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For those who love the music of John Williams — which is to say, any self-respecting cinephile — there’s something to get excited about. The legendary composer will be celebrated this fall with a three-volume Sony Classical release collecting his greatest works to date, beginning with John Williams: The Anthology — Vol. 1 1969-1990, available now.

That first volume consists of 22 discs, collecting music from the original Star Wars trilogy, Jaws, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Superman, and 18 other films.

In his forward for the collection, director Steven Spielberg (who’s worked with Williams once or twice) writes:

“I...

For those who love the music of John Williams — which is to say, any self-respecting cinephile — there’s something to get excited about. The legendary composer will be celebrated this fall with a three-volume Sony Classical release collecting his greatest works to date, beginning with John Williams: The Anthology — Vol. 1 1969-1990, available now.

That first volume consists of 22 discs, collecting music from the original Star Wars trilogy, Jaws, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Superman, and 18 other films.

In his forward for the collection, director Steven Spielberg (who’s worked with Williams once or twice) writes:

“I...

When Steven Spielberg first heard John Williams’ shark music for Jaws – the menacing “dunh dunh dunh dunh” signalling the approach of the terrifying beast – he wasn’t blown away. He gave “dunh dunh” a “meh,” more or less.

That’s one of the revelations in the Oscar-contending documentary Music by John Williams, director Laurent Bouzereau’s exploration of the work of the maestro. Eventually, Spielberg came around, of course, recognizing the brilliance of the score that became integral to one of the great Hollywood blockbusters of all time. Alluding to the struggles he faced getting the motorized fish to function as intended, Spielberg says in the film, “His musical shark worked a lot better than my mechanical shark.”

Director Laurent Bouzereau

Bouzereau approached the documentary having absorbed Williams’s scores in his youth growing up in France. In the 1970s, a big Hollywood movie like Jaws came out in the U.

Plot: A deep dive into the life of Christopher Reeve, from his overnight stardom as Superman through to his life after the tragic accident which left him a person with quadriplegia.

Review: When I heard Sundance would be showing a documentary about the life of Christopher Reeve, I correctly assumed that it wouldn’t leave a dry eye in this house whenever it was screened. Indeed, as the premiere screening wound up, the sobs from the audience were pronounced, and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is certainly a heartbreaking experience. Now that the film is getting a limited theatrical run (from Fathom Events), with an expansion rumoured for later this month, fans everywhere will get to shed a tear and be inspired by this icon.

Directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui wisely adopt a non-linear style to tell Reeve’s story, opening with his accident, which came at a...

Christopher Reeve: 'Superman' and his movies (photo: Christopher Reeve in 'Superman' 1978) Christopher Reeve, Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987, died ten years ago today. In 1995, while taking part in a cross-country horse race in Culpeper, Virginia, Reeve was thrown off his horse, hitting his head on the top rail of a jump; the near-fatal accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. He ultimately succumbed to heart failure at age 52 on October 10, 2004. Long before he was cast as Superman aka Clark Kent, the Manhattan-born (as Christopher D'Olier Reeve on September 25, 1952), Cornell University and Juillard School for Drama alumnus was an ambitious young actor whose theatrical apprenticeship included, while still a teenager, some time as an observer at London's Old Vic and Paris' Comédie Française. At age 23, he landed his first Broadway role in a production of Enid Bagnold's A Matter of Gravity, starring Katharine Hepburn.

The world became a little less fun today as The Monster Squad has lost one of its own. We're sorry to report that Leonardo Cimino, known best to horror fans as the "Scary German Guy", has passed on.

According to The New York Times, Cimino died on March 3rd at his home in Woodstock, New York. He was 94.

On television he appeared in the original version of the science-fiction mini-series “V” and in shows like “Naked City,” “Kojak” and “Law & Order.” His many movies included Dune, Monsignor, The Freshman and Moonstruck.

We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to offer our sincerest of condolences to Cimino's family, friends, and constituents. You will be missed, sir. Thanks for all that you gave and for reminding us that there will always be time for pie. Godspeed.

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