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‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’ could learn a thing or two from ‘Rogue Nation’s’ nostalgic score

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Joe Kraemer Paramount Pictures The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Daniel Pemberton WaterTower Music In his score for Kingsman: The Secret Service, Henry Jackman wants you to know he’s a James Bond fan. He just doesn’t want to tell you. Monte Norman’s iconic guitar riff pops in and out of his score, and …

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Box Office Sabermetrics: The Taylor Kitsch Syndrome Claims a New Victim

Box Office Sabermetrics is a weekly column that will attempt to apply the statistical analysis Sabermetrics, used in Baseball, to the box office results each weekend. There are a few things of note going on in the top 10 this past weekend, first and foremost that Straight Outta Compton just made a ton of money. …

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‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ is a Stylish Throwback to 60s Spy Cinema

It’s the 1960s. The Cuban Missile Crisis is still fresh in memory. Tension between the USA and Russia are at an all-time high. Seems like the perfect time for their top agents to work together, right? Suave former thief and CIA operative Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) infiltrates East Berlin to get spunky car mechanic Gaby (Alicia Vikander) out of there to assist him in locating her missing scientist father.

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The new nostalgia: Releasing multiple updated versions of childhood memories

In the modern era of filmmaking, ushered in when Steven Spielberg accidentally created the summer blockbuster with Jaws, cinema has become increasingly linked with nostalgia. For example, the early films of Spielberg and George Lucas were inspired by their childhood love of 40’s and 50’s adventure serials, yet directors from the next generation (most notably …

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