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The bit that you skip #143: Don Davis and Juno Reactor – Mona Lisa Overdrive
Once the Matrix sequels got announced, the hype exploded in a way only The Phantom Menace had back in those days. The Matrix was a sleeper hit in 99, a cultural watermark from The Wachowskis, whose only directing credit was Bound, a sleazy and slick crime flick. Sure, they had credits for rewrites, like in…
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The bit that you skip #142: Jerry Goldsmith – Outland Main Theme
Outland gets a terrible reputation in many circles. Either these people haven’t rewatched it or simply go by someone else’s critique. I’ve recently rewatched after a few decades (!) and found it entertaining. Yes, it’s High Noon in space but it’s shot quite well and the production design has that “worn future” that both Alien,…
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The bit that you skip #141: Lorne Balfe – Regan vs. Trebolt
The last trip I had with my parents was in 2011. We were in London before taking a bus tour around Great Britain and some parts near Trafalgar Square were closed for the day. On the distance, gaffers and dudes with smoking hot cuppas of tea stood around. One fellow was pointing towards St. James’s…
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The bit that you skip #140: M83 – Starwaves
The early 2010s weren’t good for neither Tom Cruise nor Joseph Kosinski. Cruise’s Day & Knight and both Jack Reacher flicks failed to catch momentum, and Kosinski’s visually impressive Tron Legacy was a box office disappointment (like all Tron movies, so maybe it’s a curse?) When I read that both Cruise and Kosinski would make…
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The bit that you skip #139: Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Beast
Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was a hard sell in my house. My parents automatically dismissed it as a “racist movie” with stereotypes of Mexico. They thought the same of Soderbergh’s Traffic and I didn’t really insist on them watching the movie. Instead, I ended up in a half empty late function, the way I prefer them.…
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The bit that you skip #138: Hans Zimmer – Journey to the line
War movies are a tricky subject. How can you glorify such carnage without feeling remorse? Exploiting human suffering for box office results always felt off and I’m wary of the genre most of the time, even if I’ve indulged into a few of these flicks in the past. The one exception is Terrence Malick’s adaptation…
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The bit that you skip #137: Lenny Kravitz – Believe
Maudlin week part #7: We’ve been here before and it’s all meta. I leave Manotas by the bar. He can manage the drunken revelers with the premixed drinks I’ve left him, and if not, he’s clever enough to do his own drinks and keep ’em inebriated. Jess hasn’t been around for a while and she…
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The bit that you skip #136: Amerie – 1 thing
Maudlin week part 6: Billiards, Beyoncé as a skinwalker, and a brighter future. You don’t intend to lose friends. You just drift away, and before you realise, you’re no longer a pangaea. I haven’t seen Sam in about 12 years or so. We’re both going a bit grey in our hair, but give us a…
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The bit that you skip #135: Fastball – Are you ready for the fallout?
Maudlin week part#5: Stupidity as wide as Miramar’s beach. Love can make you do real stupid shit. That’s a given and it’s cliché. Love can supposedly make people better. That’s an even worse cliché and I think it’s bullshit. But what if it’s not love? What if it’s a midlife crisis in advance? And one…
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