Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]
Cannon Films and the Search for Critical Acclaim
A look back at Cannon Films and their search for critical acclaim which led to some memorable successes and failures… When aficionados think back to the glory days of Cannon Films, most notably in the peak years under Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, they invariably cast their minds to unashamedly schlocky and low-budget genre fare […]
Marvelous Indiana Jones Rip-Offs That Are Worth Your Time!
Marvelous Videos presents quality Indiana Jones rip-offs…. Star Wars wasn’t the only pop culture phenomenon that George Lucas had a hand in creating- cue Indiana Jones, an archaeologist/adventurer who made his debut in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Raiders went on to become a massive success, jumpstarting the Indiana Jones franchise. But […]
Ennio Morricone: Timeless Work and Defining a Genre
Tom Jolliffe on the timeless work of the late, great Ennio Morricone… Alongside the visual imagery in a film, the accompanying music has an ability to work in perfect unison to boost the emotional impact of a sequence. Sometimes a score can enhance a scene, or the music overall can take a picture up a […]
