A studio in the Auburn area, renowned for the music recorded there, recently made a big first splash in the world of film.
Valhalla Studios New York, located in a former church in Owasco, worked with the makers of Judas and the Black Messiah to mix the score of the Academy Award-nominated film. It was the first feature film project in 7.1 surround sound for the studio, which was established in 1999 by Manowar bassist and Auburn native Joey DeMaio through his Magic Circle Entertainment Group.
Magic Circle Operations Manager Susanne Wagner told The Citizen that the studio s head engineers, Ronald Prent and Darcy Proper, were contacted last year by Jim Anderson, a Grammy Award winner who recorded the film s score. Limited by COVID-19 travel restrictions, he sought a studio that could mix the score as well as the one he typically works with, Skywalker Sound in California.
Thuso Mbedu on the pain and glory of Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad
The actor discusses finding moments of beauty, comfort and magic within a story about slavery By Radheyan Simonpillai
Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Aaron Pierre and Thuso Mbedu hold on to each other in a scene from The Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad (Barry Jenkins). Premieres Friday (May 14) on Amazon Prime Video Canada.
The moments in a Barry Jenkins piece that make my heart swell always involve people holding, comforting and embracing each other. Think of the scene in Moonlight where Mahershala Ali’s Juan carries and protects a young Chiron over the ocean’s waves; or in the film’s finale when the adult Chiron, then called Black, tucks his head into his lover’s chest; or in If Beale Street Could Talk, when Fonny and Tish hold tight after making love, breathing deep in a way that makes their bodies heave in unison, finding safety in the tiny space they take up together.
The media outlet also confirmed that, despite the comments made in the chat room, which was hosted on Wednesday night, the performer did not make any anti-Semitic comments.
If Channel 10 boss Beverley McGarvey has her way, we ll be watching Tom Cruise leap across rooftops in Mission Impossible 7 only 45 days after his death-defying stunts wow audiences in cinemas. McGarvey is relaunching Channel 10 s subscription streaming service 10 All Access, which will now be rebranded as Paramount+ from August 11. The service will cost $8.99 a month and will feature a wide selection of TV and movies to appeal to a broad demographic, from children s series
Paw Patrol to
Spreadsheet and a second season of local drama
Five Bedrooms. The relaunch is in line with Channel 10 s American parent company ViacomCBS s global subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) strategy which saw the US SVOD service CBS All Access become Paramount+ earlier this year.