Fulvue Drive-In.com
Current Reviews
In Stores Soon
 
In Stores Now
 
DVD Reviews, SACD Reviews Essays Interviews Contact Us Meet the Staff
An Explanation of Our Rating System Search  
Category:    Home

Welcome back to the site!

 

 

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.

 

###

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

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 1,000 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 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


Marketplace
 Copyright © MMIII through MMX fulvuedrive-in.com