I guess The Flash is a bomb? I don’t really keep up with these things. Here’s an analysis from Variety. I have no interest in seeing this...

I went to see a movie in a theater for the first time since before the pandemic. I took the kids to see The Little Mermaid, which they...

James Horner died in a single-occupant plane crash eight years ago today, June 22, 2015. He was only 61. Such a gifted artist—and so...

Today (6/21) is the first day of summer—and the birthday of the one and only Lalo Schifrin. I was reminded of this by a post from Robert...

Black Mirror is back on Netflix with a sixth season of five episodes. I watched the third (and longest) episode, “Beyond the Sea,” which...

I’m a big Sam Esmail fan. I loved Mr. Robot and the first season of Homecoming. Even when Mr. Robot played tricks that I don’t think a...

I enjoyed reading this new interview with Harrison Ford from The Hollywood Reporter. I’ve never met him and probably never will. But he...

The Goldsmith Companion Kickstarter finished at a whopping $171.207. I am so happy for the author and publisher—and all of you, who will...

The Kickstarter for Jeff Bond’s two-volume Jerry Goldsmith Companion books ends tonight at 11:59PM Pacific time, Thursday, June 15, 2023....

The great Marvel Comics artist—a legend, really—John Romita, Sr. has died at 93. There are obituaries all over the place. Here’s the one...

The Kickstarter campaign for Jerry Bond’s Jerry Goldsmith Companion two-volume book is in the final 72 hours. It ends at 11:59PM,...

I recently discovered Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You Podcast. Rosenbaum is best-known for playing Lex Luthor on Smallville, but he’s a...

I watched Avatar: The Way of Water now that it has landed on Disney+. I am not up to the task of an Avatar deep dive (excuse the pun),...

I finally watched Tár and loved it. This isn’t a movie review...I don’t know what I can really add to the conversation, except to say...

So, anything interesting in the news? Crazy times. I watched Gaslit, the STARZ drama about the 1970s Republican administration’s scandals...

Farewell to Astrud Gilberto, the one-of-a-kind Brazilian singer with the unique voice. By the time I was a kid, “The Girl From Ipanema”...

I’ve written before about my late friend Jeff Cava, who was a mensch and left us far too soon. Jeff’s biggest triumph, and also biggest...

Many thanks to my pal Joe Sikoryak for letting me know that the USC Optical Sound Effects Library has been digitized and, not only that,...

I’m still in awe over the Succession finale. Here is a terrific article from Slate about the series’ music by Nicholas Britell (above)...

Danny Elfman turned 70 on Monday, May 29th. This seems incredible to me. I still think of him as a “boy wonder,” the upstart composer of...