Skip to content

My Old Addiction

Movie Reviews By Bil Antoniou

Film Festivals

Search MyOldAddiction.com

Search for:

Follow My Old Addiction On Instagram

Today's review on MyOldAddiction.com, The Driver by #WalterHill starring #RyanONeal and #IsabelleAdjani, "works exceptionally well for being distilled down to such primary, pure qualities" https://wp.me/p3waMl-Klu

BEST MUSIC 1992: Howard Ashman tragically passed away before production on ALADDIN could be completed, leaving composer ALAN MENKEN to finish the song score with the great TIM RICE, a lyricist who made his name with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals in the seventies. At the Oscars, Menken won Best Original Score yet again, while two songs from the film were nominated, one by each lyricist: with Little Mermaid they chose “Under The Sea” over “Kiss The Girl” but, as with this year, the Academy prefers a ballad over a more upbeat tune (Ashman's "Friend Like Me" in this case), which brought Rice up to the podium with Menken to accept the award for “A WHOLE NEW WORLD” (and he, rightly, thanked his late colleague in his speech). Menken also won for The Little Mermaid (score and song, 1989), Beauty and the Beast (score and song, 1992) and Pocahontas (score and song, 1995) and was nominated for "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (Little Shop of Horrors, 1986), "Kiss The Girl" (The Little Mermaid"), "Be Our Guest" and "Belle" (both Beauty and the Beast, 1991), "Friend Like Me" (Aladdin, 1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), "Go The Distance" (Hercules, 1997), "Happy Working Song", "So Close", "That's How You Know" (all Enchanted, 2007) and "I See The Light" (Tangled, 2010). Rice also won for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (The Lion King, 1994) and "You Must Love Me" (Evita, 1996) and was nominated for "Hakuna Matata" (The Lion King, 1994) MyOldAddiction.com #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Music #Scoring #Musical

"I was never romantic in real life. That is why I have to make movies about it." - Ang Lee, born October 23, 1954. #AngLee

"I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis." - Ryan Reynolds, born October 23, 1976. #RyanReynolds

Follow MyOldAddiction on Twitter

"I was never romantic in real life. That is why I have to make movies about it." - Ang Lee, born October 23, 1954.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 7 hours ago
"I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 7 hours ago
Day 41 - The Driver (Walter Hill, 1978). No one ever wanted Ryan O'Neal to say much anyway. youtu.be/KOtyxXJ_WnQ 7 hours ago
"I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else. Being an actor means being an inst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
"If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby." - Joan Fontaine, born October 22, 1917. #JoanFontaine https://t.co/7ku9iZYW3Y 1 day ago
Day 40 - First Love (Takashi Miike, 2019). Nothing like a gang war to really help a guy fall in love with you. youtu.be/dENx6TktpiM 1 day ago
RT @ryanghinds: She loves an #elxn43 moment! https://t.co/uxnoeSMz1N 2 days ago
"Don't slide through life. Savor it. Slow down. Be kind. Pay attention. Because this isn't going to happen again."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
"You can't find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well." – Carrie Fisher, bo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago

Follow @bilantoniou

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Leave a Reply Cancel reply