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These are hardly superlatives on the order of "shattering" and "beautiful," but compared to the film versions of "The Da Vinci Code" and " Angels & Demons," the only two movies ever made with less sex than the first two "Twilights," they're matchless. The first "Twilight," a lower-budget and scruffier affair directed by Catherine Hardwicke, may have been lame in the visual magic department, but its stars and their smoldering separate-beds bedroom eyes did a valiantly angst-y job in launching a major fran  

New Moon," also known as "Twilight: The Squeakquel," is actually pretty good -- a tick better than the first "Twilight," which wasn't bad either. The first "Twilight," a lower-budget and scruffier affair directed by Catherine Hardwicke, may have been lame in the visual magic department, but its stars and their smoldering separate-beds bedroom eyes did a valiantly angst-y job in launching a major franchise. The second film in the series is bigger, better in the effects and more vibrant visually, which is  

New Moon , Rolling Stone chatted with the film's director, Chris Weitz, about the anticipated movie's wildest stunts, the loyalty of Team Edward and the scenes you won't find in Stephenie Meyer's original book. You said everyone's been asking you about the pressures of taking on such a successful franchise, and they also want to know why vampires are so popular. Honestly, there weren't really any pressures for me because there was a guaranteed audience which meant that even if I made a terrible movie  

In this morning's roundup of Oscar news 'n' notes from around the web, Oscar music takes center stage with Jeff Bridges, Kate Hudson, Randy Newman, Alexandre Desplat and more.  

The Paris-born composer ("The Queen," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") has written music for nine films over the past 12 months, six of which are potentially eligible in this year's round of awards-giving and two of which are presumably major contenders for next year's honors.  

Ok, that's sort of a trick question as it's probably debatable whether there is a "plot" to Terrence Malick ' s " Tree Of Life " — though there will be many heavenly pretty shots of ladybugs landing in the palms of children's hand, lovingly inspected with curiosity and awe — but French composer Alexandre Desplat , who wrote the score , just "revealed" more plot that anyone part of the cast ever has. "It's a deep story about love, how you transmit love, through your family; from the parents to the childre

I guess he must have shot 20 days of dailies or so. The amount of footage is incredible.   -Alexandre Desplat

 

At a masterclass at the 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Alexandre Desplat talks about working with Terrence Malick on 2010's Tree of Life . "The most important thing for me, for music to express," the composer, who's worked on nine features in 2009, says, "is the invisible, to show what is not in the film, whether outside the frame, or in the depth of field." He offers a cooking analogy about when the score and the film finally work together.  

-Chicago violinist/alt-musician, sometimes-Wilco collaborator, Andrew Bird is going to score the school dramedy " Norman " starring Adam Goldberg and Richard Jenkins .  

Made by this guy, Sam Smith , a Nashville-based drummer, graphic designer and illustrator and found over at Jeff Wells ' place.