwell, who previously collaborated with Haynes on the Oscar-nominated “Carol,” HBO Series “Mildred Pierce,” and glitter-rockfest “Velvet Goldmine.”
Finding Their Voices
“Wonderstruck” weaves in and out of the black-and-white silent movie world of Rose, which, without dialogue, relies heavily on Burwell’s score, and the gritty world of Ben. Each kid searches for a missing parent to solve a puzzle and becomes immersed in two very different New Yorks (one ascendant in ’27 and the other at its nadir in ’77).
Burwell,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Rebecca Lea Oct 16, 2017
The third Children Of The Corn movie is a step up, and a really fun movie...
The film: After the disappearance of their father, brothers Eli (Daniel Cerny) and Joshua (Ron Melendez), are adopted by a Chicago couple, William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda (Nancy Lee Grahn). The brothers are from Gatlin, Nebraska and are used to more conservative ways, but slowly Joshua acclimatises to his new environment. However, Eli is less keen to shed the religion of He Who Walks Behind The Rows and begins scheming to lure in his fellow students with his magic brainwashing corn.
See related Little Me: My Life From A-z by Matt Lucas review
You would think that the adoption going drastically wrong in Children Of The Corn II: The [Not So] Final Sacrifice would put people off taking in weird kids from Gatlin, but here we are. Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest...
The third Children Of The Corn movie is a step up, and a really fun movie...
The film: After the disappearance of their father, brothers Eli (Daniel Cerny) and Joshua (Ron Melendez), are adopted by a Chicago couple, William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda (Nancy Lee Grahn). The brothers are from Gatlin, Nebraska and are used to more conservative ways, but slowly Joshua acclimatises to his new environment. However, Eli is less keen to shed the religion of He Who Walks Behind The Rows and begins scheming to lure in his fellow students with his magic brainwashing corn.
See related Little Me: My Life From A-z by Matt Lucas review
You would think that the adoption going drastically wrong in Children Of The Corn II: The [Not So] Final Sacrifice would put people off taking in weird kids from Gatlin, but here we are. Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest...
- 10/15/2017
- Den of Geek
As expected, Dancing With the Stars' "A Night at the Movies" theme brought pure entertainment to the ballroom on Monday!
La La Land choreographer Mandy Moore joined Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli on the judges' panel, helping Normani Kordei and Val Chmerkovskiy receive their first perfect score of the season for their fiery Argentine tango.
From Rashad Jennings and Emma Slater's gothic goodness, to Bonner Bolton and Sharna Burgess' old western party, Et's breaking down the best moves from week seven of the dance competition show, which also included a Dance-Off challenge and a double elimination!
Watch: 'DWTS': Two Stars Sent Home in Surprising Double Elimination After Epic Night of Movie-Inspired Dances
Normani Kordei & Val Chmerkovskiy - Argentine Tango, "Quizàs, Quizàs, Quizàs" by Andrea Bocelli featuring Jennifer Lopez
Movie genre: Foreign
Dance highlight: #TeamValmani came to win this week! The sassy routine was strong from beginning to end, with surprises...
La La Land choreographer Mandy Moore joined Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli on the judges' panel, helping Normani Kordei and Val Chmerkovskiy receive their first perfect score of the season for their fiery Argentine tango.
From Rashad Jennings and Emma Slater's gothic goodness, to Bonner Bolton and Sharna Burgess' old western party, Et's breaking down the best moves from week seven of the dance competition show, which also included a Dance-Off challenge and a double elimination!
Watch: 'DWTS': Two Stars Sent Home in Surprising Double Elimination After Epic Night of Movie-Inspired Dances
Normani Kordei & Val Chmerkovskiy - Argentine Tango, "Quizàs, Quizàs, Quizàs" by Andrea Bocelli featuring Jennifer Lopez
Movie genre: Foreign
Dance highlight: #TeamValmani came to win this week! The sassy routine was strong from beginning to end, with surprises...
- 5/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Week 7 of Dancing With the Stars is here, and it will feature a double elimination!
We're only four weeks away from the finale, and who will take home that mirror ball trophy is still up in the air. The bar has been set high, and the seven remaining couples are really going to have to step up their game in the ballroom in order to stay in the competition.
Et breaks down everything you need to know ahead of Monday's show, themed "A Night at the Movies."
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. Normani Kordei & Val Chmerkovskiy: 38/40
2. Rashad Jennings & Emma Slater: 37/40
3. Simone Biles & Sasha Farber: 35/40
Who's in danger of elimination?
After last week's shocking elimination (Heather Morris and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were sent home following a perfect score for their tango), it's hard to say what will happen, and proves the importance of voting! But based on scores, we're guessing...
We're only four weeks away from the finale, and who will take home that mirror ball trophy is still up in the air. The bar has been set high, and the seven remaining couples are really going to have to step up their game in the ballroom in order to stay in the competition.
Et breaks down everything you need to know ahead of Monday's show, themed "A Night at the Movies."
Who's on top of the leaderboard?
1. Normani Kordei & Val Chmerkovskiy: 38/40
2. Rashad Jennings & Emma Slater: 37/40
3. Simone Biles & Sasha Farber: 35/40
Who's in danger of elimination?
After last week's shocking elimination (Heather Morris and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were sent home following a perfect score for their tango), it's hard to say what will happen, and proves the importance of voting! But based on scores, we're guessing...
