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Empire 500

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After reading through  Empire 's definitive all-time classic films reviewed with five stars, I have realised I have a lot of films to watch. Just one of the 500 five star films From Airplane to The Wizard of Oz , they cover every genre of film, black and white, silent classics, to the most recent films from 2010. It's remarkable that in that amount of film history, there are only 500 5 star reviews.  I haven't even finished reading the issue yet, as it does have 500 A-Zs, it may take a while, plus I am relishing the read, because, we don't want to bake our cake and eat it now, do we.

Practice music review-Inception Film Soundtrack

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U pon hearing the first track of the soundtrack to the biggest blockbuster of summer 2010, you may feel a certain familiarity to the score. T his would be the result of Hans Zimmer's ability at transcending the films themselves.  The use of pulsating bass on every track from Half Remembered Dream right through   to Paradox  excluding the triumphant heart rendering  Time , to finish off, makes this a riveting listen. Although there are no words or singing on any of the tracks, (which would be rare of any Hans Zimmer soundtrack), there is but one exception, on the uplifting and animated  Waiting for a Train  the voice of the original Edith Piaf classic  Non Je Ne Regrette Rien  is used only as a marker in the plot of the film for the observable kick for the characters. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has fun in the corridor scene that looks like a hamster in a wheel Whereas other Zimmer soundtracks like the Pirates of the Caribbean 's action packed caper or Sherloc

Morning Glory

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B ecky Fuller is a seriously dedicated producer at Good Morning New Jersey, that is until she gets fired. At an interview with Jerry Barnes (Jeff Goldblum) to be the executive producer of Daybreak she pleas in absolute desperation for a down in the dumps morning news programme, which even Goldblum slates. After just about bagging the job, she sets about radically changing the programme, and decides upon instigating high profile serious journalist Mike Pomeroy (played by Harrison Ford with level-headed brilliance) as a co-anchor to Diane Keaton's snooty Colleen Peck. Becky Fuller trying to get Mike Pomeroy on Daybreak W hat ensues is a roller coaster ride of hilarity, sincerity, and sheer brilliant performances, (especially McAdams and Ford, alongside a respectfully animated Keaton). Rachel McAdams ( Sherlock Holmes ) is as talented a leading lady as possible, to secure the films intelligence and bravura. She plays to comedy with such ease, completely controlling the