John Williams has gone through many cycles in his long career. From being a dependable television composer (as "Johnny Williams") for shows like Lost in Space to his award-winning arrangements for Fiddler on the Roof to becoming the "disaster movie guy" in the early 70s for Posei...

As I understand it, the new Blu-ray for The Dark Crystal is a downrez from the 4K transfer. The existing Blu is already quite good. I have the review copy also, so I'll check to see if on a 65" screen, I can see anything appreciably different. My instincts say that both transfers will be compar...

Eric, as I said, you're entitled to your opinion. We are discussing the Oscars. You passed a judgment based on second-hand quotes you read, since you didn't watch the show. You're certainly entitled to have your opinion about those quotes and to not wish to watch the Oscars or any current Hollywood ...

Eric, you didn't watch the show. You're watching cherry-picked remarks to fit your preset opinion about the event.

You're entitled to your opinion.

Andy, you and I actually agree on most of what we're saying. We're kind of repeating the same things back at each other. I think the difference I'm finding is that I just found the movies this year to be a little better than last year's selection - and the same went for the Oscar nominations. I most...

A lot to respond to here: Andy, you're absolutely right that more interesting stuff is being found on the small screen these days than the large screen. For exactly the reasons I pointed out before - that for the cinema, we have either the giant drunken brontosauruses of the summer or we have the ti...

Eric, there’s a key difference in the situations you’re describing. The others you’re referring to have actually watched the programming on those cable news networks and have listened to those radio shows. You’re saying that you didn’t watch the show but are still making comments that none of the jo...

Eric, you're proceeding from a false premise. I didn't expect you to watch (and was in fact surprised that you did watch) is because you have repeatedly stated how much you dislike current Hollywood productions and the people who make them. You have repeatedly stated that you prefer to watch classic...

I’m sure there are people who would like to think that. Could also be that, like many posters here, most of the audience hasn’t seen nearly any of these movies and simply didn’t care whether they won or not. I agree there were certainly jabs at the Right at various times, as I noted above, but I don...

Alexander Desplat, for The Shape of Water. And it’s actually quite a good score, as I was reminded last week at the Philharmonic performance. Williams’ score for the Rian Johnson attempt frankly wasn’t that interesting. You can find a list of the winners pretty much anywhere if you’re curious. Dunki...

Andy, I think it best if we try to agree where we can. We'll have to disagree on your premise regarding whether all the jokes and whether the current state of Late Night TV is barren for anyone who didn't vote for Barack Obama. I do agree that a bunch of the jokes tonight were clearly intended as ja...

Pretty good show overall. The song performances weren't much - particularly the Coco song, which came off quite badly. Some of the intros were fun. Some of the acceptance speeches were interesting. I didn't catch any recap of the Technical Night/Thalberg event they usually have. (For awards they onc...

I’m staying with my picks from before. I agree with Andy about Get Out. It’s a clever movie and that’s about it. I have a feeling Dunkirk will get the two sound Oscars with the way things are trending. I’m glad to see del Toro on the cusp of getting his Oscar for a movie where, as he put it, “the cr...

I don't think they recorded it. And I think this was the first time they've ever done it. I'm hoping it becomes an annual event, as it was really interesting - and a lot of good music. I left out that Michael Giacchino opened the event by having the Phil play a cue from the beginning of UP, where he...

A friend of mine invited me to come to this year's Los Angeles Philharmonic Oscar Event, held at Disney Hall this evening. I had never gone to one of these concerts before, so this was a new experience. It was actually very interesting, and sometimes filled with really good music. First came a serie...