Recommended Johann (Bobby Sommer) is a security guard in the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna. Once a rock-and-roll tour manager, Johann has started to look for peace and quiet in his old age, and the museum provides everything he could want: an opportunity for serenity, an opportunity to observe the artwork, and an opportunity to observe the people who come in to do the same thing
Highly Recommended Most people with any knowledge of rock music (or Martin Scorsese’s movies) can summon The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” to mind. Powerful riffs, Mick Jagger, and a woman, belting out the memorable lyric, “it’s just a shot away” at the top of her lungs. Merry Clayton generally got her work doing back-up vocals, and she’s not alone: 20 Feet From Stardom interviews a whole …
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Casey Affleck assumes the quiet, thoughtful demeanor of his cowardly killer in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford again in Director David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints . Less a coward than a lovesick ne’er-do-well, Affleck’s Bob Muldoon takes the blame for shooting a cop to save his …
DVD Talk Collector Series For once the tag lines were accurate: “Wild. Wonderful. Sinful.
Rent It Dateline! 1980. Rumors have started making the rounds about some sort of accident at the nuclear power plant down the way.
Recommended The Movie: Of all the filmed versions of Jack London’s novel The Call of the Wild , the rousing, slick 1935 version starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young may be considered the most memorable. That’s not due to anything that transpires in the film, however – nope, it’s because Clark and Loretta’s shacked up offscreen (resulting in a child whom Loretta claimed was adopted)
Recommended TheShow: In Japan, the government funded Young Animator Training Project grantsmoney to companies for the express purpose of passing on animationexpertise to the next generation through on-the-job training withnovice animators working with more experienced talent.
Recommended The Movie: As far as all-black musicals are concerned, 20th Century Fox’s 1954 production Carmen Jones is a towering achievement.
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