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Niki J Borger: German Born Actress Making a Huge Splash in Hollywood

By Jimmy Star | April 14, 2023

Niki J Borger is quickly becoming a rising superstar as an award-winning actress, producer, and screenwriter. She has been nominated and has won several awards for her short “Because I Could”, which she directed, wrote and produced, and also acted in. She also wrote and starred in the award winning short “A Portrayal of a…

Rockstar Review: Steven P. Hamm

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Rockstar Review: Steven P. Hamm

Steven P. Hamm “A Filmmakers Dream”

By Eileen Shapiro | March 11, 2021

a retired army helicopter pilot he fits the role as anything military and any casting director could take advantage of his experience….

Morrissey 25 Live, The Theatrical Review

By Helen Bach | August 31, 2013

Lets face it kids if you’re not a Morrissey fan this is just a concert footage with a really unattractive audience. I do mean that as well, from the doughy to the confused. It was a hipster buffet.

Here It Comes, The Jimi Hendrix Biopic "All is By My Side"

By Helen Bach | August 8, 2013

This is the film that had more drama behind its filming than it could possibly have on the screen

Stick A Fork In That Freddie Mercury Biopic

By Helen Bach | July 27, 2013

Queen’s Freddie Mercury should rest in peace and not be tormented by bad acting and cheesy scripts.

Morrissey 25: Live at Hollywood High

By Helen Bach | June 25, 2013

This causes a great dilemma for a fan in America- if I say “Mozzzzzzz play NEW ENGLAND!”, I could be egging him on to death. If I say “STOP TOURING!” I will never see him again.

Springsteen and I, A Movie Trailer For the Fanatic

By Helen Bach | May 30, 2013

As a non follower its hard for me to imagine the excitement to be felt by so many at the announcement of the new film “Springsteen and I’, just looking at this clip does nothing for me at all- II suppose its similar to the kids who lined up for a Justin Bieber film- but just much older and less cute

Friends Of The Viper Room, An Upcoming Documentary About The Famous Los Angeles NightClub

By Alyson Camus | May 25, 2013

he dark and tiny nightclub – I have been inside several times and it’s quite small, especially the toilets! – was originally opened by Johnny Depp, and has been the place to be on a Saturday night since the 90s, the place where some celebrities like Mick Jagger, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billy Idol, or Iggy Pop would occasionally make a surprise apparition late at night

Ridley Scott Is Producing 'Springsteen & I’, A Documentary About The Boss From The Fans' Point Of View

By Alyson Camus | May 25, 2013

What I get from this short one-minute-and-half tease, is a feeling of togetherness expressed by all these people, who are all united under the same unconditional love for the boss. Think what you want about Springsteen, but there’s obviously something special about him to command such a huge crowd.

Movie Time! Paul McCartney & Wings’ “Rockshow”

By Helen Bach | April 27, 2013

So what a great year to pluck out some concert footage- digitally remaster it, and put it up on the big screen? Now you can walk in to your local theater and pretend you’re there all over again. Remember that movie theaters have phenomenal sound systems these days and with the massive screen and tilt back chairs- why its a luxury show

The Elton John Biopic: Heaven Help The Rocketman

By Helen Bach | March 30, 2013

The film is being written but Lee Hall who wrote the wonderful Billy Elliot.. see how this is all fitting together now? I see a Broadway rendition of this in our future.. yuck. Oh and if anyone knows any little boys- they’re having a bit of trouble casting 5 year old Elton.. heaven help us.

"Before the End: Jim Morrison Comes of Age", New Film In the Works

By Helen Bach | March 25, 2013

The film will of course showcase never-before-seen home movies and photographs from his formative years, the viewer will share in a clear-headed, open-minded exploration of James Douglas Morrison as a plain ol’, “human being

Possible Ramones Biopic; Tell Your Wife to Shut UP

By Helen Bach | March 16, 2013

Asked who she would like to play her husband, Linda Ramone added: “Of course everybody would want Johnny Depp to play him, because he’s cool and looks good

The Clash 'Rude Boy', Reviewed (sorta)

By admin | December 25, 2012

One of the coolest things it showed was how the shows got bigger and bigger. I loved the whole “They’re not fighting, they’re dancing!” scene. It was a revolution; it hadn’t been seen before and the Clash brought it to the table.

'Let Fury Have The Hour', A New Documentary About The Creative Response

By Alyson Camus | December 21, 2012

The film focuses on the counter-culture starting from the 80s with the rise of Reagan and Thatcher, and documents ‘a cultural shift towards fierce individualism and rampant consumerism’, in parallel with the start of a renegade movement, that Writer/director and visual artist Antonino D’Ambrosio calls ‘creative-response’.

