It’s strange, sad and telling that the world has had to wait until 2019 to see a big-budget screen adaption of an American hero like no other. But it’s here in theaters now, and though it shies away from depicting the familiar violence and horrors of slavery, Harriet is an […]
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This is the final entry in our Legendary Musicians in Movies series. Throughout this week, I have to admit that I learned a lot not only from different trivia on these popular musicians, but also the fact that the most important thing in our lives is usually not money or […]
Welcome back to our Legendary Musicians in Movies week! Last time, there was one thing I forgot to mention about The Buddy Holly Story. It’s the controversial lawsuit from two members of the Crickets (Buddy’s band), due to the usage of the band’s name and inaccuracies in the movie. (You […]
Welcome back to our Legendary Musicians In Movies week! This time we’ll take a look at another Rock ‘n Roll pioneer from the 50’s. Although this guy might not be as famous as Elvis on the worldwide scale, he was one of the very first white people who became famous […]
Recently, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody rocked the world big time. Not only did it win numerous awards and make lots of money, but there are now several music biopic projects popping up everywhere, including ones about Motley Crue and Vanilla Ice! I’m not kidding. No matter what people say […]
The home video heroes at SHOUT FACTORY have just announced a new sub label called SHOUT SELECT that will focus on a variety of special handpicked titles ranging from cult favorites to overlooked gems of different kinds. Film geeks will undoubtedly want to keep an eye out for any new […]
“Just sayin’ could get you buried real quick.” Is Johnny Depp back? We think he’s back. In BLACK MASS, Directed by Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace) Depp stars as the infamous Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger who just a couple of years ago was captured after decades of being […]
“What’s NWA stand for, anyway? “No Whites Allowed”, something like that?” In the late 80s/early 90s, the band N.W.A. aka Niggaz Wit Attitudes (Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella.) became pioneers of an edgier form of hip hop known as “Gangster Rap”. The songs they wrote […]
In 1976, little Opie Taylor himself Ron Howard starred in the Roger Corman car chase movie called Eat My Dust, agreeing to be in the film if B-movie king Corman would let him direct his own picture down the line. A year later, Corman made good on his promise and […]