If the prospect of being stuck in a New York City taxi with two characters for roughly 90 minutes doesn’t sound like your kind of movie, then you’re seriously underestimating “Daddio” writer-director Christy Hall’s ability to keep you riveted for the entire ride. There’s a challenge you could give any first-time filmmaker: Using a yellow cab as the only location, make a film that challenges people’s expectations of how men and women relate to one another. The key, it turns out is casting (Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn bring “Daddio” to life), hiring a great cinematographer (Phedon Papamichael) and a whole lot of life experience.
The film begins when a blond woman (Dakota Johnson) lands at JFK airport, back from a trip that was neither business nor pleasure. Stepping into the first yellow cab, she glances at her phone, but strikes up a conversation with the driver,...
The film begins when a blond woman (Dakota Johnson) lands at JFK airport, back from a trip that was neither business nor pleasure. Stepping into the first yellow cab, she glances at her phone, but strikes up a conversation with the driver,...
- 9/4/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Most movies about England’s King Henry VIII like to focus on the mercurial monarch’s failed marriages. His six wives have been collectively described as divorced, died, beheaded, divorced, beheaded, survived. That last one, the little talked-about Katherine Parr, had the distinction of outlasting Henry — their marriage was about four years as he started to succumb to the result of hard living. She was there during that time, but also a wife who if she weren’t so connected to the King easily could have qualified as a feminist. She not only was the first English woman to have a book published, was privately a radical Protestant in an England that had been staunchly Catholic, but also a sharply intelligent woman who had a head on her shoulders and was determined to keep it there.
The new movie from Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, Firebrand premiered in competition Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
The new movie from Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, Firebrand premiered in competition Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 5/21/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Early on in Karim Aïnouz’s richly textured and suspenseful historical drama, Firebrand, King Henry VIII commends his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, on her excellent job filling in as Regent while he’s been abroad engaged in warfare. Never mind the efforts to limit her powers to inconsequential matters, he tells her she won’t have to worry her “pretty little head” about all that anymore. The threat posed by women who think for themselves to the absolute power of men is a central theme in this starch-free tale of Tudor intrigue, its protofeminist perspective seamlessly woven into the narrative fabric without a hint of the didactic.
Brazilian director Aïnouz has been making hypnotically sensual movies laced with luxuriant melancholy for more than 20 years, among them such beguiling dramas as Madame Satã, The Silver Cliff and the criminally under-appreciated jewel Invisible Life (seriously, check it out, you’ll...
Brazilian director Aïnouz has been making hypnotically sensual movies laced with luxuriant melancholy for more than 20 years, among them such beguiling dramas as Madame Satã, The Silver Cliff and the criminally under-appreciated jewel Invisible Life (seriously, check it out, you’ll...
- 5/21/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Father Stu Trailer — Rosalind Ross‘ Father Stu (2022) movie trailer has been released by Sony Pictures. The Father Stu trailer stars Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, and Teresa Ruiz. Crew Rosalind Ross wrote the screenplay for Father Stu. Dickon Hinchliffe created the music for the film. Jacques Jouffret crafted the cinematography for the film. Plot [...]
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Continue reading: Father Stu (2022) Movie Trailer: Catholic Priest Mark Wahlberg Inspires Others with His self-destruction-to-redemption Story...
- 2/10/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing shortlists on Monday for 10 Oscar races. The categories and number of films to be revealed are documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10), visual effects (10) and for the first time in history, sound (10).
Acting as a progress report for studios, the shortlists provide insight on what is resonating with particular branches, especially among the best picture frontrunners. Awards strategists behind Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are hoping for more than one mention across the eligible shortlists.
Other features like Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Siân Heder’s “Coda” stand to see a boost in their profiles.
Shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining films will move on to the official phase one voting,...
Acting as a progress report for studios, the shortlists provide insight on what is resonating with particular branches, especially among the best picture frontrunners. Awards strategists behind Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are hoping for more than one mention across the eligible shortlists.
Other features like Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Siân Heder’s “Coda” stand to see a boost in their profiles.
Shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining films will move on to the official phase one voting,...
- 12/16/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has never won an Oscar for music. But that could change this year, as at least three of its late-year releases are strong candidates for nomination in the original-score category: “The Power of the Dog,” by Jonny Greenwood; “Don’t Look Up,” by Nicholas Britell; and “The Lost Daughter” by Dickon Hinchliffe.
For Jane Campion’s western “Power of the Dog,” English composer Greenwood (of Radiohead fame) searched for sounds befitting the cowboy scene in 1925 Montana, and they turned out to be a handful of string instruments, a couple of French horns and a mechanical piano that was commonplace at the time.
“We recorded the string groups while running random scenes from the film, and the colder they played, the better it suited the picture. Likewise the French horns – to me, that’s the sound of pent-up masculinity: they sound repressed, but the louder they play, the more open and angry they get.
For Jane Campion’s western “Power of the Dog,” English composer Greenwood (of Radiohead fame) searched for sounds befitting the cowboy scene in 1925 Montana, and they turned out to be a handful of string instruments, a couple of French horns and a mechanical piano that was commonplace at the time.
“We recorded the string groups while running random scenes from the film, and the colder they played, the better it suited the picture. Likewise the French horns – to me, that’s the sound of pent-up masculinity: they sound repressed, but the louder they play, the more open and angry they get.
- 12/3/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
For her directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal explained to composer Dickon Hinchliffe that she wanted a score that sounded like a vintage vinyl record from the ’50s or ’60s. It was a challenge he happily took on, crafting a textured composition with the help of some recording equipment used by The Beatles.
The movie is based on Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novella of the same name. The story follows Leda, played onscreen by Olivia Coleman, a literature professor from the U.K. on a summer holiday who, after befriending a young mother (played by Dakota Johnson), grapples with her ...
