Relax. Valentine’s Day is not just another hackneyed rom-com. It’s, well, EVERY hackneyed rom-com. It’s 8,000 different stories, all centered around the Big Day and set in Los Angeles. It’s the Crash of romantic comedy. But, as I recall, Crash had some genuine funny moments. Valentine’s Day is full of, “OMG, I can’t believe…
DetailsThe Beatles’ second film, “HELP!” is more enjoyable than it probably should be. It was a commercial success, like everything they did around 1965, but the band wasn’t happy with how it turned out. It was the first indication that the incredible run The Beatles were on couldn’t last forever. John Lennon said that the…
DetailsOf all The Beatles’ films, “Let It Be” is the hardest to watch, but it’s still worth seeing. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the director, actually made two rock films that took their time growing to full potential: “The Rolling Stones’ Rock & Roll Circus,” which gathered dust for nearly thirty years, and “Let It Be,” which is…
DetailsIT MIGHT GET LOUD is a documentary in which Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, The White Stripes’ Jack White, and U2’s The Edge jam together, and discuss what they love about guitars. “It might get loud,” is something The Edge mutters as he plugs his guitar into the wall of wires and effects pedals that he’s…
DetailsNicolas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” is the kind of film you’d expect from a cinematographer-turned-director. Every shot could be slipped undetected into a Taschen photography book. Like a book of photographs, TMWFTE has vivid colors and good use of lens flare and shadow. It’s never boring, but randomly linear. It would be…
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