- 5/1/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Week after week, Rashad Jennings is surprising himself on Dancing With the Stars.
Et caught up with the NFL star and his pro partner, Emma Slater, at one of their rehearsals for the dance competition show in Hollywood, California, on Thursday, where he opened up about his expectations for #TeamShadSquad, his incredible journey thus far and the new fans who've been swooning over him ever since he stepped foot in the ballroom.
Watch: 'Dancing With the Stars' Week 6 Dance Recap: Best Lifts, Kicks, Tricks and Flips!
"I just came in excited for the show, excited for the journey, excited to learn how to dance," the 32-year-old free agent, who picks up a new hobby each off-season, admitted to Et's Denny Directo. "I have never ballroom danced before. Every single Tuesday [when we learn a new dance] is like banging my head on the wall. I don't know what I am doing, and just, like, throwing myself...
Et caught up with the NFL star and his pro partner, Emma Slater, at one of their rehearsals for the dance competition show in Hollywood, California, on Thursday, where he opened up about his expectations for #TeamShadSquad, his incredible journey thus far and the new fans who've been swooning over him ever since he stepped foot in the ballroom.
Watch: 'Dancing With the Stars' Week 6 Dance Recap: Best Lifts, Kicks, Tricks and Flips!
"I just came in excited for the show, excited for the journey, excited to learn how to dance," the 32-year-old free agent, who picks up a new hobby each off-season, admitted to Et's Denny Directo. "I have never ballroom danced before. Every single Tuesday [when we learn a new dance] is like banging my head on the wall. I don't know what I am doing, and just, like, throwing myself...
- 4/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Some movies are governed by such a potent premise that their logline titles tell you everything you need to know. Runaway Train. Castaway. Maniac Cop. Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Samuel Jackson is rumored to have signed on to Snakes On A Plane after hearing the title (that’s actually not true).
And so it is with Fist Fight. The trailer opens with a highly economical first second, juxtaposing a mad-as-hell schoolteacher Ice Cube against a scared-shitless schoolteacher Charlie Day—culminating in screaming and a foley-enhanced punch. Ushered in by the sweeping opening of Carl Orff’s overused cantana, Ice Cube’s Ron Strickland makes a quietly intimidating promise to colleague Andy Campbell (Day): “I’m gonna fight you.” And from there, the tempo of “Carmina Burana” escalates the unfolding insanity. The promise of adult fisticuffs causes jubilation among the student body, while unraveling their milquetoast English teacher (#teacherfight is...
And so it is with Fist Fight. The trailer opens with a highly economical first second, juxtaposing a mad-as-hell schoolteacher Ice Cube against a scared-shitless schoolteacher Charlie Day—culminating in screaming and a foley-enhanced punch. Ushered in by the sweeping opening of Carl Orff’s overused cantana, Ice Cube’s Ron Strickland makes a quietly intimidating promise to colleague Andy Campbell (Day): “I’m gonna fight you.” And from there, the tempo of “Carmina Burana” escalates the unfolding insanity. The promise of adult fisticuffs causes jubilation among the student body, while unraveling their milquetoast English teacher (#teacherfight is...
- 9/22/2016
- by B.G. Henne
- avclub.com
Jim Knipfel Apr 17, 2019
The legend of King Arthur has never been more stylized or strange than it was in John Boorman's Excalibur.
After so many centuries as an inescapable figure in literature, art, poetry, comics, movies, cartoons, and on TV, it still seemed in 1975 Monty Python had offered the final word on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table with Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I mean, after the holy hand grenade, what more was there to say?
Then six years later along came Excalibur.
As directors go, John Boorman has always been a weirdie, and a tough one to pin down. In the late ’60s he gave us two of the most fundamental pictures of Lee Marvin’s career with Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific. He then moved onto the unforgettable backwoods savagery of 1972’s Deliverance. Throughout the rest of...
The legend of King Arthur has never been more stylized or strange than it was in John Boorman's Excalibur.
After so many centuries as an inescapable figure in literature, art, poetry, comics, movies, cartoons, and on TV, it still seemed in 1975 Monty Python had offered the final word on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table with Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I mean, after the holy hand grenade, what more was there to say?
Then six years later along came Excalibur.
As directors go, John Boorman has always been a weirdie, and a tough one to pin down. In the late ’60s he gave us two of the most fundamental pictures of Lee Marvin’s career with Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific. He then moved onto the unforgettable backwoods savagery of 1972’s Deliverance. Throughout the rest of...
- 4/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Among the numerous festivals that take place during the month of July, Lollapalooza may be the historically richest. Having taken place off and on in different formats since 1991, the event series has succeeded in propelling a variety of artists into the mainstream spotlight. While superstar DJ/producer Kaskade may not necessarily be one of them, he does hail from the festival’s hometown of Chicago – and he played a set at this year’s installment that absolutely brought the house down.
We haven’t exactly been celebratory of all of Kaskade’s recent material, but when it comes to tearing it up on the decks, his recent performance demonstrates that he still knows how to get a crowd hopping. Studded with favorites like “Room for Happiness” and “Atmosphere,” the mix did contain a few of his less-deserving tracks – like his remix of Jack Ü’s “Where Are Ü Now,” for instance.
We haven’t exactly been celebratory of all of Kaskade’s recent material, but when it comes to tearing it up on the decks, his recent performance demonstrates that he still knows how to get a crowd hopping. Studded with favorites like “Room for Happiness” and “Atmosphere,” the mix did contain a few of his less-deserving tracks – like his remix of Jack Ü’s “Where Are Ü Now,” for instance.