The movie is based on Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novella of the same name. The story follows Leda, played onscreen by Olivia Coleman, a literature professor from the U.K. on a summer holiday who, after befriending a young mother (played by Dakota Johnson), grapples with her ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For her directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal explained to composer Dickon Hinchliffe that she wanted a score that sounded like a vintage vinyl record from the ’50s or ’60s. It was a challenge he happily took on, crafting a textured composition with the help of some recording equipment used by The Beatles.
The movie is based on Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novella of the same name. The story follows Leda, played onscreen by Olivia Coleman, a literature professor from the U.K. on a summer holiday who, after befriending a young mother (played by Dakota Johnson), grapples with her ...
The movie is based on Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novella of the same name. The story follows Leda, played onscreen by Olivia Coleman, a literature professor from the U.K. on a summer holiday who, after befriending a young mother (played by Dakota Johnson), grapples with her ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When “Spirit Untamed” composer Amie Doherty was a kid, her mother used to write contemporary musicals for her local school, with lyrics that spoofs area politics or the news of the world. It’s where Doherty says she first got a taste for writing music that has carried her to a career as a composer and songwriter.
“She would come into my school, mortifyingly, and throw me in behind the piano and I’d have to play all the songs,” Doherty recalls in our “Meet the Experts” composers panel. “But more often than not everything went chaotically wrong on stage and the curtain would pull back and they’d be like play something, so I’d be live scoring this chaos on stage. I hated it back then but funnily, it taught me to think on my feet. So sometimes I think it all started there.”
Doherty is one of...
“She would come into my school, mortifyingly, and throw me in behind the piano and I’d have to play all the songs,” Doherty recalls in our “Meet the Experts” composers panel. “But more often than not everything went chaotically wrong on stage and the curtain would pull back and they’d be like play something, so I’d be live scoring this chaos on stage. I hated it back then but funnily, it taught me to think on my feet. So sometimes I think it all started there.”
Doherty is one of...
- 11/21/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut “The Lost Daughter” opens in media res, with Leda (played by former Best Actress winner Olivia Colman) stumbles onto a beach at night before collapsing in front of the crashing waves. The film will reveal how she ended up there throughout its running time, but a sign that things won’t play out as expected comes almost immediately: As Leda lies in the sand, composer Dickon Hinchliffe’s jazzy score explodes on the soundtrack, audio proof “The Lost Daughter” likely won’t adhere to rules or assumptions.
“One of the first things Maggie said, she had this concept and she didn’t know if it would work: the music would be like a found record, like a vinyl album from the past, a vintage one from the ‘50s or ‘60s. You’d put it on to play and it would somehow magically work with the...
“One of the first things Maggie said, she had this concept and she didn’t know if it would work: the music would be like a found record, like a vinyl album from the past, a vintage one from the ‘50s or ‘60s. You’d put it on to play and it would somehow magically work with the...
- 11/21/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Six top composers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Oscar and guild contenders. Each person from these films will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, November 18, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 awards contenders:
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Synopsis: Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and...
RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series of 17 panels in November and December. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 awards contenders:
“Being the Ricardos”: Daniel Pemberton
Synopsis: Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and...
- 11/10/2021
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
It’s impossible to guess, some three months away from the nominations, what might be up for Oscar in the music categories. But we can’t resist trying.
The only sure thing seems to be that English composer Jonny Greenwood will be nominated for at least one Oscar and maybe two. The Radiohead guitarist has been nominated just once (for 2017’s “Phantom Thread”) but has lately stepped up his film score output and has no fewer than three talked-about films in contention: “Spencer,” the Princess Diana movie, for director Pablo Larrain; “The Power of the Dog” (pictured), the Benedict Cumberbatch western for director Jane Campion; and “Licorice Pizza,” for his frequent collaborator Paul Thomas Anderson.
Eleven-time nominee (and winner for the original “Lion King” in 1994) Hans Zimmer seems a likely entrant for his moody, evocative, choral-based score for the sci-fi epic “Dune.” Another 11-time nominee, Alexandre Desplat, may be a...
The only sure thing seems to be that English composer Jonny Greenwood will be nominated for at least one Oscar and maybe two. The Radiohead guitarist has been nominated just once (for 2017’s “Phantom Thread”) but has lately stepped up his film score output and has no fewer than three talked-about films in contention: “Spencer,” the Princess Diana movie, for director Pablo Larrain; “The Power of the Dog” (pictured), the Benedict Cumberbatch western for director Jane Campion; and “Licorice Pizza,” for his frequent collaborator Paul Thomas Anderson.
Eleven-time nominee (and winner for the original “Lion King” in 1994) Hans Zimmer seems a likely entrant for his moody, evocative, choral-based score for the sci-fi epic “Dune.” Another 11-time nominee, Alexandre Desplat, may be a...
- 11/5/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
When Olivia Colman’s Leda stumbles and collapses onto the pebbly sand of a twilit Greek beach in the very opening scene of “The Lost Daughter,” she is wearing white. This is not unusual for Leda, nor heavily symbolic; it’s a blouse and skirt, not a wedding dress or a shroud. But as the title appears boldly over her prone form, and Dickon Hinchliffe’s melodic, throwback score first plinks out like the never-resolving piano intro to an old pop song, and if you know your Yeats, there’s a chance you might think of some lines of his which talk about a staggering girl and then go “And how can body, laid in that white rush/But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?”
Yeats’ poem, “Leda and the Swan” — from which we later learn that comparative literature professor Leda got her name — is a retelling of...
Yeats’ poem, “Leda and the Swan” — from which we later learn that comparative literature professor Leda got her name — is a retelling of...
