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Still looming large in the minds of all associated with Harvard baseball is the progress of pitcher Wes Cosgriff, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer after Thanksgiving. A 6’7” lefthander, Cosgriff has just finished chemotherapy to fight the cancer’s spread, and currently awaits a critical surgery within the coming month...
...seemed like his hard work would pay off. After their much-touted sensation that was the Scream franchise, Director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson joined up once again. Their new collaboration is a werewolf horror flick that is meant to once again mix scares with satire...
...Wes Anderson’s films, along with the “Kill Bill” movies, Lost in Translation, and even 8 Mile, have joined Garden State in rejuvenating popular music on film, a genre that had grown tired by the late ’90s when the tacky label of “music inspired by the film” came about as another way for greedy artists to cross-merchandise. I love “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” by U2, but couldn’t recall where it played...
...Wes Anderson’s recent soundtrack vogue (last seen with the excellent Life Aquatic, musically curated by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh) is the best example of this, culling from all realms of pop music. A filmmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of pop becomes a disc jockey in this process, and perhaps that’s responsible for our difference in opinion...
...These are the films that sell the most soundtracks, and these are the ones which void your theory of the “best mélange.” Films that rely on original music only (or even largely) end up with the more powerful symbiosis. I like Wes Anderson, but he’s an exception—Tenenbaums was far from a box office hit, and its soundtrack wasn’t a bestseller. There’s no returning to the days when the “composer” credit on the big screen meant...