- 8/5/2015
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
If you see a movie for the first time and swear you've heard the score before, it may not be your imagination...
Last month, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (Afm) sued six major studios for reusing film soundtracks in other films without paying the appropriate compensation. It's the kind of news that will make people roll their eyes. Ah yes, they'll say after seeing the headlines. Typical Hollywood. Not even the music's original any more.
But go beyond the headlines about reusing the same music too much and delve into the lawsuit and it reveals an interesting insight into the kind of situations where music does get repeated.
The lawsuit, it soon becomes evident, isn't about the use of music in itself (a quick browse through the soundtracks for the titles in question, such as This Means War or Argo, reveals that they have...
Last month, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (Afm) sued six major studios for reusing film soundtracks in other films without paying the appropriate compensation. It's the kind of news that will make people roll their eyes. Ah yes, they'll say after seeing the headlines. Typical Hollywood. Not even the music's original any more.
But go beyond the headlines about reusing the same music too much and delve into the lawsuit and it reveals an interesting insight into the kind of situations where music does get repeated.
The lawsuit, it soon becomes evident, isn't about the use of music in itself (a quick browse through the soundtracks for the titles in question, such as This Means War or Argo, reveals that they have...
- 6/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Justin Bieber's chiseled, tattooed chest endures the yolky sting of retribution in the first promo for the pop star's upcoming roast special, which airs on Comedy Central on March 30th.
The 30-second spot finds Bieber mugging and flexing for the camera before he's pelted with a torrent of eggs in slow motion while the fittingly hyper-dramatic "O Fortuna" movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana plays. The pop star takes the beating in stride, however, and even whips an egg back at the camera as the closing tag — "Come and get it" — appears.
The 30-second spot finds Bieber mugging and flexing for the camera before he's pelted with a torrent of eggs in slow motion while the fittingly hyper-dramatic "O Fortuna" movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana plays. The pop star takes the beating in stride, however, and even whips an egg back at the camera as the closing tag — "Come and get it" — appears.
- 2/17/2015
- Rollingstone.com
What makes music “epic”? Artist Rashaad Newsome has been pondering that question with his latest art video, which makes its debut at Miami’s Select art fair tonight and features a soundtrack comprised of a remix of Carl Orff’s "Carmina Burana." Described by New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini as “a human cry against cruel fortune,” the choral and orchestral work features one section, O Fortuna, that’s become so synonymous in media with full-blown impending doom that it’s now almost a pop-culture joke — cued up whenever the judges make their entrance on The X Factor, whenever Shrek heads to a bookstore, and whenever actors, in a slow-motion montage, bite into things covered with chocolate spread in a Hershey’s commercial.Newsome was fascinated by the way "Carmina Burana"’s larger-than-life narratives overlapped with narratives found in hip-hop. Orff’s piece, he said “is based on these pagan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Dawn Chan
- Vulture
Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 5 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Shiny Objects," and it sounds like things will get very intense and dramatic as Alicia's firm gets attacked by a vicious hacker, threatening to wipe out all their client files, and more! In the new, 5th episode press release: Alicia and Dean are going to face off against Elsbeth Tascioni and Rayna Hecht in a sex discrimination suit. Press release number 2: When Alicia and Dean represent a fired female CEO in a sex discrimination suit against her company, they will face a tough defense team in familiar foes Elsbeth Tascioni and Rayna Hecht. In the meantime, a hacker is going to seize control and threatens to delete all of Florrick/Agos/Lockhart’s files, sending the firm into panic mode when he demands a ransom. Carrie Preston and...
- 10/12/2014
- by Derek
- OnTheFlix
Salinger
Directed by: Shane Salerno
Documentary
Running Time: 2 hrs
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: September 20, 2013 (Chicago)
Plot: A documentary about the life of J.D. Salinger, who wrote The Catcher in the Rye, and then disappeared.
Who’S It For? Those who can accept a documentary’s many flaws for the abundance of information it provides.
Overall
Salinger fanboy Shane Salerno probably would have preferred that A Perfect Day for Bananafish had more suicides, or that the cruise in Teddy borrowed its final moments from the nautical genocide in The Poseidon Adventure. A rare kind of bad movie treat for both the world of documentaries and the fan universe of J.D. Salinger, his doc Salinger is an absurdly wrong passion project with a presentation spiritually and intellectually unrecognizable to Salinger’s work, or even the author’s attitude about his work. Salinger is a not a documentary that complements the life-story of its hero,...
Directed by: Shane Salerno
Documentary
Running Time: 2 hrs
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: September 20, 2013 (Chicago)
Plot: A documentary about the life of J.D. Salinger, who wrote The Catcher in the Rye, and then disappeared.
Who’S It For? Those who can accept a documentary’s many flaws for the abundance of information it provides.
Overall
Salinger fanboy Shane Salerno probably would have preferred that A Perfect Day for Bananafish had more suicides, or that the cruise in Teddy borrowed its final moments from the nautical genocide in The Poseidon Adventure. A rare kind of bad movie treat for both the world of documentaries and the fan universe of J.D. Salinger, his doc Salinger is an absurdly wrong passion project with a presentation spiritually and intellectually unrecognizable to Salinger’s work, or even the author’s attitude about his work. Salinger is a not a documentary that complements the life-story of its hero,...
