Two discs of great music from the film that provides a portal to Scorsese's past
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Movie Review: Elizabethtown
He's overwhelmed and all alone; she’s cute and quirky
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Guest Reviewer Fumo Verde On September 1, 1990, the Grateful Dead were scheduled to perform at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, but couldn’t due to the recent death of keyboardist Brent Mydland less than two months earlier. Instead of canceling the show, Jerry decided the best solution was …
Read More »DVD Review: The Blues Brothers (25th Anniversary)
Directed by John Landis Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis The Blues Brothers is quite possibly the best action musical comedy ever made. Never in the history of cinema has there been so many laughs, so many great musical performances and so many car crashes combined all in one …
Read More »Movie Review: Good Night and Good Luck
Good Night and Good Luck is a strange film.
Read More »Review: The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
In 1940, 25-year old Frank Sinatra was allowed out of his contract with the Harry James Orchestra and joined the more successful Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in January 1940 where he rose to prominence. In January 1942 Sinatra began working on his solo career by recording four songs with Dorsey trumpeter …
Read More »Review – Star Trek: Nemesis (a.k.a. The Wrath of Bad Moviemaking)
Directed by Stuart Baird Screenplay by John Logan Story by John Logan & Rick Berman & Brent Spiner Yet again, the makers of Star Trek have pretended to offer us a movie when instead we’ve been presented with another two-hour episode. They have obviously given up on trying to appeal …
Read More »DVD Review: Pink Floyd – London 1966/1967
The band is very raw and are in need of a producer to help give them shape and structure
Read More »Movie Review: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Korean director Chan-Wook Park gained some acclaim in the US earlier this year with the theatrical release of his revenge masterpiece, Oldboy, which represented the middle act of his revenge trilogy. Now US audiences are finally being treated to the opening act of the trilogy, Sympathy …
Read More »Movie Review: Coast Guard (2002)
Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Prolific Korean writer/director Kim Ki-Duk has been on a roll lately with having his movies released in the US, such as 3-Iron, Samaritan Girl, and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring. Now Tartan Video has dug into his back catalog and unearthed this gem from a few …
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