- 9/3/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Indiewire
The Misbehaviour Review The Misbehaviour (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, written by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe, and stars Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Phyllis Logan, Suki Waterhouse, and Emma Corrin. Crew Dickon Hinchliffe created the music for the film. Zac [...]
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Continue reading: Video Movie Review: The Misbehaviour (2020): A Balanced and Entertaining Look at Being a Woman in the 1970s...
- 1/19/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The 1989 murder of Susan Smith is a despairingly grim Southern Gothic story, shot through with reckless sex, institutional corruption and Kentucky-fried local scandal: prime material for the kind of forensic, heavily extended true-crime podcasts (or Netflix-style documentary series) that garner such widespread public fascination these days. At least “Above Suspicion,” a steamed-up, sweat-soaked film adaptation of the material, mercifully rakes over its unsavory details in two hours rather than several. It’s quick, dirty and perhaps more tawdry than it needs to be: There may not be much dignity to be scrounged from the tale of a naive, drug-addicted FBI informant who sleeps with — and is subsequently killed by — her supervising agent, but Chris Gerolmo’s script isn’t at great pains to find the human factor here, and Phillip Noyce’s direction coats the whole unhappy affair in cold blue steel.
What it does have is Emilia Clarke.
What it does have is Emilia Clarke.
- 7/13/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
More than two years after its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Burden has finally come to theaters. After a surprisingly long wait, especially considering how the movie took home an award at Sundance, has it been worth the wait? Well, that’s a complicated questions. At times, the film is compelling, with high quality acting. At other points, however, the writing and direction can’t stack up to the performances. The end result is a flick with something to say, but a muddled way of saying it. Unfortunately, it won’t result in a recommendation here, though it’s undoubtedly not without its charms. This film is a drama, based on a true story, that looks at the impact that racist views can have on an individual. Set in a small South Carolina town, we meet Mike Burden (Garrett Hedlund), a repo man who also happens to be a...
- 2/29/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
From time to time, it’s worth considering whether a director or a screenwriter has more influence over the final outcome of a film. Can a bad script undercut a good director? Is a good one able to hide the flaws of a bad filmmaker? The answer to both probably resides somewhere in between. The one thing I’m fairly certain of is this: a first time director can’t make do with a poor screenplay. Unfortunately for Idris Elba, the actor is making his directorial debut utilizing a script that’s lacking in juice. This makes Yardie, his first effort behind the camera, a step or two down from where it otherwise could have been. Elba shows some chops, but the material fails him throughout. He elevates it somewhat, but not enough to save the day. The film is a crime drama, with the sort of plot we’ve...
- 3/13/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Today we are recognizing Ben Is Back, as well as writer/director Peter Hedges, plus co-stars Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts. Our Hollywood Film Tributes recognize films and talent for their excellence in the art of filmmaking. One of the most powerful films of 2018, Ben Is Back is a masterclass in actors bringing out emotion in the audience. Hedges and Roberts combine for some very special work. At the same time, the elder Hedges crafts a beautiful showcase for his son. It’s one of 2018’s best and most underrated movies, that’s for sure… A sampling from our rave review last month: There’s a special little alchemy on display in Ben Is Back, a wonderful new film hitting theaters this week. You see, in the director’s chair is filmmaker Peter Hedges, while in one of the central two roles is his son, Lucas Hedges. Each has done strong work in the past,...
- 1/17/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Stars: Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Rayon McLean, Mark Rhino Smith, Sheldon Shepherd, Christopher Daly, Alexandra Vaz, Chris-Ann Fletcher, Paul Haughton, Everaldo Creary | Written by Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman | Directed by Idris Elba
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
- 12/31/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
There’s a special little alchemy on display in Ben Is Back, a wonderful new film hitting theaters this week. You see, in the director’s chair is filmmaker Peter Hedges, while in one of the central two roles is his son, Lucas Hedges. Each has done strong work in the past, but here they bring out the best in each other. When I haven’t even mentioned the commanding turn by Julia Roberts, you know this is good stuff. Together, the three of them make this among 2018’s finest works. It will contend for a spot on my year end top ten list. The movie is a family drama about a teenage drug addict home for the holidays. It’s Christmas Eve and Holly Burns (Roberts) is wrangling her two young children, while older daughter Ivy (Kathryn Newton) performs in a church choir show. When they return home, they...
- 12/4/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Debra Granik is drawn to stories about survivors — stories about people who don’t fit into the one that America likes to tell itself, but are no less valuable for that. They live in the margins, far removed from the capitalistic power of what Ken Kesey once called the Combine. Some of them, like the destitute 17-year-old Jennifer Lawrence played in “Winter’s Bone,” were simply born there. Others, like the tender but troubled Vietnam vet at the heart of Granik’s 2014 documentary “Stray Dog,” have been too close to the big machine, and can’t stomach the idea of going anywhere near it again.
The terse and wary father in Granik’s latest film most definitely falls into the latter category. In fact, that’s all we really know about him. A man as humble and inscrutably compassionate as the movie around him, Will (Ben Foster) doesn’t like...
The terse and wary father in Granik’s latest film most definitely falls into the latter category. In fact, that’s all we really know about him. A man as humble and inscrutably compassionate as the movie around him, Will (Ben Foster) doesn’t like...
- 1/21/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
It takes 12 minutes and 23 seconds to run from Jake’s apartment to Tony’s, but there’s an entire world in the space between their two Brooklyn homes. Thirteen-year-old Jake (a sensitive and severely empathetic Theo Taplitz) is a white fourth or fifth generation American kid whose grandfather — the longtime owner of a small apartment building — has just passed away. Tony (Michael Barbieri, a pint-sized Robert De Niro) is the son of a Chilean immigrant, and his mother — a sharp seamstress played by “Gloria” star Paulina García — has rented the retail space on the ground floor of that same apartment building for as long as anyone can remember.