Can We Talk About Labyrinth?

By Henry Sins | August 5, 2012

“You remind me of the babe”, and people were instantly liking the status and commenting with the next few lines of “ ‘What babe?’ ‘The babe with the power.’ ‘What power?’ ‘The power of voodoo’ ‘Who do?’ ‘You do’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Remind me of the babe!’”.

Tom Cruise "Paradise City" Reviewed

By Helen Bach | June 7, 2012

Perhaps if he had not opted to hit the tons that pop balloons with their frequency we would be ok but the shrill “taaake mee hoo o ome yeaha yeaha’ made me want to not only kill myself but everything around me

The CBGB Movie?

By Helen Bach | May 31, 2012

How the hell can the dude for Avatar be Joey and what gives him the gaul to accept that challenge? I guess it can be considered historic value but really I don’t expect much but a shot at profit. I predict it to tank harder than Water World

The Rise And Fall Of The Clash, NYC July 5th 2012

By Helen Bach | May 27, 2012

I don’t really think I have ever cried watching a preview film trailer before. Yeah, cried. Like that drizzle sort of tear thingy chicks do, I totally just did it just on this couple minutes of splicey footage. I wasn’t crying over how really rough Mick is looking these days…

The Killers "Go All The Way" Cover Reviewed

By Helen Bach | May 14, 2012

The tune is being used in the new film Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp. So basically this is a film taken from a fabulous original with a soundtrack of copies of fabulous originals which means, ain’t nothin new here.

Jewel as June Carter Cash

By Helen Bach | May 10, 2012

When did the world 'biopic' come in to fashion?  I swear its a new one they used to be called biographys or documentary.  Biopic sounds like a lab experiment involving monkeys or something.

Tom Cruise, "Rock Of Ages" Soundtrack Details

By Helen Bach | May 5, 2012

The film adaptation of Rock of Ages is in the can and about to assault your eyes and ears. That’s not the worse of it. The soundtrack will also include, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta Jones, and poor little Mary J Blige,

Jack White To Score Walt Disney's 'The Lone Ranger'

By Alyson Camus | April 26, 2012

Some websites are suggesting White may appear in the movie, but Bruckheimer is just excited by the idea as he told Variety:

‘Jack’s an amazing songwriter with a unique style. We’re thrilled to hear his fresh take on the William Tell Overture.’

LCD Soundsystem “Shut Up And Play The Hits” In Theaters This Summer

By Helen Bach | April 9, 2012

documenting the band’s farewell concert, Oscilloscope Laboratories states the film shows fans “an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates both the personal and professional ramifications of his meteoric decision” to call it quits.

Whitney Houston 'Sparkle' Trailer Released

By Helen Bach | April 5, 2012

Fresh on the heels of this tragedy is the release of the trailer for the upcoming film “Sparkle” Sparkle is the story of three sisters who start a group and deal with the fame and drugs. It is based on the story of The Supremes. How sad.

‘Salad Days: The HarDCore Punk Revolution’ Documentary

By Alyson Camus | March 26, 2012

‘the film will include exclusive archival photographs, concert footage and interviews with dozens of bands, artists, label owners, zine publishers and others who helped mold and nurture DC’s underground community during this inspired decade of music.’

xxx ALL AGES xxx The Boston Hardcore Film Debut April 27th

By Helen Bach | March 25, 2012

There was a rivalry at the time that got many a fist fight started. As someone who did time in both the Boston and the New York scene I can tell you first hand that Boston had the most psychotic scene of all.

The Beatles Yellow Submarine Restored For DVD Release

By Helen Bach | March 24, 2012

These styles included melding live-action photography with animation, 3-dimensional sequences and kaleidoscopic ‘rotoscoping’ where film is traced frame by frame into drawings. The entire process took nearly two years

20th Anniversar​y Cash In, The Bodyguard

By Helen Bach | March 21, 2012

This film was about a singer and her stalker (played by Kevin Costner) and was a huge success but if Whitney hadn’t died- I doubt highly there would have been all the hoopla being given for the anniversary of its release.

