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Music

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story

February 8, 2025Chuck Duncan

Lifetime’s Gloria Gaynor biopic isn’t quite the emotional rollercoaster we expected… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Drama, Francesca Bianchi, I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story, Joaquina Kalukango, Lance Gross, Lifetime, Music, Pendo Muema, Voices of a Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story

February 1, 2025Chuck Duncan 6 Comments

Lifetime gives us a Cliffs Notes version of the rise of the 1980s band… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Bre-Z, Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story, Donny Carrington, Drama, Eric Diaz, Giovanni Cristoff, Isaias Alexander Miranda, Jearnest Corchado, Lifetime, Lisa Velez, Matt Borlenghi, Music, Terence Williams, Voices of a Lifetime

Elvis gives credit where credit is due

June 23, 2022Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

The latest music biopic will inevitably be controversial… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Austin Butler, Biography, Dacre Montgomery, David Wenham, Drama, Elvis, Helen Thomson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey, Music, Natasha Bassett, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Hanks, Warner Bros. Pictures, Xavier Samuel

Studio 666 is a fun throwback to the overly grisly horror B-movie

February 26, 2022Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Studio 666’ tosses the Foo Fighters into a ridiculous, entertaining horror flick… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Chris Shiflett, Comedy Horror, Dave Grohl, Jeff Garlin, Jenna Ortega, Leslie Grossman, Music, Nate Mendel, Open Road Films, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee, Studio 666, Taylor Hawkins, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte

I’m No Angel earns its wings on Blu-ray

August 1, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray of the 1933 classic is heavenly… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Michael, Gregory Ratoff, I'm No Angel, Kent Taylor, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Music, Paramount Pictures, Romance, Universal Pictures

The Sparks Brothers has a simple message – Everyone ought to love the band Sparks

June 18, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Sparks Brothers’ is a comprehensive documentary about the cult band and their obsessive fans… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Beck, Documentary, Edgar Wright, Flea, Focus Features, Jack Antonoff, Jane Wiedlin, Jason Schwartzman, Music, Neil Gaiman, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, The Sparks Brothers

I Am Woman Review :: I Am Woman brings Helen Reddy out of the shadows

September 11, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The new biopic is actually two stories in one… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Danielle Macdonald, Drama, Dusty Sorg, Evan Peters, I Am Woman, Matty Cardarople, Music, Quiver Distribution, Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Judy brings a legend to life once more

October 1, 2019Stephen Mosher Leave a Comment

Renée Zellweger is back in top playing a role few could or should attempt… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Drama, Finn Wittrock, History, Jessie Buckley, Judy, Michael Gambon, Music, Renée Zellweger, Roadside Attractions, Rufus Sewell

Yesterday will make you fall in love with the Beatles all over again

June 29, 2019Justin Moore 1 Comment

Boyle’s style of directing appears in this movie and it is mixed well with the comedy from the characters and the tribute to the Beatles… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Ed Sheeran, Fantasy, Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Music, Universal Pictures, Yesterday

Rocketman Soars

May 30, 2019Stephen Mosher 7 Comments

Elton and Egerton explode off the screen… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Jamie Bell, LGBT, LGBT+, Music, Paramount Pictures, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Taron Egerton

Good intentions don’t really pay off in The Gospel of Eureka

April 6, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Several disparate elements never quite come together… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Documentary, Justin Vivian Bond, Kino Lorber, LGBT, LGBT+, Music, The Gospel of Eureka

The Dirt captures the crazy life of the band Mötley Crüe

March 26, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘The Dirt’ was a decent biopic and it was a smart choice to premiere it on Netflix… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Kathryn Morris, Machine Gun Kelly, Mötley Crüe, Music, Netflix, The Dirt

A Star is Born stuns in 4K

February 20, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The epic love story becomes intimate on home video… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing 4K, A Star is Born, Andrew Dice Clay, Bradley Cooper, Dave Chappelle, Drama, Lady Gaga, Music, Rafi Gavron, Remake, Romance, Sam Elliott, Shangela, Warner Bros. Pictures, Willam Belli

Rami Malek rocks in Bohemian Rhapsody

November 2, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Malek’s performance elevates an okay movie… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Biography, Bohemian Rhapsody, Drama, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, LGBT+, Lucy Boynton, Mike Myers, Music, Rami Malek, Tom Hollander, Twentieth Century Fox

A Star is Born is a classic love story worth telling again

October 5, 2018Chuck Duncan 4 Comments

Lady Gaga may already be a star, but here a movie star is born… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A Star is Born, Andrew Dice Clay, Bradley Cooper, Dave Chappelle, Drama, Lady Gaga, Music, Rafi Gavron, Remake, Romance, Sam Elliott, Shangela, Warner Bros. Pictures, Willam Belli

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✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    MERCY   ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID   ★★★
    BUGONIA   ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE   ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER   ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT   ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY  ★★✩
    HIM  ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS   ★★✩
    NE ZHA II  ★★★
    WEAPONS   ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS  ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN  ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR  ★★★
    OH, HI!   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    VANISHED IN AN INSTANT  ★★✩
    MURDER AT HIGHLAND MANOR  ★★★
    PUSHED OFF A PLANE & SURVIVED  ★★★
    ROMANCE AT HOPE RANCH  ★✩✩
    SINISTER SECRET INGREDIENT  ★★✩
    MURDER IN MUSIC CITY  ★★★
    DOUBLE DOUBLE TROUBLE  ★★★
    THE STARS BETWEEN US  ★★★
    WHO TOOK MY FAMILY?  ★★★
    TO CATCH A CHEATER  ★★★
    THE DATING APP KILLER  ★★✩
    BECAUSE OF CUPID  ★★★
    THE WRONG BABY DADDY  ★★✩
    AN UNSTABLE MARRIAGE  ★★★
    THE WAY TO YOU ★★★
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