Television & Film

The Film and TV Moments That Defined 2020

Christian Long January 1, 2021 No Comments

20 film and TV moments that helped define 2020, the year we rarely left our couches

Innovation, Clever Logistics & Flexible Musical Chops Allow Goose To Shine On ‘Bingo Tour’ Movie (FILM REVIEW)

Dave Goodwich November 25, 2020 No Comments

It can be argued that perhaps no other band has done a better job of making the best out of the COVID-based restrictions on live music that have seemingly become

‘Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band’ Proves Confessional & Endearing (FILM REVIEW)

Doug Collette February 21, 2020 No Comments

Watching Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a refresher course in perspective. The Ron Howard co-production is both entertaining and provocative for most of its duration, but,

‘Do U Want It?’ – Papa Grows Funk Documentary Serves As Crumpled-Up Love Letter to New Orleans Funk (FILM REVIEW)

Daniel Talamantes February 19, 2020 2 Comments

The opening sequence for Do U Want It? is a ready-made thesis: percussion and ambient swells set to a panoramic city skyline on the opposing shore of the Mississippi River.

‘Mob Town’ Is An Unconventional, Albeit Unpolished, Mafia Movie

Christian Long December 13, 2019 No Comments

[rating=6.00] As part of the pantheon of quintessential American cinema, the mob movie is not only constantly revisited, but reinvented. Such is the case with Mob Town, a reframing of

Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s ‘Mountaintop’ Provides Candid Insight Into Creative Process (FILM REVIEW)

Doug Collette October 30, 2019 No Comments

Neil Young has long been fascinated with the art of film-making, so it only stands to reason he would want to create a cinematic companion piece to an album he

‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Reveals Trailblazing Voice In Dignified Perspective (FILM REVIEW)

Doug Collette October 5, 2019 2 Comments

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice may be the most well-wrought bio-pic/documentary of a contemporary musical figure in recent memory. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s film moves at a

‘Haunt’ is a Perfect Dumb Halloween Slasher (FILM REVIEW)

James Roberts September 13, 2019 No Comments

Wheels don’t need to be reinvented to be appreciated. If nothing else, Haunt proves that.

Inter-Generational Discord is the Real Horror in ‘Tone-Deaf’

Christian Long August 23, 2019 No Comments

[rating=7.00] It’s a national conversation that has been repeated so often that it borders on parody. The self-aggrandizing Baby Boomers who scowl and rasp at the entitled and ungrateful Millennials,

‘Trespassers’ Is An Effective Use Of Slasher Tropes (FILM REVIEW)

Christian Long July 12, 2019 No Comments

[rating=7.00] Oftentimes, the term B-movie, or its counterpart term, grindhouse, can vary between overly wrought horror or aggressively retrofitted to harken back to the days of worn-out film stock and