For years, the two families of these new friends have lived in harmony, but the times they are a-changin.’ And when Jake’s father (Greg Kinnear), a struggling actor, inherits the real estate and insists that his tenants actually begin paying their full rent,...
For years, the two families of these new friends have lived in harmony, but the times they are a-changin.’ And when Jake’s father (Greg Kinnear), a struggling actor, inherits the real estate and insists that his tenants actually begin paying their full rent,...
- 8/3/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Cary Fukunaga is teaming up with “Little Men” duo, Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, to develop a limited series based on Tim Murphy’s new book “Christodora.” The novel, which was just released on August 2, was optioned by Paramount TV.
This vivid and compelling tale follows a diverse set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattan’s East Village, the Christodora. It also recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself, according to the novel’s synopsis.
Sachs and Zacharias will pen the script, with Sachs to direct. The “Beasts of No Nation” helmer will produce through his Parliament of Owls company.
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“Christodora tells a compelling story of family, friendship, love, and loss that spans decades,...
This vivid and compelling tale follows a diverse set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattan’s East Village, the Christodora. It also recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself, according to the novel’s synopsis.
Sachs and Zacharias will pen the script, with Sachs to direct. The “Beasts of No Nation” helmer will produce through his Parliament of Owls company.
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“Christodora tells a compelling story of family, friendship, love, and loss that spans decades,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Ira Sach’s “Little Men” follows Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), a 13-year-old who lives with his parents (Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle) in Manhattan. When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves into his Brooklyn apartment where they find dressmaker Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building with her son Tony (Michael Barbieri). Jake and Tony become quick friends but when Jake’s parents try to raise the rent on Leonor, tensions run high and the kids are brought into uncomfortable adult conflicts faster than they anticipated.
Read More: Ira Sachs: How a Daring Independent Filmmaker Went Family-Friendly With ‘Little Men’
The film has garnered widespread positive reviews for its humanistic approach, powerful performances, and emotionally resonant writing, but one of “Little Men’s” most striking elements is its score. Composed by Dickon Hinchliffe, a founding member of the English band the Tindersticks, the score’s...
Read More: Ira Sachs: How a Daring Independent Filmmaker Went Family-Friendly With ‘Little Men’
The film has garnered widespread positive reviews for its humanistic approach, powerful performances, and emotionally resonant writing, but one of “Little Men’s” most striking elements is its score. Composed by Dickon Hinchliffe, a founding member of the English band the Tindersticks, the score’s...
- 8/3/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Writer-director Steven Knight clearly enjoys a good challenge. Locke, a mesmerizing drama of uncommon intensity, takes place over the course of one evening, as married construction foreman Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) makes the long drive from Birmingham to London in order to be with his one-time mistress (voiced by Olivia Colman) as she gives birth to his child. Ivan is the only visible character, and Locke‘s sole setpiece is his car, a silent crucible of transformation for Ivan as he makes a series of calls that bring his life crashing down around him.
A self-proclaimed “good man,” Ivan feels that during the drive he must break the news of his affair, and the child, to his wife (voiced by Ruth Wilson), so as not to lie to her about where he’s going. Understandably, she doesn’t take it well. Ivan’s sudden road trip also works to sabotage...
A self-proclaimed “good man,” Ivan feels that during the drive he must break the news of his affair, and the child, to his wife (voiced by Ruth Wilson), so as not to lie to her about where he’s going. Understandably, she doesn’t take it well. Ivan’s sudden road trip also works to sabotage...
- 8/18/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
After an extensive festival run that began last September with its Venice premiere, Steven Knight's "Locke" finally makes it to cinemas this weekend. Intense, moving, and at times astonishing, this film is a delightful piece that's incredibly engaging.
The film's biggest special effect is its only on-camera actor, Tom Hardy, giving another of his rock-solid performances that helps once again solidify his reputation as one of the finest thespians of his generation.
So, what's the story?
A foreman of a construction company gets into his BMW X3, and starts driving as quickly as he can from Birmingham in northern England down to London. Along the way he answers and makes a few phone calls.
That's it? We're stuck in a truck with a guy on his cellphone for 90 minutes?
Yup.
That sounds boring as hell.
Nope. Not only is it exciting, but thanks to Hardy's impeccable skills, "Locke" proves...
The film's biggest special effect is its only on-camera actor, Tom Hardy, giving another of his rock-solid performances that helps once again solidify his reputation as one of the finest thespians of his generation.
So, what's the story?
A foreman of a construction company gets into his BMW X3, and starts driving as quickly as he can from Birmingham in northern England down to London. Along the way he answers and makes a few phone calls.
That's it? We're stuck in a truck with a guy on his cellphone for 90 minutes?
Yup.
That sounds boring as hell.
Nope. Not only is it exciting, but thanks to Hardy's impeccable skills, "Locke" proves...
- 5/2/2014
- by Jason Gorber
- Moviefone
Scott Cooper's steel-town drama has an A-list cast and superb score, but its debts to The Deer Hunter outweigh its strengths
Actor-turned-director Scott Cooper's previous film, Crazy Heart, was a portrait of world-weary Americana boasting a terrifically grizzled performance by Jeff Bridges, and buoyed by an audience-friendly musicality that earned Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett an Oscar for the tellingly entitled song The Weary Kind. This second directorial outing is altogether less mellifluous, although once again music provides a doorway into a world which may otherwise be impenetrably gruff. While Pearl Jam's Release may be the attention-grabbing theme bookending the drama, it's Dickon Hinchliffe's mournfully clanging score that sets the tone for this earnest tale of overwrought male bonding against an evocative backdrop of rust-belt desolation.
Shot in and around the photogenically depressed town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Cooper's long-gestated film (on which original key players Leonardo DiCaprio...