- 9/20/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Hans Zimmer's roaring orchestral scores have provided the soundtrack to countless Hollywood hits over the past 25 years, and the German-born composer returns to our eardrums this week with the release of The Lone Ranger.
His take on the classic William Tell Overture is perhaps the best thing in the movie and worth the price of admission alone (did you know he also redid themes from Thunderbirds and The Simpsons?)
Digital Spy celebrates the ubiquitous Zimmer's honking great film scores with 10 of his best below...
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott's lovers on the lam picture featured a razor-sharp script from then-newcomer Quentin Tarantino and Zimmer's 'You're So Cool', his version of Badlands's Carl Orff theme 'Gassenhauer'.
The Lion King (1994)
Elton John and Tim Rice provided songs and lyrics for Disney's sweeping epic, but it was Zimmer's music that helped stir the emotions for Simba's journey to the head of the pride.
His take on the classic William Tell Overture is perhaps the best thing in the movie and worth the price of admission alone (did you know he also redid themes from Thunderbirds and The Simpsons?)
Digital Spy celebrates the ubiquitous Zimmer's honking great film scores with 10 of his best below...
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott's lovers on the lam picture featured a razor-sharp script from then-newcomer Quentin Tarantino and Zimmer's 'You're So Cool', his version of Badlands's Carl Orff theme 'Gassenhauer'.
The Lion King (1994)
Elton John and Tim Rice provided songs and lyrics for Disney's sweeping epic, but it was Zimmer's music that helped stir the emotions for Simba's journey to the head of the pride.
- 8/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Sometimes, even when bodies are splattering, brows are furrowing, and explosions are flattening entire downtowns, you just can’t be sure a Hollywood villain is truly villainous. Fortunately, screenwriters and music supervisors have a foolproof mechanism for underscoring a bad guy’s evil genius: classical music. Often, it’s a few well-placed bars of “O fortuna” from Carl Orff’s manically apocalyptic choral cantata Carmina Burana laid over juicy, deranged onscreen mayhem (never mind that the text is actually a thirteenth-century Latin whine about the vagaries of fate — a depressive medieval monk’s version of “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”). Sometimes it’s the old Wagner chestnut “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre, better known as the helicopter attack music in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. But usually it’s Beethoven. Malcolm McDowell and his droogs turn Symphony No. 9 into "Ode to Rape" in A Clockwork Orange. Gary Oldman...
- 6/28/2013
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
"Little did I realise that what began in the alleys and back ways
of this quiet town would end in the Badlands of Montana."
Terrence Malick dabbled in philosophy lecturing, journalism and Hollywood script doctoring before deciding to leap behind the camera in the early '70s with a crime drama ripped straight from the headlines. In 1958 Charles Starkweather tore across the heartlands of America, 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate in tow, on a killing spree that took 11 lives. The murders came to an end in Douglas, Wyoming, and Starkweather was eventually executed by electric chair with Fugate serving 17 years in prison.
Malick's lovers-on-the-lam film Badlands shared more than a passing resemblance with the Starkweather story, along with Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, a violent, stylish film that arrived like a thunderbolt in 1967 to shake up American cinema. Yet through Malick's eyes this was a more lyrical, quietly disturbing...
of this quiet town would end in the Badlands of Montana."
Terrence Malick dabbled in philosophy lecturing, journalism and Hollywood script doctoring before deciding to leap behind the camera in the early '70s with a crime drama ripped straight from the headlines. In 1958 Charles Starkweather tore across the heartlands of America, 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate in tow, on a killing spree that took 11 lives. The murders came to an end in Douglas, Wyoming, and Starkweather was eventually executed by electric chair with Fugate serving 17 years in prison.
Malick's lovers-on-the-lam film Badlands shared more than a passing resemblance with the Starkweather story, along with Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, a violent, stylish film that arrived like a thunderbolt in 1967 to shake up American cinema. Yet through Malick's eyes this was a more lyrical, quietly disturbing...
- 2/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Broadcast's final album, atypical as it may be, serves as a reminder of what a remarkable band they were
When Broadcast's Trish Keenan died of pneumonia in January 2011, it brought a sudden and shocking end to one of Britain's most singular bands. They emerged in 1996, not so much the height of Britpop as the zenith of its prematurely wizened kid brother, dubbed "Noelrock" by NME: trudging bloke-rock fast-tracked into the charts by the patronage of the then-omnipotent elder Gallagher brother, a man whose music tastes gave every impression of running to "a Saturday night session on a pub jukebox", as John Harris waspishly noted in his book The Last Party. Here it seemed, was proof that what you once might have called indie music had succeeded in taking over the mainstream largely by narrowing its horizons.
By contrast, Broadcast's sound suggested a boundless world of hitherto-unexplored possibilities. Their starting point...
When Broadcast's Trish Keenan died of pneumonia in January 2011, it brought a sudden and shocking end to one of Britain's most singular bands. They emerged in 1996, not so much the height of Britpop as the zenith of its prematurely wizened kid brother, dubbed "Noelrock" by NME: trudging bloke-rock fast-tracked into the charts by the patronage of the then-omnipotent elder Gallagher brother, a man whose music tastes gave every impression of running to "a Saturday night session on a pub jukebox", as John Harris waspishly noted in his book The Last Party. Here it seemed, was proof that what you once might have called indie music had succeeded in taking over the mainstream largely by narrowing its horizons.
