Aug
16
Respect
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
Tag Archives: Music
Aug
17
Blinded by the Light
Also went to see the new music-infused film Blinded by The Light. This is a movie positively dripping with the music of Bruce Springsteen but isn’t actually either a jukebox musical or a biopic. I’m sure it was made with … Continue reading
Jun
28
Yesterday
The new movie Yesterday is in love with The Beatles… and hopefully you are too if you go see it. This is a high-concept comedy / romantic comedy written by the guy who wrote fine romantic comedies like Notting Hill … Continue reading
Apr
02
Dirt, The
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
Nov
03
Bohemian Rhapsody
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
Apr
01
I Can Only Imagine
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
Jun
04
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Checked out Andy Samburg/The Lonely Island’s new movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. When I saw the trailer for this one, I figured it had equal chance to be hilarious or a total disaster. Happy to say I laughed more … Continue reading
May
15
Sing Street
Checked out Sing Street, the latest movie from the Irish filmmaker who made the movies Once (which won best song for Falling Slowly a few Oscars ago) and Begin Again (a perfectly charming movie about music too). Sing Street is … Continue reading
Nov
01
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
So the film version of the classic 80s cartoon Jem and the Holograms is a thundering historical bomb of a movie. Last weekend, of the top 10 highest grossing movies, it was number 15 and became the lowest grossing first … Continue reading
Aug
15
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton is the music biopic of N.W.A, set in the late 80s and early 90s. It shows how Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Easy E came off the streets and brought them along as they introduced gangsta rap … Continue reading