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TV/Film Reviews

TV Docuseries Review: “McCartney 3,2,1” on Hulu

Watching this feels as if we are sitting in on a conversation that we’re not supposed to be hearing, giving its audience a real fly-on-the-wall experience. It reflects on Paul’s career with The Beatles, as a solo artist, and how all of the songs came to be.

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Super Soundtrack: ‘Pig’ starring Nicolas Cage (dir. Michael Sarnoski)

The score composed for Pig features perfectly timed swells of music that just amp up the suspense. It fills the space with suspense and vigor, as if it needed more of that. The inflections of violin and string instruments are perfect for this film. The score absolutely matches the intensity Nicolas Cage brings to this film with his performance. Subdued but still brutal, this is honestly some of the best acting yet from Cage.

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North Bend Film Festival 2021 Movie Review: ‘Swan Song’ (dir. Todd Stephens)

This is the role Udo Kier was born to play. We need to see more from him, so make sure this film isn’t his Swan Song. Come for the wicked dry comedy. Stay to see Kier lip sync Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” in drag.

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North Bend Film Festival 2021 Movie Review: ‘Ayar’ (dir. Floyd Russ)

Ayar, a first-generation American Latina, returns home to reunite with her daughter. But when her mother, Renata, refuses to let her see her due to COVID, Ayar is confronted by the many roles she’s been forced to play, including the role in this film. (screening during the 2021 North Bend Film Festival).

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Interviews

Interview: MacKenzie Porter, The Next Big Canadian Country Crossover

MacKenzie Porter’s magnetic energy is fully entrancing on her songs written with their captivating hooks. It’s not hard to imagine why she has had such great success in Canada, so it’s only a matter of time before the United States catches on to her allure.

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Super Soundtrack: “American Horror Stories” on FX on Hulu

The creators of American Horror Story are back and packing on more horror with their new weekly anthology AHS spinoff series titled American Horror Stories with a different horror story being told in each episode.

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Super Soundtrack: ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ on Netflix

In this piece for my “Super Soundtrack” series, I will be breaking down the music featured in Gunpowder Milkshake. Some of these songs might seem like they wouldn’t go together on paper, but they work together so cohesively when they play over the action sequences.

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Interview: ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Director Navot Papushado on His “Genre Blender” of a Film and Its “Instinctive” Soundtrack

Think about a scene from one of your favorite movies with a song in it. If the scene was powerful enough, you’ll never be able to hear that song again without associating it with that scene in that movie. That’s the power music can have in film.

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Interview: “Genera+ion” Music Supervisors Maggie Phillips + Andrew Brady on the show’s “Eclectic” Soundtrack and Approach to Curating the Songs

Genera+ion on HBO Max does such a great job of featuring a diverse range of music that is a precise representation of Gen Z’s taste in music today. With music from teenage artists and artists from the LGTBQ+ community, there are few shows on TV that feature so much inclusion on their soundtrack, as well as their cast.

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Super Soundtrack: “Virgin River” on Netflix [Season 3]

Season 3 of Virgin River continues with the drama that we’ve been clasping onto since the first episode. They really take things to another level with this season featuring a funeral, a fire, a divorce, a hurricane and a new romance. The twists never let up, and we love it that way. Here are some highlights of the songs featured throughout season 3.