Actor-turned-director Scott Cooper's previous film, Crazy Heart, was a portrait of world-weary Americana boasting a terrifically grizzled performance by Jeff Bridges, and buoyed by an audience-friendly musicality that earned Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett an Oscar for the tellingly entitled song The Weary Kind. This second directorial outing is altogether less mellifluous, although once again music provides a doorway into a world which may otherwise be impenetrably gruff. While Pearl Jam's Release may be the attention-grabbing theme bookending the drama, it's Dickon Hinchliffe's mournfully clanging score that sets the tone for this earnest tale of overwrought male bonding against an evocative backdrop of rust-belt desolation.
Shot in and around the photogenically depressed town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Cooper's long-gestated film (on which original key players Leonardo DiCaprio...
- 2/2/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Scott Cooper's steel-town drama has an A-list cast and superb score, but its debts to The Deer Hunter outweigh its strengths
Actor-turned-director Scott Cooper's previous film, Crazy Heart, was a portrait of world-weary Americana boasting a terrifically grizzled performance by Jeff Bridges, and buoyed by an audience-friendly musicality that earned Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett an Oscar for the tellingly entitled song The Weary Kind. This second directorial outing is altogether less mellifluous, although once again music provides a doorway into a world which may otherwise be impenetrably gruff. While Pearl Jam's Release may be the attention-grabbing theme bookending the drama, it's Dickon Hinchliffe's mournfully clanging score that sets the tone for this earnest tale of overwrought male bonding against an evocative backdrop of rust-belt desolation.
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Actor-turned-director Scott Cooper's previous film, Crazy Heart, was a portrait of world-weary Americana boasting a terrifically grizzled performance by Jeff Bridges, and buoyed by an audience-friendly musicality that earned Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett an Oscar for the tellingly entitled song The Weary Kind. This second directorial outing is altogether less mellifluous, although once again music provides a doorway into a world which may otherwise be impenetrably gruff. While Pearl Jam's Release may be the attention-grabbing theme bookending the drama, it's Dickon Hinchliffe's mournfully clanging score that sets the tone for this earnest tale of overwrought male bonding against an evocative backdrop of rust-belt desolation.
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- 2/2/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
One hundred fourteen scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013 will be vying for nominations in the Original Score category for the 86th Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.
Nomination voting in all Oscar categories begins Friday, December 27 and ends Wednesday, January 8.
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:
“Admission,” Stephen Trask, composer
“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” Daniel Hart, composer
“All Is Lost,” Alex Ebert, composer
“Alone Yet Not Alone,” William Ross, composer
“The Armstrong Lie,...
A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.
Nomination voting in all Oscar categories begins Friday, December 27 and ends Wednesday, January 8.
The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:
“Admission,” Stephen Trask, composer
“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” Daniel Hart, composer
“All Is Lost,” Alex Ebert, composer
“Alone Yet Not Alone,” William Ross, composer
“The Armstrong Lie,...
- 12/13/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy has unveiled its list of films eligible for the best original score Oscar. A whopping 114 original scores are in contention. See the full list below. AMPAS will narrow down to the final five when Oscar nominations are announced Thursday, January 16. Today, the HFPA nominated "All Is Lost" (Alex Ebert), "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" (Alex Heffes), "Gravity" (Steven Price), "The Book Thief" (John Williams) and "12 Years a Slave" (Hans Zimmer) for best original score Golden Globes. "Admission," Stephen Trask, composer "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Daniel Hart, composer "All Is Lost," Alex Ebert, composer "Alone Yet Not Alone," William Ross, composer "The Armstrong Lie," David Kahne, composer "Arthur Newman," Nick Urata, composer "At Any Price," Dickon Hinchliffe, composer ...
- 12/13/2013
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
And they are: “Admission,” Stephen Trask, composer “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” Daniel Hart, composer “All Is Lost,” Alex Ebert, composer “Alone Yet Not Alone,” William Ross, composer “The Armstrong Lie,...
- 12/12/2013
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
A total of 114 scores from feature-length films released in 2013 are in contention for nominations in the original score category for the 86th Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday. The eligible scores (listed in alphabetical order by film title): "Admission," Stephen Trask, composer "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Daniel Hart, composer "All Is Lost," Alex Ebert, composer "Alone Yet Not Alone," William Ross, composer "The Armstrong Lie," David Kahne, composer "Arthur Newman," Nick Urata, composer "At Any Price," Dickon Hinchliffe, composer
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- 12/12/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Senior executives at the Academy announced on Dec 12 that 114 scores have been submitted for the original score Oscar category.Scroll down for full list
A reminder list of works submitted will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the music branch, who will vote in the order of their preference for up to five scores.
Those five that receive the highest number of votes will be announced as nominees on January 16 2014.
According to the rules, to be eligible the original score must be a “substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer.
Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.”
Admission, Stephen Trask
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Daniel Hart
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A reminder list of works submitted will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the music branch, who will vote in the order of their preference for up to five scores.
Those five that receive the highest number of votes will be announced as nominees on January 16 2014.
According to the rules, to be eligible the original score must be a “substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer.
Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.”
Admission, Stephen Trask
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Daniel Hart
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- 12/12/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
There are many factors that grab a person’s interest in seeing a film – the actors, the director, the material that inspired the film, the film’s trailer, but with more and more popular artists and bands trying their had at composing, sometimes hearing new music from these artists can be just as big of a draw. Artists like Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, and Trent Reznor have taken to the sound stage to create music for films such as Tron: Legacy, Hanna, and The Social Network (with Reznor and Atticus Ross even winning an Oscar for their efforts), but what if these recognizable artists were considered a distraction rather than an enhancement to the films they are featured in? Out of the Furnace was rumored to have tapped Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam fame to create new music for the film – a solid choice considering the success Vedder had creating the music for Into the Wild. Vedder...