Lady GaGa Made For TV Movie

By Helen Bach | March 10, 2012

Gaga is concerned that the soon to be made film will show her as vulnerable and weak- she wants her image to be strong and self confident. This is also a contradiction since her whole rally cry has been about her triumph over insecurities

Helen and Magpie, Review The Lorax (sorta)

By admin | March 5, 2012

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

Arcade Fire’s ‘Abraham’s Daughter’, Reviewed

By Alyson Camus | March 4, 2012

Arcade Fire’s song ‘Abraham’s Daughter’ for the T Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack of the movie ‘Hunger Games’, which will be out on March 20th

Paul Dano Musical Inspirations

By Alyson Camus | March 1, 2012

‘Even if you’re playing someone in the 1700s in France, you might listen to hip-hop, if it’s an energy thing for the character. Or you can listen to what the character actually listened to. I use music like crazy. It’s like sticking a needle in your arm, like taking a drug because it’s so immediate,’

Sergio Mendes Loses To Muppets At The Oscars

By Helen Bach | February 29, 2012

the Oscar for Best Original Song went to…’Man or Muppet’ from The Muppets movie. Pretty much the best news from the Oscars. If you recall we were so excited to see the film and although it was not an epic success it had just enough retro cuteness to win me over

Russell Crowe In 'Les Misérables', The Movie

By Helen Bach | February 25, 2012

Crowe will be portraying Inspector Javert in the latest version of the Victor Hugo classic. Who cares, right? There has been a million adaptations of this thing- it’s as if we have all lived it already. This film has an somewhat interesting twist though- it’s music

Vans Warped Tour "No Room For Rock Stars" Trailer

By Helen Bach | February 20, 2012

The film will be released March 1, 2012 and part of me really wants to go see it, and part of me just wants to go to Warped instead. As close as it feels, nothing touches the magic of the tour itself.

'One For The Money' Reviewed (Sorta)

By Helen Bach | January 31, 2012

There were moments of laughter but the sexual tension between Plum and Morelli was weak and that between her and Ranger non existent.

'Under African Skies' Screened At Sundance

By Alyson Camus | January 28, 2012

‘I made it clear I didn’t want a puff piece, a Paul Simon puff piece, and he didn’t want a Paul Simon puff piece. We established that we’re going to do an honest exploration of these issues

‘Under African Skies’ the documentar​y about the album Graceland

By Alyson Camus | January 19, 2012

This will only be the beginning of a year-long celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of this release, and, as we had already announced it, there will also be more goodies for die-hard fans,

Moonrise Kingdom, New Wes Anderson Movie Trailer

By Alyson Camus | January 14, 2012

The movie is set in the 60s, on an island off the coast of New England, and tells the story of a young girl who falls in love and runs away with the young boy, forcing a crew of adults to hunt them down.

Metallica and The Bulging Screen

By Helen Bach | January 11, 2012

Disney Pixar? Hell yes, bring on the glasses, 3D is awesome. Sweaty Ulrich? No thank you. But now that Metallica is officially Lou Reeds bitch, it’s only fitting that they plaster their mugs on the big screen

Taylor Swift In Yet Another Les Mis Revival

By Alyson Camus | January 6, 2012

First of all, before getting to Swift, do we really need another version of Les Miserables?! How many times can you reinvent Victor Hugo’s classic, with music or no music? The famous novel has already been adapted, I kid you not, 52 times since 1907

Elton John Wants Justin Timberlake For His Biopic

By Alyson Camus | January 4, 2012

is a real endorsement from the man himself, how many times does this happen? How many times does the singer choose the person who is gonna play him or her? I know it was the case for Johnny Cash who had totally approved Joaquin Phoenix playing him, but it must be rare

"New Year's Eve" Reviewed (More or Less)

By admin | January 1, 2012

How bad can a movie with Bon Jovi getting slapped not once, but twice? Prett bad. Perhaps if Gerry Marshall had Katherine Hegl slap every member of the casr they might have been on to something.

"We Bought A Zoo" Reviewed (More Or Less)

By Iman Lababedi | December 31, 2011

The score by Jonsi of Sigur Ros fame is a beauty, especially the song “Boy Lillikoi” -just a haunting complement to the movies tamed glory

"Oliver": Comfort Movie Musical

By Iman Lababedi | December 29, 2011

there was every reason to expect the West End Musical of the novel to be a sugar coated morsel, But Lionel Bart wrote it, and it ended up a poisonous bon bon.

"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" Reviewed (More Or Less)

By Iman Lababedi | December 28, 2011

The entire Reznor/Ross score is electronic plus organic mayhem and is most effective at its most tense. Still there is nothing as brilliant as the walk across the Harvard campus in “The Social Network”.

'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' Reviewed

By Alyson Camus | December 27, 2011

There were so many people sniffing and weeping in the theater that the moviemaker should be a little ashamed to have exploited loss and grief so much. It’s way too easy to make people cry at watching other people crying, I don’t think there is a dry-eye scene and Sandra Bullock is crying every time she is on the screen.

Big Names Collaborating On "The Hunger Games" Soundtrack

By Alyson Camus | December 26, 2011

Taylor Swift worked with the Civil Wars and Burnett to write and perform the song ‘Safe and Sound’ the Decemberists wrote ‘One Engine’. Other sources are saying that Arcade Fire are even doing several songsfor the soundtrack, including the theme song