David Crosby: Remember My Name
Establishing the new standard by which future tell-all, fully transparent rock documentaries will be compared, David Crosby: Remember My Name is a remarkable achievement.
Always the ... Continue Reading →
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes – Film Review
The film successfully builds a bridge. With reflections from jazz lions like Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, the foundation of the crucial jazz label is built. Musicians signed more ... Continue Reading →
Yesterday – All the Beatles Seemed So Far Away
What a clever premise for a film – everyone but our hero wakes up never knowing The Beatles. In our house the Beatles seem to be everywhere: we saw Paul McCartney in concert ... Continue Reading →
Toy Story 4 – Improbably Successful
Most purists understand that a multipart story is best presented as a trilogy. George Lucas decided to go that route with Star Wars, presenting a series of trilogies. Yet here comes ... Continue Reading →
The Quiet One – An Unlikely Story of a Rolling Stone
Writer and Director Oliver Murray builds an engaging and intimate biography of Bill Wyman, bassist of The Rolling Stones. It turns out Wyman kept everything from when he was a little ... Continue Reading →
Rocketman – An Excellent Addition to the Growing Library of Music Biopics
On the heels of the most successful music biopic of all time (Bohemian Rhapsody) comes Rocketman. Both are stories of gay men growing up in Britain with unsupportive parents, who overcome ... Continue Reading →
Aladdin
This review is not only about the live action remake of the Disney film, but also inevitably about my first experience with 4DX theatrical exhibition.
The film is a colorful ... Continue Reading →
“Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘N Roll” – Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Steve Van Zandt Testify About the Jersey Shore
Like many who attended the first night of the limited theatrical release of this film, I expected a smorgasbord of live performances from Jersey’s favorite sons. What I did not ... Continue Reading →
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