With an original score by Danny Elfman this film is being tipped for all sorts of gongs. Elfman’s contribution on this album is worthy and fitting for a film with a theme of romance and mental health issues – or as the yanks like to call it “kookiness”. Continue reading
Smiley
“After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a carved ‘smiley’ on his face, a mentally fragile teen must decide whether she is going insane – or will be the next victim.” Continue reading
Smashed OST
The story of Smashed is of a young married couple who are bonded together over their excessive drinking; after a dramatic and embarrassing incident at work the wife decides to get sober and their relationship is put to the test. Continue reading
Ruby Sparks OST
The story of Ruby Sparks (written by Zoe Kazan who plays the eponymous heroine) is about a novelist struggling with writer’s block who finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
With an original score by Nick Urata, a composer making a name for himself in Hollywood, this soundtrack is mostly an orchestral affair. Continue reading
Little Birds OST
Little Birds was Elgin James’ first screenplay and it was accepted into both the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the Sundance Directors Lab. In 2009, James was awarded a Time Warner Fellowship Grant as well as an Annenberg Feature Film Fellow Grant. He was recently named as one of Ioncinema.com’s “American New Wave 25”, in addition to being selected as one of Variety’s 2011 “Directors to Watch.” Continue reading
For A Good Time Call OST
Directed by Jamie Travis and penned by Katie Anne Naylon and one of the co-stars Lauren Miller this film apparently went down a storm at Sundance this year. The film is about 2 hip young women who in need of funds share a flat and a sex phone line business with no doubt hilarious and moving consequences. Continue reading
Dark Mirror
Dark Mirror has some good original ideas. It supposedly has all its horror in the daylight but this is not strictly true. What would a horror film be without a bit of hiding in the dark during a storm under your bed? Continue reading
Dark Shadows (TV series)
Dark Shadows was a TV soap opera which ran from 1966 – 1971 with a supernatural theme. With its recent rise to the public consciousness due to the imminent release of Tim Burton’s big film adaptation this is a timely issuing of some episodes that showcase the character that saved the show, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). Continue reading
Monster Brawl
Set in an unnamed graveyard this is allegedly the ultimate monster smackdown. Mythical monsters and creatures are supposed to fight to the death for our entertainment but it is hard to see the point of this film. Continue reading
Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
I saw the trailer for this recent Cronenberg offering and didn’t get around to seeing it in the cinema and at the time I didn’t realise that it was based on a Don DeLillo book of the same name. At just a couple of hundred pages long this is a racing read and appears to be dying for the film adaptation especially by someone who brought us A History of Violence and Eastern Promises . Continue reading
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