By contrast, Broadcast's sound suggested a boundless world of hitherto-unexplored possibilities. Their starting point...
- 1/4/2013
- by Alexis Petridis
- The Guardian - Film News
Check out a three-minute short film starring a 16-year-old Tony Scott, directed by his brother Ridley. The film is silent, featuring Scott riding a bicycle around British suburbs and exploring his surroundings. The YouTube poster has set the film to Hans Zimmer's score from Tony Scott's "True Romance," a piece of music inspired by Carl Orff's "Schulwerk" theme used in Terrence Malick's "Badlands." Tony Scott died at age 68 on August 19.
- 8/24/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
In this guest posting, Dave Burgess, who painted ‘No War’ on the Sydney Opera House, claims that ‘amoral’ advertisers have copied his idea.
Culture jamming is a 28-year-old term coined by the San Francisco-based band Negativland, who declared that the ‘Studio for the cultural jammer is the world at large’. The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought defines culture jamming more narrowly as: ‘The manipulation of the mass media by artists and activists. The intent, in most cases, is to critique the media’s manipulation of reality, lampoon consumerism, or question corporate power.’
I prefer Negativland’s idea, as it doesn’t limit an act of culture jamming to only taking place in the mass media. Human behaviour doesn’t change much over time. It merely gets the opportunity to play itself out with newer and faster technology. The truth is that acts of parody and subversion has been around since year dot.
Culture jamming is a 28-year-old term coined by the San Francisco-based band Negativland, who declared that the ‘Studio for the cultural jammer is the world at large’. The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought defines culture jamming more narrowly as: ‘The manipulation of the mass media by artists and activists. The intent, in most cases, is to critique the media’s manipulation of reality, lampoon consumerism, or question corporate power.’
I prefer Negativland’s idea, as it doesn’t limit an act of culture jamming to only taking place in the mass media. Human behaviour doesn’t change much over time. It merely gets the opportunity to play itself out with newer and faster technology. The truth is that acts of parody and subversion has been around since year dot.
- 5/16/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait stepped out of his Police Academy shadow with his first directed film Shakes the Clown in 1991, in which he also starred as the title character. Since then, Goldthwait has put more of his focus on becoming a filmmaker, releasing absurd cult favorites like World’s Greatest Dad (starring Robin Williams), Windy City Heat, and now his raging dark comedy, God Bless America.
In his latest film, Joel Murray plays a divorced father named Frank who decides he has had enough of bratty reality TV stars, jackass political commentators, people who talk during movies, etc. With the help of a young girl named Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), Frank decides to kill some people in hopes of making our world a nicer place.
I sat down with Goldthwait to discuss God Bless America, what he thinks of MTV, and the little anti-Semites extras he worked with on set.
God Bless America...
In his latest film, Joel Murray plays a divorced father named Frank who decides he has had enough of bratty reality TV stars, jackass political commentators, people who talk during movies, etc. With the help of a young girl named Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), Frank decides to kill some people in hopes of making our world a nicer place.
I sat down with Goldthwait to discuss God Bless America, what he thinks of MTV, and the little anti-Semites extras he worked with on set.
God Bless America...
- 5/10/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
by Vadim Rizov
Alps begins with a rhythmic gymnast (Ariane Lebed) facing off against her coach (Johnny Berkis). She wants Euro-trashy club music to soundtrack her ribbon-twirling; he insists on the deadly backing of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana” (its opening movement, "O Fortuna," is a staple of movie trailers). The bulky trainer threatens to break her arm the next time he questions her musical judgment. "You aren't ready for pop," he tonelessly declares.
Is writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos ready for pop? [Listen to our podcast.] Alps, his follow-up to the extreme dark comedy of 2009's Dogtooth, shares several quasi-joke touchstones with its predecessor: violence against women, incest and psychological terrorization, all committed with blank disaffection. Both films take place in a budgetary universe far from Hollywood, but that doesn't mean Alps' characters or creator disdain it. "Who's your favorite actor?" a paramedic asks a girl who has been badly injured. "Jude Law?" Celebrity...
Alps begins with a rhythmic gymnast (Ariane Lebed) facing off against her coach (Johnny Berkis). She wants Euro-trashy club music to soundtrack her ribbon-twirling; he insists on the deadly backing of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana” (its opening movement, "O Fortuna," is a staple of movie trailers). The bulky trainer threatens to break her arm the next time he questions her musical judgment. "You aren't ready for pop," he tonelessly declares.
Is writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos ready for pop? [Listen to our podcast.] Alps, his follow-up to the extreme dark comedy of 2009's Dogtooth, shares several quasi-joke touchstones with its predecessor: violence against women, incest and psychological terrorization, all committed with blank disaffection. Both films take place in a budgetary universe far from Hollywood, but that doesn't mean Alps' characters or creator disdain it. "Who's your favorite actor?" a paramedic asks a girl who has been badly injured. "Jude Law?" Celebrity...
- 2/22/2012
- GreenCine Daily
Ray Mickshaw / Fox “X-Factor” finalists, from left to right, Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene.
Who will win the first season of “The X-Factor”? Singers Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene are all in the running. Speakeasy is live blogging the finale. Follow along and leave your thoughts in the comments.
12:31 am
Goodnight. Time for the Zzz Factor...
9:59 pm
Melanie sings "Listen" from "Dreamgirls." It's become a signature song for her. It's a ragged rendition, as...
