When I was 13, and just learning guitar, my guitar teachers and musical mentors ALL really respected George Michael. (I initially thought that was odd for a bunch of rock musicians.) Specifically, everyone cited Careless Whisper as one of the greatest songs ever written. So, […]
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[Updated 4/19/22] A River Runs Through It A River Runs Through It, is modern classic movie about the two sons of a stern minister, growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing. One son is reserved, while the other one (Brad Pitt) is […]
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Composer, Abel Korzeniowski, is best known for, A Single Man (Tom Ford’s first film) and the Showtime series, Penny Dreadful. Abel Korzeniowski’s score for Nocturnal Animals is, in a word, elegant. It’s almost James Bond like. Nocturnal Animals is Tom Ford’s latest psychological noir thriller. […]
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I’m very excited to see this movie. Lion is an inspirational true story: A little boy, Saroo, errantly falls asleep on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo is eventually adopted by a loving Australian couple. […]
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Westworld Westworld is an American dystopian science fiction Western television series that aired on HBO from 2016 to 2022. It is based upon the 1973 film of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton. The series is set in a futuristic amusement park […]
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Even as a kid, I was made aware by my musical mentors that Prince was a bad dude. When I took guitar lessons in the early 90’s — the guitar shop was filled to the brim with holdover, big-hair rockers — and people obsessed with […]
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L‘Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (The Last Stagecoach to Red Rock) is the main theme from Ennio Morricone’s score for the 2015 film, The Hateful Eight. It is a haunting and atmospheric piece of music that evokes the harshness and […]
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Brooklyn Baby Lana Del Rey’s “Brooklyn Baby” is a song from her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014). It is a satirical ode to the hipster subculture of Brooklyn, New York, and it is one of her most popular and critically acclaimed songs. With Brooklyn Baby, […]
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Fury Fury is a 2014 American war film directed by David Ayer. It stars Brad Pitt as Wardaddy, a tank commander who leads a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film’s score was composed […]
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Sister Rust Lucy is a 2014 science fiction action thriller film directed by Luc Besson and starring Scarlett Johansson. The film follows the story of Lucy, a woman who is forced to become a drug mule for a group of gangsters. When she is accidentally […]
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No Rest for the Wicked Lykke Li is a Swedish singer-songwriter known for her dark, introspective music. Her song “No Rest for the Wicked” is one of her most popular and critically acclaimed tracks. The song was released in 2014 as the lead single from […]
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Their Pie Alexander Payne’s 2013 film Nebraska is a bittersweet road movie about an aging man, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), who believes he has won a million dollars in a sweepstakes. His estranged son, David (Will Forte), reluctantly agrees to drive him to Lincoln, Nebraska […]
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