John Hughes helped to define the eighties by creating such realistic portraits of teenage life. The eighties can be described as rebellious, but Hughes manages to convey that rebellion with movies about the exterior innocence and interior fear of high school culture. There hasn’t been anyone better since Hughes at capturing teenage youth. … Continue reading…The Brat Pack Movies & Music Collection
Undead is a 2003 Australian film that finally received its United States run this summer. Written and directed by the Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter), Undead is yet another zombie movie in an industry that has seen an explosion of horror and zombie films in recent years. … Continue reading…Undead (2005)
“Pond’s wonderful Robert Smith meets Peter Gabriel meets Conor Oberst voice is shot through with wistfulness.” — The Sunday London Times … Continue reading…Matt Pond PA – Several Arrows Later (2005)
George A. Romero brings us another installment to his zombie universe. He first brought us The Night Of The Living Dead (1968); its sequel Dawn Of The Dead (1978), which was just remade in 2004; and what we thought would be the trilogy’s last, Day Of The Dead (1985). … Continue reading…Land Of The Dead (2005)
The term band has changed much from the “Big Band” days of jazz and swing, and no “Big Band” was bigger than Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra. Tommy Dorsey and his brother Jimmy were pushed by their father, Thomas F. Dorsey, to play music in order to keep them from working the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Both his dad, who had taught himself to play five instruments, and Jack Teagarden were big influences on Tommy. … Continue reading…Tommy Dorsey – The Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing: Centennial Collection [BOX SET] (2005)