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Composer Brian H. Kim (Abby’s, Star vs. the Forces of Evil) on Synths, Scoring, and Studio Audiences

The composer talks about scoring the final season of Disney’s animated adventure and crafting a theme for NBC’s outdoor multi-cam sitcom.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Welcome back to More of a Comment, Really…, a weekly interview show hosted by Clint Worthington! Every episode will feature interviews with actors, filmmakers, producers, and more, giving you the skinny on the latest films and ... Composer Brian H. Kim (Abby’s, Star vs. the Forces of Evil) on Synths, Scoring, and Studio Audiences

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Interviews

More of a Comment, Really…: Relaxer’s Joel Potrykus on the Gruesome Terror of the ’90s

RELAXER's director sits down to talk about video games and the horrors of Y2K.

Dumbo Review: Tim Burton’s Remake Is Light as a Feather, But Doesn’t Spread Its Wings

While it doesn't reach the heights of Pete's Dragon, Tim Burton's remake has its fair share of charms, and takes a few digs at the House of Mouse.

Sunset Review: A Dreamlike Drama Of A Woman Lost

While it's long, languorous and more than a little dreamlike, László Nemes' latest paints another sumptuous world of woe.

Starfish Review: Grieving Through the End of the World

Virginia Gardner plays a lonely woman on a mission to save the world in A.T. White's gripping, inscrutable essay on loss.

The Highwaymen Review: Bonnie & Clyde Cop Chase Runs Out of Gas

Recounting the tale of the men who hunted down Bonnie and Clyde, The Highwaymen is far too trite and hokey for its own good.

Features

C2E2 2019: Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Revealed

Twentieth Century Fox aired four of its six upcoming anniversary shorts at C2E2 this weekend, xenomorphs feasting on space truckers and scientists alike.

Shazam! Review: Say the Name and Enjoy That Charisma

The DCEU continues its upward trajectory with a flashy, fun, and surprisingly heartfelt teen superhero story.

Features

With “Sweeney Todd”, Tim Burton Ditched Whimsy for Pure, Masterful Macabre

By channeling Burton's outsized whimsy into something darker, consistent, and more constrained, Sweeney Todd succeeds in ways his other adaptations fail.

Features

How Quirk Killed Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

Burton's dark, misguided adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel ages particularly poorly among the rest of his works.

The Aftermath Review: Sumptuous but Surface-Level Melodrama

While Keira Knightley and cast give off some elegant looks, this post-WWII costume drama floats passively along the surface of its subject.

The Hummingbird Project Review: Tackling Low-Latency Trading at a Snail’s Pace

Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard try to make millions in milliseconds in this plodding critique of capitalism.

The Mustang Review: Finding Unbridled Freedom in Captivity

Matthias Schoenaerts learns to tame the beast within in this sensitive Belgian drama about a prisoner and his horse.

The Dirt Review: Eat Your Heart Out, Bohemian Rhapsody

Netflix's Motley Crue biopic falls along familiar music biopic tropes, but with all the band's warts unashamedly on display.

The Orville Recap: “Lasting Impressions” Doesn’t Leave Much of a Mark

The Orville coasts through a Gordon-heavy episode that sees him falling in love with the simulated recreation of a 21st-century woman (Leighton Meester).

Us Review: Jordan Peele Forces Us To Look In the Mirror

Jordan Peele's latest doesn't have the structural and subtextual heft of Get Out, but it's a chilling genre exercise anchored by a mesmerizing Lupita Nyong'o performance.

Relaxer Review: A Grimy, ’90s-Nostalgia Fueled Endurance Test

Joel Potrykus' comically grim indie shows the grotesque end result of staying on your couch playing video games all day.

Features

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

Tim Burton's recent films are dismissed as confused (dark) shadows of his career heights, but they contain brief glimmers of the filmmaker's return to form.

Features

With “Big Fish,” Tim Burton Told His Last, Greatest Tall Tale

Tim Burton's last great film was a mythic tall tale that anchored his dark whimsy in something more sentimental and moving.

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Composer Brian H. Kim (Abby’s, Star vs. the Forces of Evil) on Synths, Scoring, and Studio Audiences

More of a Comment, Really…: Relaxer’s Joel Potrykus on the Gruesome Terror of the ’90s

Dumbo Review: Tim Burton’s Remake Is Light as a Feather, But Doesn’t Spread Its Wings

Sunset Review: A Dreamlike Drama Of A Woman Lost

Starfish Review: Grieving Through the End of the World

The Highwaymen Review: Bonnie & Clyde Cop Chase Runs Out of Gas

C2E2 2019: Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Revealed

Shazam! Review: Say the Name and Enjoy That Charisma

With “Sweeney Todd”, Tim Burton Ditched Whimsy for Pure, Masterful Macabre

How Quirk Killed Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

The Aftermath Review: Sumptuous but Surface-Level Melodrama

The Hummingbird Project Review: Tackling Low-Latency Trading at a Snail’s Pace

The Mustang Review: Finding Unbridled Freedom in Captivity

The Dirt Review: Eat Your Heart Out, Bohemian Rhapsody

The Orville Recap: “Lasting Impressions” Doesn’t Leave Much of a Mark

Us Review: Jordan Peele Forces Us To Look In the Mirror

Relaxer Review: A Grimy, ’90s-Nostalgia Fueled Endurance Test

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

With “Big Fish,” Tim Burton Told His Last, Greatest Tall Tale