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At the beginning of 2010,
Blu-ray is in full swing and on the rise, High Definition TV is no longer just
a high-end product, 3-D is the next technological wave in theaters and later this
year on HDTV & Blu-ray will be a new generation of 3-D. With nearly 1,100 Blu-ray reviews and
counting, we’ll be there to cover all of it and separate the gimmicks from the
programming worth your time.
We’ll also continue our
pursuit of unusual releases most sites ignore, classics most sites neglect and
import titles hardly any site in North America
and further will even bother finding. In
our 7th year, we appreciate the long-term support of all our readers
and other who have supported us for all this time. Our crew of writers will continues to deliver
coverage with facts and details you will not read anywhere else. This is not a site that exists so writers can
get instantly quoted, it exists as a critical and reference source.
Finally, with increased
content comes new modifications and throughout the year, you will find the site
to run and load faster than it has before.
Your constant e-mails are appreciated and feel free to contact us with
any comments, inquiries or questions.
As we always say, we are a
rich, alternative website for Blu-ray, DVD, book and film coverage that extends
to music and television, we are in our seventh year and invite you to search
for anything you are interested in. At
this point, you are likely to find something on just about anything you can
think up. Now for our latest………….
Somerhill, Charles Constantino on 52nd Grammy Entry List
‘Free Your Mind (Tara Na),’ ‘Today or Tomorrow’ in categories
of Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Rock Song
The Recording Academy has
selected Free Your Mind (Tara Na) and Today or Tomorrow,
both performed by Somerhill,
for inclusion on the 52nd Grammy Entry List in the category of Best Rock Performance
by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The category of Best Rock Song on the 52nd
Grammy Entry List includes producer Charles Constantino and Somerhill members
Chad Gontkovic and William Rose for writing Free Your Mind (Tara Na).
Constantino and Rose are also in the category of Best Rock Song for writing Today
or Tomorrow.
Click
here to listen to a low-fidelity clip of Free Your Mind (Tara Na).
Click
here to listen to a low-fidelity clip of Today or Tomorrow.
Winner of the 2006
Rockin’ in the Valley original music contest held by Our Town, Somerhill was
the closing act for American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry in March 2007
in Pittsburgh.
In 2008, Core Media House L.L.C. released Free Your Mind (Tara Na)
and Today or Tomorrow, both of which were digitally tracked, mixed
and mastered at 24 bits/96 kilohertz at Treelady Studios. Members of the Recording Academy vote
from the 52nd Grammy Entry List, also known as the 52nd Grammy Awards
Nominations Ballot, for the nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards.
Somerhill
is
Chad Gontkovic: lead vocal;
backing vocals; electric guitar
Greg Kehl: backing
vocals; electric rhythm guitar; electric guitar solo; synthesizer strings;
synthesizer electric grand piano
Bill Rose: backing
vocals; six-string and twelve-string acoustic steel guitars
With Somerhill
were
Charles Constantino:
electric bass guitar; acoustic nylon guitar; acoustic drum kit; synthesizer
piano solo; synthesizer electric pianos; synthesizer shaker/triangle
and other performers
Charles Constantino and
Chad Gontkovic wrote the lyrics for Free
Your Mind (Tara Na)
that include the phrase, “Tara na,” which is
“Let’s go” in the Tagalog language of the Philippines.
William Rose and Charles Constantino wrote the music for Free Your Mind (Tara Na) and the lyrics and music for Today
or Tomorrow. The guitar-and-drum-driven Free Your Mind (Tara
Na) and Today or Tomorrow combine rock,
funk and jazz elements with four-part vocal harmony, vintage keyboard sounds,
and unconventional mixdown touches.
“I learned a lot just
being around him during pre-production and recording sessions. I also
learned the definition of meticulous,” remarked Chad Gontkovic
of Somerhill
about Core Media House cofounder Charles Constantino, who mixed and produced Free
Your Mind (Tara Na) and Today
or Tomorrow. “He’s awesome.” Greg Kehl noted, “Charles
showed us how to turn our basic riffs and melodies into layers and layers of
beautiful sounds. It was fun to see someone with so much knowledge of
music in his element while we were in pre-production and in the studio.”