- 11/14/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
"It turned out great, it will not disappoint you. Whoo, it's powerful, it's great, It's not a joyful movie, but it's a very intense movie." Ok, so Woody Harrelson has already seen "Out Of The Furnace," and now we're doubly stoked for it. So wait, for those that may not know, what is it exactly? "Out Of The Furnace" is an upcoming American revenge thriller directed by Scott Cooper and it features an awesome cast that includes Christian Bale, Forest Whitaker, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard and Willem Dafoe. Composer Dickon Hinchliffe ("Winter's Bone") is leading the score and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is writing an original tune for the movie. Clearly there's a lot of talent involved. Originally dated for October 4th, Relativity Media has just announced they have bumped the movie into the heart of Oscar season: November 27 in limited release with a continued expansion on December 6th.
- 6/19/2013
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Luck, Season One, Episode Four
Written by Jay Hovdey
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Airs Sundays at 10pm Est on HBO
Several of the small legion of critics who have access to Luck‘s entire first season have been claiming for weeks that it’s in this fourth installment that the show really kicks it up a notch and finds its rhythm. Sure enough, “Episode Four” does constitute a slight upward tick in urgency, but it thankfully still retains the bizarro qualities that have kept the show so distinct (and distinctly Milchian).
Most improved this week: the Ace Bernstein side of the equation. Both major developments on his front this week – the first face-to-face with the mythical Mike (Michael Gambon) and the establishment of a maybe-courtship with horse-shelter activist Clare Lachay (Joan Allen) – go off nicely and with a noted lack of obvious expository dialogue. Watching titans like Gambon and Hoffman...
Written by Jay Hovdey
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Airs Sundays at 10pm Est on HBO
Several of the small legion of critics who have access to Luck‘s entire first season have been claiming for weeks that it’s in this fourth installment that the show really kicks it up a notch and finds its rhythm. Sure enough, “Episode Four” does constitute a slight upward tick in urgency, but it thankfully still retains the bizarro qualities that have kept the show so distinct (and distinctly Milchian).
Most improved this week: the Ace Bernstein side of the equation. Both major developments on his front this week – the first face-to-face with the mythical Mike (Michael Gambon) and the establishment of a maybe-courtship with horse-shelter activist Clare Lachay (Joan Allen) – go off nicely and with a noted lack of obvious expository dialogue. Watching titans like Gambon and Hoffman...
- 2/20/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – James Marsh’s much talked-about documentary, “Project Nim,” is one of the saddest films of 2011, charting the mishandling of a chimpanzee by well-meaning but misguided humans. Nim Chimpsky was the simian subject of a widely publicized ’70s-era experiment created by Professor Herbert Terrace. His goal was to discover if a chimp could speak in complete sentences via sign language.
Just as Marsh’s 2008 Oscar-winner, “Man on Wire,” seamlessly blended archival footage and interviews with reenactments to create a narrative with the tone and pace of a thriller, the director applies the same cinematic style to “Nim.” The chimp’s life was so complicated that a linear plot line certainly makes the most sense. We meet the human subjects in the order that they came and went in Nim’s life and their on-camera testimonials are admirably honest but often infuriating.
DVD Rating: 4.5/5.0
After shooting his mother with a tranquilizer,...
Just as Marsh’s 2008 Oscar-winner, “Man on Wire,” seamlessly blended archival footage and interviews with reenactments to create a narrative with the tone and pace of a thriller, the director applies the same cinematic style to “Nim.” The chimp’s life was so complicated that a linear plot line certainly makes the most sense. We meet the human subjects in the order that they came and went in Nim’s life and their on-camera testimonials are admirably honest but often infuriating.
DVD Rating: 4.5/5.0
After shooting his mother with a tranquilizer,...
- 2/20/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Like the double-wide premiere for HBO's Boardwalk Empire, the pilot for the network's new horse-racing series Luck—first broadcast December 11th, and then re-run this past Sunday—represents a meeting of two distinctive authorial voices. In the case of the Boardwalk Empire pilot—a high-water mark of style and efficiency that the frequently-frustrating series has never managed to live up to, aside from a couple of episodes neatly directed by Carpenterite horror specialist Brad Anderson—it was episode director / series executive producer Martin Scorsese and episode writer / series creator Terrence Winter; in the case of Luck, it's episode director / series executive producer Michael Mann and episode writer / series creator David Milch.
The interplay of low-lifes and big spenders in Luck's pilot is distinctly Milch's. It's clear from the episode's structure alone—a lot of jargony horse-racing intrigue spinning around a story about four track regulars who finally win it...
The interplay of low-lifes and big spenders in Luck's pilot is distinctly Milch's. It's clear from the episode's structure alone—a lot of jargony horse-racing intrigue spinning around a story about four track regulars who finally win it...
- 1/31/2012
- MUBI
Welcome to the latest in our admittedly rather intermittent series of soundtrack roundups. Today we have wolves, horses and zombies as well as uncouth adolescents and vampires. Exciting stuff!
Let’s kick off with The Inbetweeners soundtrack (which may give you some idea of how far behind I’ve got on these things…). As you might expect, the collection is mostly comprised of summery rock and dance tracks, punctuated by snippets of crudity from the clunge-seeking gang, taken from the film (though none really convey how funny it is on screen). Everyone’s favourite geezer-rap national treasure Mike Skinner adds a handful of incidental tracks with titles such as ‘Pussay Patrol’ and ‘Clunge in a Barrel’. It’s also got Ke$ha on it. I know I shouldn’t but I really like Ke$ha. I think she’s funny and does catchy, well-written tunes. So no complaints here.
Next,...
