Jimi Hendrix will be the subject of a documentary from the director of Be Water and The Greatest Night in Pop. If “We Are the World” marked The Greatest Night in Pop, then the Monterey International Pop Festival can easily be considered one of the most remarkable weekends in rock history. Yes, Otis Redding gave … Read more
Of course, morally gray areas are appropriate for the story of Lou Pearlman, a man who made pop stars in the ‘90s and ‘00s in a way that really changed music forever. The great revelation of “Dirty Pop” is that the whole thing was a scam as Pearlman was basically getting people to invest in … Read more
Writer/director Parker Finn’s Smile 2 is set to reach theatres in October, and the first trailer has arrived online today! Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review HERE, watch the movie HERE) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date – and with exactly four months to go before that date arrives, the first teaser trailer … Read more
Thirty years later, Michael Keaton is going back to his poltergeist roots in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. We should enter this sequel with high hopes as Keaton said he’s seen Tim Burton’s “great” upcoming movie himself. When looking back at his time doing the first Beetlejuice movie, Keaton recalls the pop culture impact of the film to … Read more
This version, which still plays at rep cinemas to this day, includes songs performed by Pat Benatar, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Cycle V, Loverboy, Billy Squier, Freddie Mercury, and Bonnie Tyler, the later of whom received a Grammy nomination for her rendition of “Here She Comes.” Mercury recorded “Love Kills,” his solo contribution to the … Read more
“Stop Making Sense” (1984) In the late 1970s, Talking Heads were a brainy New York postpunk group playing CBGB. By the time they released their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues,” they were practically pop stars, riding high on their hit single “Burning Down the House.” Directed by Jonathan Demme, who would go on to win … Read more
Nia Long is the latest star to join the cast of Michael, as the Friday star has signed on to play a major part in the Michael Jackson biopic. The film is set to release on for April 18, 2025. Long will play Katherine Jackson — the matriarch of the Jackson family and the wife … Read more
This Netflix doc examines the making of the charity single We Are the World, which united the biggest pop stars of the 80s. PLOT: In late 1984, inspired by the success of Band-Aid in the UK, legendary producer Quincy Jones decides to make a charity single including all of the biggest pop stars in the … Read more
The main appreciation that anyone watching “The Greatest Night in Pop” will have is that Quincy Jones is a master. Yes, Lionel Richie (who is the main interview subject here) and Michael Jackson had a lot to do with the success of “We Are the World,” but it’s Quincy who somehow wrangled all those talented … Read more
One-hit-wonders are an unusual thing. There are endless examples of artists that create something monumental that blasts its way into the pop culture zeitgeist and temporarily enchants and captures our attention. Then as quickly as they came, they seem to disappear. That is the idea behind 1996’s That Thing You Do! Written, directed by, and … Read more