Posts Tagged ‘band’

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Aykroyd, Dan | Goodman, John | Morton, Joe | Peeples, Nia | Freeman, Kathleen | Bonifant, J. Evan | Oz, Frank | Lawrence, Steve | Hammond, Darrell | Erykah Badu | Levine, Walter | Davis, Tom | Johnson, Shann | King, B.B. | Slade, Gloria
Directors: Landis, John
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Primarily a two hour video, albeit a very good one, this sequel picks up 18 years later from the original and finds Elwood Blues being released from prison and trying to re-form his old band with new lead singer Mighty Mac replacing Jake. A road trip culminates with a battle of the bands against the Louisiana Gators led by B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, and others.

Blues Brothers, The (1980)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Belushi, John | Aykroyd, Dan | Brown, James | Calloway, Cab | Charles, Ray | Franklin, Aretha | Cropper, Steve | Dunn, Donald | Dunne, Murphy | Hall, Willie | Malone, Tom | Marini, Lou | Murphy, Matt | Rubin, Alan | Fisher, Carrie
Directors: Landis, John
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Beyond the Sea (2004)

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Musical
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Bosworth, Kate | Goodman, John | Hoskins, Bob | Blethyn, Brenda | Scacchi, Greta | Aaron, Caroline | Cincotti, Peter | Ullrich, William | Byrne, Michael | Rippy, Matt | Whelan, Gary | Broder, Jake | Bademsoy, Tayfun | Spencer, Tomas
Directors: Spacey, Kevin
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Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He’s volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he’s living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then “Splish Splash” puts him at the top of the charts and on “Bandstand.” He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it’s on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it’s balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn’t always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective.

Shine a Light (2008)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Documentary | Music
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jagger, Mick | Richards, Keith | Watts, Charlie | Wood, Ron | Aguilera, Christina | Guy, Buddy | White, Jack | Jones, Darryl | Fischer, Lisa | Fowler, Bernard | Chaplin, Blondie | Leavell, Chuck | Keys, Bobby | Ries, Tim
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in “Shine A Light,” a look at The Rolling Stones.” Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band.

Puffy Chair, The (2005)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Duplass, Mark | Aselton, Kathryn | Wilkins, Rhett | Fischer, Julie | Duplass, Larry | Hyman, Bari | Finnegan, Gerald | Barendse, Henry | Duplass, Cindy | Parsons, David | Alvarado, Jose Manuel | Gonzalez, Daniel | Aselton, Ora | Leighton, Bill | Whalen, Jim
Directors: Duplass, Jay
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Josh Sagers drives cross-country on a mission to deliver his father’s birthday gift - a giant purple LazyBoy.

Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: McClure, Marc | Flaherty, Joe | Di Cenzo, George | Fox, Michael J. | Lloyd, Christopher | Thompson, Lea | Wilson, Thomas F. | Shue, Elisabeth | Tolkan, James | Weissman, Jeffrey | Siemaszko, Casey | Zane, Billy | Cohen, J.J. | Fleischer, Charles | Evans, E. Casanova | Koch, Jay | Gherardi, Charles | Logan, Ricky Dean
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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This movie picks up where the last one left off; with Doc Brown and Marty going into the future to help Marty’s future offspring. After doing that they returned to their own time, only to discover that things have changed. They discovered that while in the future, Marty’s nemesis, Biff Tannen got the sports book that Marty bought so that he could know the results of sports events and make a killing, but Doc Brown nixed his plans, but Tannen who overheard their conversation, got the book and the time machine and went back into the past and gave the book to himself, who has not only amassed a fortune but also extremely powerful. So Doc and Marty have to go back to when Biff got the book and get it away from him. And it seems that it was in 1955 on the night of the dance that Biff got the book. So not only must they get the book but they must also avoid the other versions of themselves.

I’m Not There (2007)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Blanchett, Cate | Whishaw, Ben | Bale, Christian | Gere, Richard | Franklin, Marcus Carl | Ledger, Heath | Kristofferson, Kris | Francks, Don | LaFortune, Roc | Day, Larry | Cagelet, Paul | Fortin, Pierre-Alexandre | Havens, Richie | Benskin, Tyrone | Roberts, Kim
Directors: Haynes, Todd
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Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan’s music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won’t be classified.

Commitments, The (1991)

Monday, April 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music
Countries: Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Arkins, Robert | Aherne, Michael | Ball, Angeline | Kennedy, Maria Doyle | Finnegan, Dave | Gallagher, Bronagh | Gormley, Félim | Hansard, Glen | Massey, Dick | Murphy, Johnny | McCluskey, Ken | Strong, Andrew | Meaney, Colm | Kent, Anne | Corr, Andrea
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Jimmy Rabbitte, che vive di piccoli espedienti in un quartiere proletario di Dublino, si e’ messo in testa di organizzare una band musicale per rinverdire i fasti del rythm&blues e del soul. Grazie ad un annuncio sul giornale, Rabbitte comincia a selezionare giovani dal lavoro precario ma pieni di talento: Dean, Fay, Outspan, l’occhialuto Steven , Clifford, Deco, il ciccione senza buone maniere ma con una grande voce, Billy il batterista e Joey “The lips”, un bizzarro e maturo anziano suonatore di tromba che si vanta di aver suonato con famosi soul-singers. Aggrega anche Natalie, Imelda e Bernie, tre grintose ragazze, ottime coriste e molto sexy. Procuratisi a credito la strumentazione, cominciano le prove, massacranti, che impegnano tutti. Si inizia a suonare in pubblico, in capannoni e feste sociali: il gruppo sembra pervaso dal fuoco della musica e dell’ambizione. La band, pur se dilettantesca e provinciale, sembra lanciata verso il vertice e finisce invece nel fallimento: dissapori, piccole gelosie e contrasti umani ed artistici, sfaldano il gruppo. Il sogno di Jimmy evapora nel nulla e quel grande patrimonio di energia e bravura che poteva fruttare quattrini e successo siPL: disperde nel nulla.

Elizabethtown (2005)

Monday, April 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Bloom, Orlando | Dunst, Kirsten | Sarandon, Susan | Baldwin, Alec | McGill, Bruce | Greer, Judy | Biel, Jessica | Schneider, Paul | Wainwright III, Loudon | Sartain, Gailard | Rees, Jed | Deen, Paula | Biggers, Dan | Crowe, Alice Marie | Devitt, Tim
Directors: Crowe, Cameron
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After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should bring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), who changes his view and perspective of life.

Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Borgnine, Ernest | Red Buttons | Lynley, Carol | McDowall, Roddy | Stevens, Stella | Winters, Shelley | Albertson, Jack | Martin, Pamela Sue | O'Connell, Arthur | Shea, Eric | Sadoff, Fred | Allen, Sheila | Arvan, Jan | Webster, Byron
Directors: Neame, Ronald
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At midnight on New Years Eve the S.S. Poseidon is struck by a 90′ tidal wave and is capsized. The Reverend Frank Scott leads nine Survivors; an elderly couple, Manny and Belle Rosen headed to Israel to see their grandson; A New York detective and his ex-prostitute wife, Mike and Linda Rogo on their second honeymoon to Italy; A young brother and sister, Robin and Susan Shelby going to meet their parents in Greece; A haberdasher James Martin; a pop singer Nonnie Parry, and a waiter from the ship Acres. They travel from the grand ballroom struggling through, steam, fire and rising water in the up-side-down ship to reach the bottom (the propeller shaft), now the top.