Let’s kick off with The Inbetweeners soundtrack (which may give you some idea of how far behind I’ve got on these things…). As you might expect, the collection is mostly comprised of summery rock and dance tracks, punctuated by snippets of crudity from the clunge-seeking gang, taken from the film (though none really convey how funny it is on screen). Everyone’s favourite geezer-rap national treasure Mike Skinner adds a handful of incidental tracks with titles such as ‘Pussay Patrol’ and ‘Clunge in a Barrel’. It’s also got Ke$ha on it. I know I shouldn’t but I really like Ke$ha. I think she’s funny and does catchy, well-written tunes. So no complaints here.
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- 1/30/2012
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Thomas Newman and Michael Giacchino Each Have Four Of The 97 Scores Eligible For Best Original Score
Of the 265 films eligible [1] for Oscars at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in February, 97 of them have been deemed worthy to be nominated for Best Original Score. Thomas Newman (The Adjustment Bureau, The Debt, The Help, The Iron Lady) and Michael Giacchino (Cars 2, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Monte Carlo, Super 8) lead all eligible composers with four films this year while Alexandre Desplat (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Ides of March), Tyler Bates (Conan the Barbarian, The Darkest Hour, The Way), Mark Isham (The Conspirator, Dolphin Tale, Warrior) and Henry Jackman (Puss in Boots, Winnie the Pooh, X-Men First Class) all have three. Other familiar names are on the list too such as John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse), James Newton Howard (Green Lantern, Water for Elephants) and Danny Elfman (Real Steel, Restless) who along with Alberto Iglesias (The Skin I Live In,...
- 12/23/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The eligible scores along with the composer are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
“The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer
“The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer
“African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer
“Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
“Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
“Another Earth,” Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers
“Answers to Nothing,” Craig Richey, composer
“Arthur Christmas,” Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
“The Artist,” Ludovic Bource, composer
“@urFRENZ,” Lisbeth Scott, composer
“Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” Elia Cmiral, composer
“Battle: Los Angeles,” Brian Tyler, composer
“Beastly,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
“The Big Year,” Theodore Shapiro, composer
“Captain America: The First Avenger,” Alan Silvestri, composer
“Cars 2,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“Cedar Rapids,...
The eligible scores along with the composer are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
“The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer
“The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer
“African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer
“Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
“Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
“Another Earth,” Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers
“Answers to Nothing,” Craig Richey, composer
“Arthur Christmas,” Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
“The Artist,” Ludovic Bource, composer
“@urFRENZ,” Lisbeth Scott, composer
“Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” Elia Cmiral, composer
“Battle: Los Angeles,” Brian Tyler, composer
“Beastly,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer
“The Big Year,” Theodore Shapiro, composer
“Captain America: The First Avenger,” Alan Silvestri, composer
“Cars 2,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“Cedar Rapids,...
- 12/23/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I was actually beginning to believe Cliff Martinez's score for Drive may actually have a shot with all the love it has received in the precursor awards, but last night the Academy announced the list of 97 scores eligible for Best Original Score at the 2012 Oscars and, oops, what do you know, both Drive and Attack the Block didn't make the cut. The only other score I had on my current list of predictions for the category to not make the cut was Howard Shore's music for David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Why? Well, I would assume somewhere inside there the rules for requirement weren't met. As per the Academy, "To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer. Scores diluted by the use of...
- 12/23/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Yesterday the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released the 97 original film scores that will running for the final five nominations for the Best Original Score category at the upcoming 84h Academy Awards. Billy Crystal will be hosting the annual awards show, which be presented on February 26, 2012. Some how I am not surprised that Attack the Block got nixed, seeing that Tron: Legacy pretty much got the same treatment last year. Glad to see that Henry Jackman’s X-Men: First Class is getting a nod, and of course Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross had to be in it. Check out the full list below.
December 22, 2011
For Immediate Release
97 Original Scores in 2011 Oscar® Race
Beverly Hills, CA – Ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
The...
December 22, 2011
For Immediate Release
97 Original Scores in 2011 Oscar® Race
Beverly Hills, CA – Ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
The...
- 12/23/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Luck, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”
Written by David Milch
Directed by Michael Mann
HBO aired this pilot episode after the Boardwalk Empire finale, but Luck doesn’t get started properly until late January. As a result, for now, I’m avoiding too many plot specifics, focusing instead on general impressions.
More than most series – and even more than most HBO series – Luck is facing down a hell of a set of expectations. For the first time since the disastrously-received (but, in some corners, quietly revered) John From Cincinatti, showrunner David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue) is back at the helm of his own series again. Accompanying him: producer and pilot director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Ali, etc.), bona-fide movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, a host of other notable character actors and TV regulars (Dennis Farina, Jill Hennessy, Richard Kind, and, later on, Michael Gambon). Most crucially of all, Luck...
Written by David Milch
Directed by Michael Mann
HBO aired this pilot episode after the Boardwalk Empire finale, but Luck doesn’t get started properly until late January. As a result, for now, I’m avoiding too many plot specifics, focusing instead on general impressions.
More than most series – and even more than most HBO series – Luck is facing down a hell of a set of expectations. For the first time since the disastrously-received (but, in some corners, quietly revered) John From Cincinatti, showrunner David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue) is back at the helm of his own series again. Accompanying him: producer and pilot director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Ali, etc.), bona-fide movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, a host of other notable character actors and TV regulars (Dennis Farina, Jill Hennessy, Richard Kind, and, later on, Michael Gambon). Most crucially of all, Luck...
- 12/12/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
What's this? New artwork for Anchor Bay's Texas Killing Fields (review here) even though the flick came out in October? Yeah, I know. It's a slow news day, though, so what the hell.
Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington), a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims’ mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call “The Killing Fields.”
