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We have a new interview to offer and it turned out so well, you’ll be talking about it for a while.  Writer Michael Bagen has written five books to date and has many more projects on the way.  We decided to catch him and ask him some challenging questions.  His answers are thorough and direct.  We highly recommend you check it out at this link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/interview/8575/Michael+Bagen+Q+&+A/Interview

 

 

In one of our more popular pieces of late, we continue to be happy to share with you coverage of a new documentary on Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) that is not yet available anywhere as a FulvueDrive-in.com exclusive.  The Shark Is Still Working – The Legacy & Impact Of JAWS is Erik Hollander’s remarkable trip through the world and history to date of one of the biggest this of all time.  You can read more about it at this link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8382/The+Shark+Is+Still+Working

 

 

 

New Somerhill songs released

‘Free Your Mind (Tara Na)’ and ‘Today or Tomorrow’ now available

 

On December 14, 2008, Core Media House L.L.C. released Free Your Mind (Tara Na), a new song performed by Somerhill.  Core Media House released a second new Somerhill song, Today or Tomorrow, on December 28, 2008.  Free Your Mind (Tara Na) and Today or Tomorrow are available on the Internet at Amazon.com. 

 

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.

 

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

 

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.  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.  Digitally tracked, mixed and mastered at 24 bits/96 kilohertz, 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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Besides our constantly changing sidebar highlighting the best new discs available, we have a master list of key Blu-ray titles we constantly update.  The link to these highlights can be found at this link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/4249/Highlights+of+software

 

 

You can also put “Blu-ray” in our search engine for the latest coverage of software releases, at over 750 titles and counting.  Keep checking in for exclusive analysis of all the latest releases, including many that most other sites and magazines have not covered!

 

 

 

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 #14 includes:

 

*  AN 8 PAGE FILM IN FOCUS: DIRECTOR JACK CARDIFF'S CULT HIT GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE STARRING ALAIN DELON AND MARIANNE FAITHFULL - THE FULL BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY WITH DOZENS OF RARE, SEXY PHOTOS

 

*  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: OSCAR NOMINEE JAMES CAAN RECALLS HIS EARLY DAYS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY AS WELL AS MAKING EL DORADO WITH JOHN WAYNE, ROBERT MITCHUM AND HOWARD HAWKS.

 

*  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: OSCAR WINNER ERNEST BORGNINE RECALLS MAKING THE WILD BUNCH, WILLARD AND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

 

*  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: KAREN BLACK ON WORKING WITH ALFRED HITCHCOCK ON FAMILY PLOT

 

*  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SCREENWRITER GERRY WILSON ON THE MAKING OF THE WESTERNS LAWMAN STARRING BURT LANCASTER AND CHATO'S LAND STARRING CHARLES BRONSON

 

*  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: CHARACTER ACTOR HARRY NORTHUP REMEMBERS HIS FRIEND STEVE MCQUEEN AND WORKING WITH SCORSESE ON TAXI DRIVER

 

*  THE ESPIONAGE FILMS OF ALISTAIR MACLEAN PT 2 COVERS FEAR IS THE KEY, PUPPET ON A CHAIN AND WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL.

 

*  THE STORY BEHIND DIRECTOR MICHAEL WINNER'S KINKY HORROR FLICK THE SENTINEL

 

*  MORE NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED PHOTOS FROM THE JAMES BOND CLASSIC ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

 

*  RAY HARRYHAUSEN INVITES CINEMA RETRO TO VIEW HIS PRIVATE PROP COLLECTION

 

*  STRANGE LOVE: ANALYZING THREE OFF-BEAT CLINT EASTWOOD FILMS: THE BEGUILED, PLAY MISTY FOR ME AND BREEZY.

 

*  THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. FEATURE FILM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH THE KARATE KILLERS

 

*  MICHAEL CAINE SIGNS ON FOR A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ITALIAN JOB

 

*  RAYMOND BENSON'S TOP TEN FILMS OF 1973

 

*  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.

 

 

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://crazedheat.blogspot.com/

 

 

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.  For starters, see Nicholas Sheffo’s comments on comparisons for Midnight Cowboy, Ronin, Taxi Driver, Johnny Guitar, The Harder They Come, Lawrence Of Arabia, A Hard Day’s Night, Rosemary’s Baby, The Aviator, Magnolia, Jaws, Casino (see our HD-DVD review), Robocop (also on this site), Bram Stoker’s Dracula, John Carpenter’s Vampires, Dances With Wolves, Planet Of The Apes (1968, also on this site), The Shadow (1994), Night Of The Hunter, Charade (early review), King Kong (1933, unrestored imports), Playtime, (prior to the new Criterion DVD reissue) Apocalypse Now (Redux), Diary Of A Chambermaid, The Night Stalker/Night Strangler double feature (also on this site) and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  A few of those also happen to be covered on this site.  Be sure to give them a visit, all titles of which can be accessed alphabetically on the site by clicking the “DVD Comparisons” at the lower left hand corner of the DVDBeaver logo on their home page.  More comparisons are on the way and their site adds material everyday like we do.

 

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.

 

 

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