Well, Elvis is certainly a Baz Luhrmann movie for all the hopped-up-on-energy-drinks, camera never stops, editing is King of Rock ‘n Roll kind of way. Luhrmann is a hyper-kinetic rabbity thing who never saw an editing deck he didn’t want … Continue reading
There are some biopics that end too early and give us text about what happened next, leaving me thinking that that’s the movie I’d have wanted to see. Respect is a movie that goes on and on and on and … Continue reading
Checked out the new Judy Garland biopic Judy… a movie that really needs a Judy Garland fan to really enjoy. I am not a huge Garland fan… I have passing familiarity with her as far as it goes. A movie … Continue reading
So I checked out the new Elton John biopic Rocketman over the weekend (and it’s taking me three days to work up the ambition to gripe about it). So this flick was directed by the guy who took up re-editing … Continue reading
Checked out the new biopic Tolkien. This film tells the story of young J.R.R. Tolkien from a young lad in the idyllic woods of England to his time at Oxford and then a smattering of the hell of the trenches … Continue reading
So, never thought we’d live in a world where Motley Crue had a biopic on Netflix but here we are. The movie is called The Dirt and that’s a fairly accurate title. It’s based on a book the band co-wrote … Continue reading
Checked out the new WWE produced wrestling bio-pic/comedy/sports movie Fighting with My Family. Apparently based on the true story of the female wrestler from England “Paige” (named after the Charmed character). I’m not a fan of professional wrestling through I … Continue reading
Went to see the Dick Chaney bio-pic Vice…. and with a title like Vice (and not, say, Vice President), you can probably imagine that this isn’t a positive portrayal of the ex-VP. That’s an accurate stance… you might even call … Continue reading
So Bohemian Rhapsody is the new film biopic about Queen… or Freddie Mercury and those three other guys. You know, Brian May, the blonde one, and the boring guy. I don’t mean to be dismissive of men of real, raw … Continue reading
For Easter Sunday, I took myself and a baggie full of chocolate Reese’s eggs to the movie theater and handed ’em out like candy (which, yeah, they are) to the theater crew in a furious fit of guilt for making … Continue reading