Who will win the first season of “The X-Factor”? Singers Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene are all in the running. Speakeasy is live blogging the finale. Follow along and leave your thoughts in the comments.
12:31 am
Goodnight. Time for the Zzz Factor...
9:59 pm
Melanie sings "Listen" from "Dreamgirls." It's become a signature song for her. It's a ragged rendition, as...
- 12/23/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
All the hype for Simon Cowell's new show came to a thunderous end last night, as we were introduced to a two-hour premiere of his UK export "The X Factor." Positioned as a singing competition wherein the judges nurture selected contestants -- who, unlike American Idol, have no age restrictions and can be either group or solo act -- the show cost a reported $100 million, meaning Simon's pulled out all of the flashing red-light stops.
We began with a futuristic opening sequence of third-person reporting about the judges, news anchor-style, with the names of the judges zapped into the show -- La Reid, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, and of course Cowell. Speaking of Cowell, did he get some work done recently, or was it just the heavy-handed guyliner that made him look especially puckered on last night's show? Other questions abound: Who is host Steve Jones? Why was he...
We began with a futuristic opening sequence of third-person reporting about the judges, news anchor-style, with the names of the judges zapped into the show -- La Reid, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, and of course Cowell. Speaking of Cowell, did he get some work done recently, or was it just the heavy-handed guyliner that made him look especially puckered on last night's show? Other questions abound: Who is host Steve Jones? Why was he...
- 9/22/2011
- by Youyoung Lee
- Huffington Post
Terrence Malick's first film wowed audiences; his second, Days of Heaven, set a rapturous new standard in cinema aesthetics. David Thomson shines a light on its legacy
Terrence Malick's 1978 movie Days of Heaven was never a huge hit, but it was such a departure and so deliberate an attempt to have the audience stirred by beauty that it felt calming and inspiring. Without shame or caution it was trying to address the pre-modern era of American history, the natural conflict between landowners and newcomers. But it was just as interested in the vanity of men and women trying to tame and organise the wild parts of the country. Beyond that, was this perhaps the most beautiful picture ever made? Second films are famously hard, but with Days of Heaven, Malick was announcing that he would do things his way.
By common consent, his first film, Badlands (1973), was one...
Terrence Malick's 1978 movie Days of Heaven was never a huge hit, but it was such a departure and so deliberate an attempt to have the audience stirred by beauty that it felt calming and inspiring. Without shame or caution it was trying to address the pre-modern era of American history, the natural conflict between landowners and newcomers. But it was just as interested in the vanity of men and women trying to tame and organise the wild parts of the country. Beyond that, was this perhaps the most beautiful picture ever made? Second films are famously hard, but with Days of Heaven, Malick was announcing that he would do things his way.
By common consent, his first film, Badlands (1973), was one...
- 9/1/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos returns this year with Alps. He has promised this film will be darker, stranger and funnier than Dogtooth, his polarizing portrait of a very messed-up family that became an unexpected Best Foreign Film Oscar contender. We've seen a few images [1] from Alps, which is about three people who aid the grieving process of strangers by standing in for their deceased loved ones. Now we've got a teaser, which doesn't offer a damn shred of info about the plot, but does poke fun at the notion that the film is archly serious festival fare. IndieWire [2] has the teaser premiere. This is the synopsis we've had in the past: A Nurse, a Paramedic, a Gymnast and her Coach have formed a service for hire. They stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by the relatives, friends, or colleagues of the deceased. The company is called Alps while their leader,...
- 8/30/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
There is a perception that media-types who live in the South of England tend to be rather London-centric, and while I’m loathed to conform to a stereotype, it’s sort of true. Most of the films made in the UK are shot in or around the capital, and most press screenings, junkets and events take place in the city. Consequently, for those of us who live nearby, there’s rarely any reason to venture outside of the M25, and it takes something very special to get us to even consider doing so.
Which is why I was somewhat surprised to find myself agreeing to accompany my friend, and partner in red carpet-shenanigans, Kelly Alyse on a day trip to Manchester to watch the live recording of a radio show I very rarely listen to. And yet, it really was something rather special.
The show in question was Simon Mayo...
Which is why I was somewhat surprised to find myself agreeing to accompany my friend, and partner in red carpet-shenanigans, Kelly Alyse on a day trip to Manchester to watch the live recording of a radio show I very rarely listen to. And yet, it really was something rather special.
The show in question was Simon Mayo...
- 6/15/2011
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I have scheduled this post to go live just as my own wedding begins. As you're reading this (likely sometime after it's gone live), imagine I'm currently walking down the aisle to Carl Orff's "Gassenhauer nach Hans Neusiedler (1536)," which you may know as 'the "Badlands" theme.' And that's not the first cinematic tune to play, either. Pre-ceremony we've already heard "Somebody's Getting Married" from "The Muppets Take Manhattan" and George and Ira Gershwin's "He Loves and She Loves," which we know from Woody Allen's "Manhattan," not to mention tunes that can be found on the soundtracks to "Rushmore" and…...
- 6/11/2011
- Spout
Chicago – “Where is it that we were together? Who were you that I lived with? The brother. The friend. Darkness, light. Strife and love. Are they the workings of one mind? The features of the same face? Oh, my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look at all the things you made. All things shining.”