“He’s just a musical genius,” Bill Rose said of Constantino in an interview for
Our Town. According to Rose, Constantino added “multiple
harmonies, different back-up vocals, different types of singing, and different
instruments that we hadn’t even considered.” “The determination of Somerhill to evolve as musicians and songwriters impressed
me. I enjoyed my time with the group,” Constantino stated.
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available, we have a master list of key Blu-ray titles we constantly update. The link to these highlights can be found at
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the latest releases, including many that most other sites and magazines have
not covered!
The 16mm Film/HD Debate
In the
meantime, we are still keeping our eyes on the subject of what is or is not
coming to Blu-ray and how 16mm plays into this.
Though we
do not have a longer piece to deal with it yet, there is a controversy brewing
over how compatible with High Definition and Blu-ray anything shot in 16mm
is. The latest on this comes out of
Fox’s decision not to release The Shield in Blu-ray because the Super
16mm production is deemed not sharp enough or clear enough for Blu-ray despite
being shown on cable, satellite and broadcast HD all these years.
We can
see why a show that denatures its image and has a grainy production look like
the show would concern the studio over potential returns, so we can see why
they would veto the release, keeping it a DVD-Only affair. However, do not think for a minute this means
anything shot in 16mm is not HD compatible or ready. Some have tried to make this argument, but it
is a false one and we will get back to this subject soon. With several titles on Blu-ray shot in 16mm
(including some 35mm films with 16mm footage), it is important to get more
specific in this matter.
Thanks
for the early response on this one. We’ll
keep you posted.
The Best Film Magazine On
The Market!
Though
it is hard to argue the importance of film publications like American
Cinematographer, Indie Slate, Cineaste or Moviemaker
and what they deliver, but so much of film history and production is not being
covered properly or of key films that deserve whole new audiences. If you love film, you’ll love the new hit magazine
Cinema
Retro, which is getting bigger and bigger. You may want to see about subscribing now
while supplies last on the latest issue. You can visit their site at:
www.CinemaRetro.com
“CINEMA RETRO" IS THE NEW MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO CLASSIC
& CULT FILMS OF THE '60S & '70S. WRITTEN ABOUT AND BY THE ACTORS &
FILMMAKERS OF THE ERA. EVERY ISSUE A LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S ITEM!
Their site offer film news you cannot even find on IMDb,
Variety or The Hollywood Reporter websites.
Then there is their amazing magazine, one of the best of its kind on the
entire market and a must for any serious film fan, so good that many issues are
selling out. ISSUE #15 includes:
* LEE
MARVIN TRIBUTE ISSUE FEATURING RARE UNPUBLISHED 1974 INTERVIEW IN WHICH MARVIN
DISCUSSES HIS KEY FILMS; PLUS STEVE MORI'S ON-LOCATION REPORT FROM THE SET OF
"THE KLANSMAN" STARRING MARVIN, RICHARD BURTON, O.J. SIMPSON AND
LUCIANA PALUZZI - FEATURING UNPUBLISHED BEHIND THE SCENES SET PHOTOS TAKEN BY
STEVE.WE ALSO FEATURE STEVE SARAGOSSI'S TRIBUTE TO MARVIN'S BIZARRE CRIME
CLASSIC "PRIME CUT"
* SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE RECALLS THE MAKING OF THE
FU MANCHU MOVIES IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN EXSHAW
* BRUCE R. MARSHALL INTERVIEWS SCREENWRITER RICHARD
TUGGLE ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE CLINT EASTWOOD CRIME CLASSIC "ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
* JAMES CAAN'S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEVE
SARAGOSSI CONTINUES WITH HIS MEMORIES OF MAKING "THE GODFATHER" AND
THE SCI-FI CLASSIC "ROLLERBALL"
* SEXY SCREEN SIREN SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD TALKS TO
