If there’s one thing that Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” saga has taught us (other than that squishing someone’s eyeball between your toes is a little creepy), it’s that with the right music a good film can become a great one. Read more...

For most 10-year-olds, riding bikes and long division are the most important things in the world. But for fifth-grader Dakota Fanning, reading scripts and memorizing lines is what occupies her time. Read more...

“13 Going on 30″ Directed by Gary Winick Columbia Pictures There’s a thin line between cute and annoying. At best, “13 Going on 30″ totters in between the two. Read more...

For cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, there exists a sort of “pay it forward” mentality in regards to the film industry. Because his teacher taught him in Hungary, he has promised to educate the next generation of filmmakers in return. Read more...

It seemed that success was never hard to come by for composer Henry Mancini. Before his death in 1994, he left his mark on countless classic films, contributing to the Hollywood pantheon everything from the tenor sax riff of “The Pink Panther” theme song to “Moon River” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Yet with all his successes in the film scoring industry, composer Henry Mancini was aware of its highly competitive, cutthroat nature. Read more...

Dilated Peoples “Neighborhood Watch” With a top 40 single already under their belts, Dilated Peoples ““ the hip-hop trio of Evidence, Rakaa and DJ Babu ““ is clearly looking to capitalize on the recent crossover success of acts such as Kanye West, Talib Kweli and Black Eyed Peas with the release of their third album, “Neighborhood Watch.” Unlike those releases, this album suffers from a lack of any real creativity or inspiration. Read more...

Hardcore music has been a male-dominated scene since its inception in the early ’80s, but Candace Kucsulain, 23, vocalist of Detroit thrashers Walls of Jericho, isn’t going to let that get in her way. Read more...