These hardly appear to be the sort of words one would expect to end a war film. And yet, in the haunting final moments of Terrence Malick’s intimate WWII epic, “The Thin Red Line,” Pvt. Train (John Dee Smith) delivers these lines as if they were erupting out of his very soul. It’s the sort of poetic prose that only a bona-fide artist such as Malick could pull off without seeming pretentious. His entire oeuvre is poetry of the highest caliber, from the ever-exploring lens of his...
These hardly appear to be the sort of words one would expect to end a war film. And yet, in the haunting final moments of Terrence Malick’s intimate WWII epic, “The Thin Red Line,” Pvt. Train (John Dee Smith) delivers these lines as if they were erupting out of his very soul. It’s the sort of poetic prose that only a bona-fide artist such as Malick could pull off without seeming pretentious. His entire oeuvre is poetry of the highest caliber, from the ever-exploring lens of his...
- 6/3/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
X Factor finalist Wagner Carillho has been warned that he will be thrown off the show, if he continues to harass staff on the ITV show.
The Mirror reports that the Brazilian singer took a shine to researcher Helen Banhoa over recent weeks and when she didn’t reciprocate his feelings, he made an official complaint saying that she was acting unprofessionally with him.
Helen at first panicked that she may lose her job, but bosses knew Wagner had form and instead issued a stern warning to the star.
An insider said: “Wagner’s behaviour was out of order. Helen has never been anything other than professional.
“These claims left her upset and saddened that someone she thought a friend and colleague could turn on her so viciously and threaten her career because of his hurt pride.
“Fortunately, Wagner’s behaviour had been known about for some time. It’s the talk of the set,...
The Mirror reports that the Brazilian singer took a shine to researcher Helen Banhoa over recent weeks and when she didn’t reciprocate his feelings, he made an official complaint saying that she was acting unprofessionally with him.
Helen at first panicked that she may lose her job, but bosses knew Wagner had form and instead issued a stern warning to the star.
An insider said: “Wagner’s behaviour was out of order. Helen has never been anything other than professional.
“These claims left her upset and saddened that someone she thought a friend and colleague could turn on her so viciously and threaten her career because of his hurt pride.
“Fortunately, Wagner’s behaviour had been known about for some time. It’s the talk of the set,...
- 10/30/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Wagner Carillho finally got his chance to sing in his beloved opera style tonight. After weeks of doing cheesy and cringe worthy songs, tonight the Brazilian singer sang a mashup of Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell and the classical masterpiece O Fortuna by Carl Orff.
Louis hoped that the song would show off Wagner’s own style and his vocal prowess. It might have if they had chosen a decent key for him. The track sounded way too low and Wagner could barely reach the bottom notes.
Good Points:
His accent sounded very like Dracula’s and was suitably spooky for the occasion.
The bloody eye and costume were fantastic and Wagner looked the part completely tonight!
Bad Points:
His singing, his timing, his stage presence and everything that wasn’t his accent or outfit!
Judges Comments:
Louis Walsh: You’re the act everyone is talking about on the street.
Louis hoped that the song would show off Wagner’s own style and his vocal prowess. It might have if they had chosen a decent key for him. The track sounded way too low and Wagner could barely reach the bottom notes.
Good Points:
His accent sounded very like Dracula’s and was suitably spooky for the occasion.
The bloody eye and costume were fantastic and Wagner looked the part completely tonight!
Bad Points:
His singing, his timing, his stage presence and everything that wasn’t his accent or outfit!
Judges Comments:
Louis Walsh: You’re the act everyone is talking about on the street.
- 10/30/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Given that we've heard again about a new Godzilla movie and rumor of back-to-back sequels to Independence Day, I wanted to pitch something related to another Roland Emmerich work. But there's nothing else in his filmography I'd like to revisit. Maybe in another 25 years we can have an elderly Mel Gibson return for a War of 1812-set Patriot 2 or something. Or John Carpenter should reboot Stargate with original star Kurt Russell. But those are even worse ideas than I normally have, so I've decided instead to concentrate on potential Independence Day returnee Will Smith and propose another sequel: Enemy of the State 2.
Outside of Wild Wild West, Tony Scott's Enemy of the State is I believe the only one of Smith's action films not to receive a sequel or at least talk of one. Maybe that's because it opened in second place behind The Rugrats Movie and grossed...
Outside of Wild Wild West, Tony Scott's Enemy of the State is I believe the only one of Smith's action films not to receive a sequel or at least talk of one. Maybe that's because it opened in second place behind The Rugrats Movie and grossed...
- 3/31/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Ever since he was a kid, Joe Queenan has loved movies featuring Vikings or Greeks. But which is the best? Hold on to your heads as he wades into a very bloody battle
In the vastly underrated 2005 Anglo-Icelandic-Canadian film Beowulf & Grendel, the actress Sarah Polley refuses to go along with the gag, stubbornly clinging to her flat, emotionless, early 21st-century Canadian accent. Everyone knows that Norse sagas only work if everybody in the cast keeps a straight face and sticks to the Hrothgar of Elfungstan intonations, if all hands on deck refrain from smirking and winking at the audience when Ulrich of Vlinkstenndntmarksendondt declares: "Great are the tales of the Spear-Danes. Some tales sail; others sink below the waves."
Gerard Butler (Beowulf) certainly understands that, adroitly fudging a fifth-century Geat accent by using his authentic, all-purpose Scottish burr: the perfect one-size-fits-all accent for any movie set in any era preceding the discovery of penicillin.