MARK MAWSTON ABOUT HER REMARKABLE CAREER AND WORKING WITH STEVE MCQUEEN
* GARETH OWEN TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES FOR
THE MAKING OF "THE RED SHOES" AT PINEWOOD STUDIOS
* DEAN BRIERLY CONCLUDES HIS SERIES ON THE
ESPIONAGE FILMS OF ALISTAIR MCLEAN WITH A LOOK AT "BEAR ISLAND",
"CARAVAN TO VACCARES" AND "GOLDEN RENDEZVOUS"
* CRAIG HENDERSON'S POPULAR "THE FILMS
FROM U.N.C.L.E." CONTINUES WITH HIS COVERAGE OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
FEATURE "THE HELICOPTER SPIES"
* TONY EARNSHAW REVEALS SOME STARTLING FACTS
BEHIND THE MAKING OF "BILLY LIAR"
* RAYMOND BENSON PRESENTS HIS LIST OF THE BEST
FILMS OF 1974
* PLUS THE BEST SOUNDTRACK, DVD AND MOVIE BOOK
REVIEWS!
And that
is just a single issue!!!
Contact
the producers and get any issue to see for yourself. By the way, back issues are running out as
the magazine expands and does so worldwide.
They also
have a special one-shot limited edition issue on the underrated thriller Where Eagles Dare, so be sure to check
things out over there if you love movies.
In the
meantime, back to the site:
FulvueDrive-in.com is about
providing the most direct, expert, detailed (without ruining anything for first
time viewers and listeners, as we are not into spoilers), informative, fun, bold,
vital information we can come up with.
That fun, yet College-level and all accessible way in which we cover
material here benefit all our readers.
Some of them are getting the hang of our technical section, but others
are starting to catch on. We are doing
our best to stay on top of the latest releases and what is happening or being
released that you may not have heard about.
If it is something you know about, we will likely have information and
observations you will get nowhere else.
Now for some other sites worth
checking out…
The newest of a growing trend of sites covering only the
high definition websites is High Def Disc News, whose primary content is
authored by two big, enthusiastic fans: Justin Sluss and Brendan Surpless. They have been up for less than a year and
the site is already loaded with a surprisingly large number of reviews and news
items. See more at http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/
Our current theatrical film (and sometimes DVD) writer
Dante Ciampaglia’s Crazy From The Heat
blog is always worth checking out for comments on film, media and the world at
large. You can read him up at:
http://ciampaglia.typepad.com/crazedheat/
Daniel Johnson also has a solid movie blog. He is a fine writer and implores “For amazing
movie articles, crazy cinematic lists, and riveting reviews go to Film Babble
Blog!" The link is:
http://filmbabble.blogspot.com/
If you are interested in wild, wacky productions or
something more ambitious and serious, you can check out the new website for
Stone Phoenix Productions. We figured it
was worth including instead of the usual review and theory coverage:
http://www.stone-phoenix.com/
Continuing
their winning ways is DVDBeaver, a site that covers DVDs and films from all
over the world like no other, and is one of the only other sites besides ours
to do so. Their link is:
www.DVDBeaver.com
We
believe that we are one of the few sites that manage to cover both the
technical parts of filmmaking, as well as the content and form of the films
themselves more thoroughly than you would usually find on other sites or in
print. They have reviews as well, but
our favorite section is their ever-growing DVD Comparisons section, which
features very technical details on several versions of a given film. Often, they are even from different DVD
Regions, but they are always accompanied by still images from each DVD
covered. Gary W. Tooze’s site is
everything the net is supposed to deliver and we will be adding anything we can
to contribute to their efforts as they do ours.
www.cinegeek.com is run by Stephen Lackey
and has its own love of anything Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy or Cult. The web needs more alternative sites like
this, so be sure to visit them.
-- The Management
