Based on the hip, wildly popular young adult novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist follows the young, romantically burned bass player Nick (Juno and Superbad’s Michael Cera) over the course of an adventurous, sleepless night lived after hours in the underground indie rock scene of New York. Joining him in his musical scavenger hunt to discover the location of a secret show featuring a legendary band is the far worldlier Norah (Charlie Bartlett’s Kat Dennings). As the two opposites attract over their taste in killer tunes in director Peter Sollett’s cinematic adaptation of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
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Prior to 2007, I had never heard of film composer Javier Navarrete. Of course, he is only one of many whose names I do not know. However, it is a name that came to my attention with my viewing of Pan's Labyrinth, the beautiful masterpiece from director Guillermo Del Toro.
That film is an absolute work of beauty, and if you have not seen it, what are you waiting for? One of the elements that helped make the film work as well as it did is the masterful score composed by Navarrete. So, when I saw that he provided the score for Mirrors, I knew I had to have a taste. I mean, if it was half as good as Pan's Labyrinth, it was bound to be worth listening to, right?
Going in, I had not yet seen Mirrors, so I cannot say just how well it works.
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Bollywood film director Prabhakar Shukla confirmed that he’s planning to make a film called Rave Party about the recent rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Goa, though denied his movie will be only about the 15 year old’s killing. “Goa is a tourist paradise, but I want to show the darker side of the popular tourist spot. People like watching reality; so I have decided to show reality in my film,” he told Indian website ThaIndian.com. “I will surely show the corrupt officers in the film. But I will also show how the drug mafia exploits tourists and what happens at rave parties,” he promised. The Indian director
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Mike Patton is a fascinating artist. He burst onto the scene after joining the band Faith No More for their sophomore outing, The Real Thing. He would later start up a side project called Mr. Bungle. Following the dissolution of Faith No More, he would go on to have, and continue to have, a number of bands including Fantomas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Mondo Cane, and probably many others that I have never heard of. The man is always busy with something. With his breadth of experience, would you believe that A Perfect Place is the first time he has ever scored a film? Well, it is. With this interesting work under his belt, I would love to see him do more in the world of film scoring.
This Mike Patton-composed score is quite an interesting listen all on its own, even without knowing the movie.
The Academy Award winner and the legendary band founded in London in 1962 have combined on "Shine A Light," a concert documentary shot at New York's intimate Beacon Theatre in October 2006. Scorsese and band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts held a press conference on Sunday ahead of the film's U.S. release on April 4. "I don't know if I can make any direct associations," Scorsese said with a laugh when asked what similarities he sees between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and the brutal criminals he has depicted in films such as "Goodfellas," "Casino" and "The Departed." But the native New Yorker says their music has always struck powerful chords with him, so much that he used the group's violence-laced song "Gimme Shelter" in three of his previous films.
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — When invited to the set of the new film from the makers of “Crank,” the e-mail said the flick was simply called “Game.” The backs of the director’s chairs, the clapboard and everything else around the set also referred to the winter ’08 release with the same word.
Toward the end of the visit, however, the studio explained that the monosyllabic moniker likely wouldn’t stick, and that we could refer to the film with any “untitled” listing we deemed appropriate.
Queen is an English rock band formed in 1970 by guitarist Brian May and vocalist/keyboard player Freddie Mercury. Joined by drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon in 1971, Queen rose to prominence during the 70's and are considered one of the most successful bands of all time.
After two albums, Queen and Queen II, they released a breakthrough album Sheer Heart Attack which contained the hit "Killer Queen" followed up by the album A Night at the Opera which contained the hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're my Best Friend;" the former being voted on several lists as being the best song ever recorded.