In the vastly underrated 2005 Anglo-Icelandic-Canadian film Beowulf & Grendel, the actress Sarah Polley refuses to go along with the gag, stubbornly clinging to her flat, emotionless, early 21st-century Canadian accent. Everyone knows that Norse sagas only work if everybody in the cast keeps a straight face and sticks to the Hrothgar of Elfungstan intonations, if all hands on deck refrain from smirking and winking at the audience when Ulrich of Vlinkstenndntmarksendondt declares: "Great are the tales of the Spear-Danes. Some tales sail; others sink below the waves."
Gerard Butler (Beowulf) certainly understands that, adroitly fudging a fifth-century Geat accent by using his authentic, all-purpose Scottish burr: the perfect one-size-fits-all accent for any movie set in any era preceding the discovery of penicillin.
- 3/18/2010
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
The X Factor theme tune 'O Fortuna' has been named the most recognised classical music song of all time. According to The Mirror, Carl Orff's 1937 composition beat 'Fantasia On A Theme' by Thomas Tallis. The list, compiled on behalf of Radio 2 by a royalties collection body, was revealed in a programme presented by former Never Mind the Buzzcocks comic Bill Bailey. German composer Orff was inspired by a Latin poem for the track, but it has gained mainstream recognition as a tension-builder on ITV1's mainstream TV reality contest The X Factor. (more)...
- 12/28/2009
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Director Bryan "Superman Returns" Singer is attached to remake director John Boorman's 1981 fantasy feature "Excalibur" retelling the legend of 'King Arthur'.
The original "Excalibur" screenplay was written by Rospo Pallenberg and Boorman, as an adaptation of Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" (1469-70), with 'Arthur' presented as a 'wounded king', whose realm becomes a wasteland, then reborn thanks to the 'Grail'.
"The film has to do with mythical truth, not historical truth," Boorman said. "The coming of Christian man and the disappearance of the old religions which are represented by 'Merlin'. The forces of superstition and magic are swallowed up into the unconscious."
Several new elements were added to the film's story including 'King Uther' wielding the 'sword of power' before the birth of Arthur and and the concept of the world as 'the dragon'.
Music soundtrack is by Trevor Jones, including works from Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" played during battle sequences.
The original "Excalibur" screenplay was written by Rospo Pallenberg and Boorman, as an adaptation of Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" (1469-70), with 'Arthur' presented as a 'wounded king', whose realm becomes a wasteland, then reborn thanks to the 'Grail'.
"The film has to do with mythical truth, not historical truth," Boorman said. "The coming of Christian man and the disappearance of the old religions which are represented by 'Merlin'. The forces of superstition and magic are swallowed up into the unconscious."
Several new elements were added to the film's story including 'King Uther' wielding the 'sword of power' before the birth of Arthur and and the concept of the world as 'the dragon'.
Music soundtrack is by Trevor Jones, including works from Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" played during battle sequences.
- 12/22/2009
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Time to pull out my Carl Orff CD, because Warner Bros. is remaking Excalibur! Well, I'm actually not all that thrilled on the remake, but at least it will draw attention to the original movie.
Wait. Wait. Bryan Singer might direct? Fine, I'm in.
Excalibur Remake Coming
Warner Bros. has acquired the screen rights to Excalibur and they are working with Bryan Singer to get production moving. If all goes to plan, Bryan Singer will likely get behind the camera for this one.
If you've never seen Excalibur -- go rent it! -- or don't recognize the name King Arthur, then here's a bit of a rundown. Excalibur plays on the whole sword in the stone tale, and then leads it to knights having sex with hotties without ever removing their armor. Okay, it didn't necessarily jump to that, but you can't deny that it did happen. Anywho, where was...
Wait. Wait. Bryan Singer might direct? Fine, I'm in.
Excalibur Remake Coming
Warner Bros. has acquired the screen rights to Excalibur and they are working with Bryan Singer to get production moving. If all goes to plan, Bryan Singer will likely get behind the camera for this one.
If you've never seen Excalibur -- go rent it! -- or don't recognize the name King Arthur, then here's a bit of a rundown. Excalibur plays on the whole sword in the stone tale, and then leads it to knights having sex with hotties without ever removing their armor. Okay, it didn't necessarily jump to that, but you can't deny that it did happen. Anywho, where was...
- 8/21/2009
- www.canmag.com
What remains of the bruising grace can make grown men cry. Women, too, in their toughness are not immune. Mary Murphy of So You Think You Can Dance turned stormy eyed during the show's season premiere Thursday after Brandon Bryant's magnetic interpretation of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna." "I have to say that I have the greatest job in the whole world to be able to sit here some days and be able to witness something like that -- something I wouldn't be able to do in a million years, to dance like you," Murphy said, then she wiped her eyes. "You're the kind of person, the kind of dancer that touches millions of people in a few short moves." The championship starved city of Cleveland -- the 1964 Browns brought Clevelanders their last professional sports title -- is...
- 5/27/2009
- by Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.
- Huffington Post
The Bach Festival Society closes its Season of Love and War with a romantic Spring program featuring a variety of works. The Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Carl Nielsen?s Hymnus Amoris and selections from Carl Orff?s Carmina Burana. The orchestra will also perform Sergei Rachmaninoff?s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky?s Romeo and Juliet Overture. The two performances take place Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. in Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College. Tickets range from $20 to $50, depending on seat location.
- 3/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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