Though the swampland crime scenes are outside their jurisdiction, Detective Heigh is unable to turn his back on solving the gruesome murders. Despite his partner’s warnings, he sets out to investigate the crimes. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead.
Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington), a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims’ mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call “The Killing Fields.”
Though the swampland crime scenes are outside their jurisdiction, Detective Heigh is unable to turn his back on solving the gruesome murders. Despite his partner’s warnings, he sets out to investigate the crimes. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead.
- 11/11/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Live in or near Houston? You can meet the real heroes behind the film Texas Killing Fields on Friday, October 21!
The new film Texas Killing Fields opens in the Houston area on October 21, and anyone living in the area can attend a special screening opening night with Texas City police detectives Mike Land and Brian Goetschius, whose experiences inspired the film. Land and Goetschius, who are played by Sam Worthington and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the film, will hold a Q&A about the events depicted in the film following the 7:45 screening.
The screening will be held Friday, October 21 at 7:45 at the Regal Greenway 24 in Houston, Texas. You must purchase tickets to this event to attend. Tickets to the screening are available through www.fandango.com.
Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington), a homicide detective in a small Texan town,...
The new film Texas Killing Fields opens in the Houston area on October 21, and anyone living in the area can attend a special screening opening night with Texas City police detectives Mike Land and Brian Goetschius, whose experiences inspired the film. Land and Goetschius, who are played by Sam Worthington and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the film, will hold a Q&A about the events depicted in the film following the 7:45 screening.
The screening will be held Friday, October 21 at 7:45 at the Regal Greenway 24 in Houston, Texas. You must purchase tickets to this event to attend. Tickets to the screening are available through www.fandango.com.
Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington), a homicide detective in a small Texan town,...
- 10/20/2011
- Cinelinx
Dickon Hinchliffe has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Shadow Dancer. The movie is directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire) and stars Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Aidan Gillen and Gillian Anderson. The film follows a young mother who is heavily involved in the Irish Republican movement and loses her younger brother at the hands of the British security forces. The BBC Films production is written by Tom Bradby and produced by Chris Coen (Funny Games), Andrew Lowe (This Must Be The Place) and Ed Guiney (The Guard). Marsh has previousy collaborated with Hichcliffe on the second part of the Red Riding trilogy, In the Year of Our Lord 1980 and the documentary Project Nim, for which a soundtrack album has just been announced. No release date has been announced yet for Shadow Dancer, but the film is expected to come out in 2012.
Hinchliffe has also scored the Michael Mann...
Hinchliffe has also scored the Michael Mann...
- 10/20/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the remake of Footloose directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Blake Shelton, Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. For audio clips and more information about the album, visit our previous article. The film’s score is written by Deborah Lurie and no separate score release has been announced.
Also opening wide is the horror prequel The Thing directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr. and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton. Marco Beltrami has written the music for the film. A soundtrack album featuring Beltrami’s score has been released by Varese Sarabande earlier this week. For more information about the album and to...
Opening in most theaters is the remake of Footloose directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Blake Shelton, Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. For audio clips and more information about the album, visit our previous article. The film’s score is written by Deborah Lurie and no separate score release has been announced.
Also opening wide is the horror prequel The Thing directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr. and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton. Marco Beltrami has written the music for the film. A soundtrack album featuring Beltrami’s score has been released by Varese Sarabande earlier this week. For more information about the album and to...
- 10/15/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Chicago – In our latest crime/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the Michael Mann-produced “Texas Killing Fields” starring Sam Worthington (“Avatar”)!
“Texas Killing Fields” also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jason Clarke, Corie Berkemeyer, Trenton Perez, Maureen Brennan, Tony Bentley, Becky Fly, Sheryl Lee, James Hébert, Stephen Graham, John Neisler, Annabeth Gish, Deneen Tyler and Kelvin Payton from director Ami Canaan Mann and writer Don Ferrarone. The film opens on Oct. 21, 2011 in Chicago.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Texas Killing Fields” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for...
“Texas Killing Fields” also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jason Clarke, Corie Berkemeyer, Trenton Perez, Maureen Brennan, Tony Bentley, Becky Fly, Sheryl Lee, James Hébert, Stephen Graham, John Neisler, Annabeth Gish, Deneen Tyler and Kelvin Payton from director Ami Canaan Mann and writer Don Ferrarone. The film opens on Oct. 21, 2011 in Chicago.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Texas Killing Fields” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for...
- 10/14/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Attic Records’ Cinewax division will be releasing a soundtrack album for the documentary Project Nim. The album includes the score by composer Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone) and will be released on October 25, 2011 as digital release. Check out audio clips from the soundtrack after the jump. Project Nim is directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire) and chronicles a historic experiment to try to teach a chimpanzee language while raising the primate like a human child. For more information about the film, which opened in theaters this summer, visit the official movie website.
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Seizing Nim
2. The Experiment
3. Meeting The Family
4. Wild Animal
5. Herb’s Coming
6. Laura
7. Utter Chaos
8. Going To School
9. Fairytale
10. Laura Leaves
11. Promising Signs
12. Dungeon
13. It’s Over
14. Going Back
15. Holy Shit
16. Walk With Bob
17. The Cage
18. Stone Smoke
19. Alone
20. Poodle
21. Stephanie’s Visit
22. My Story Ends
23. Play...
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Seizing Nim
2. The Experiment
3. Meeting The Family
4. Wild Animal
5. Herb’s Coming
6. Laura
7. Utter Chaos
8. Going To School
9. Fairytale
10. Laura Leaves
11. Promising Signs
12. Dungeon
13. It’s Over
14. Going Back
15. Holy Shit
16. Walk With Bob
17. The Cage
18. Stone Smoke
19. Alone
20. Poodle
21. Stephanie’s Visit
22. My Story Ends
23. Play...
- 10/13/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
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