The blockbuster Disney film Oz: The Great and Powerful personifies the heyday of Hollywood blockbustery with every element — special effects, costumes, camera angles, performances. The musical score is no different. For more on the film, check out this film review. For more on the score, read on.
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OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL SCORE (Soundtrack Review)
March 11th, 2013 
Steven D'Arcangelo THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (Film Review)
March 8th, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo Opening this weekend is Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. Is it great? Is it powerful? For the most part yes. The part that isn’t, however, is pretty significant. You’d think that the Broadway musical Wicked would’ve already covered everything there is about the formative years of the Land of Oz, but there’s more to mine […]
And the OSCAR Should Go To…
February 23rd, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo The Academy Awards are my Superbowl. Kick-off consists of red carpet interviews. Halftime is the montage of tech awards distributed weeks prior (i.e. the bathroom break). I look forward to each broadcast and pride myself on seeing the majority of films nominated for Best Picture. This year, however, the increase of nominees from five to […]
VALENTINE’S DAY FILMS FOR EVERYONE
February 14th, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo As everyone with a calendar knows, February 14th is Valentine’s Day. It’s also a day of new film releases. So if you want to celebrate cinematically, you’ll have several choices. You can play it safe with Safe Haven, the latest Nicholas Sparks love story without spark. Or you can go the counterprogramming way with A […]
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No Comments »Happy 20th Anniversary GROUNDHOG DAY…the Movie.
February 2nd, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo Believe it or not, it’s been two decades since the release of 1993’s Groundhog Day, one of my top three favorite Bill Murray comedies of all time (Ghostbusters and the underrated Quick Change being the other two). I sure don’t believe it. I feel like egocentric weatherman Phil Connors himself, wondering where all the time […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Film Review)
December 14th, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo I loved the Lord of the Rings books and loved the films even more. So when I heard the director of that trilogy, Peter Jackson, was making The Hobbit (the prequel to LOTR), I thought it was fantastic news. And then it was announced that one movie would become two, similar to the last Harry […]
TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES THAT NEED TO EXIST
November 8th, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo Kicking off Friday in Southern California is the annual All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival, a 3-day event featuring films and filmmakers celebrating the wide wide world of sports. Given how many sports exist, a festival devoted to movies about them is a natural (not The Natural), but with such a wealth of cinematic […]
