Clockwise from top left: Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Emi); Stop Making Sense (Palm Pictures); Prince: Sign O The Times (Cineplex Odeon Films); Madonna: Truth Or Dare (DVD: Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment); Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce (Netflix); U2: Rattle And Hum (Paramount Pictures)Graphic: Libby...
- 10/12/2023
- by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- avclub.com
Plot: A group of summer camp counsellors are picked off one by one during an orientation weekend.
Review: Hell of a Summer marks the directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. You can tell both guys, who also wrote and co-star, have a genuine affection for horror staples like Sleepaway Camp (which we just featured on 80s Horror Memories) and Friday the 13th and summer camp comedies like Wet Hot American Summer. It’s a mostly painless 88-minute romp that doesn’t do anything to reinvent the genre or even function as a particularly good horror movie or comedy. Still, it goes down easily enough to play well to Wolfhard’s (many) fans.
It’s commendable that the two guys, Wolfhard and Bryk, don’t make themselves the movie’s focus, with them just two young ensemble members. Instead, the leads are Fred Hechinger and Knock at the Cabin’s Abby Quinn,...
Review: Hell of a Summer marks the directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. You can tell both guys, who also wrote and co-star, have a genuine affection for horror staples like Sleepaway Camp (which we just featured on 80s Horror Memories) and Friday the 13th and summer camp comedies like Wet Hot American Summer. It’s a mostly painless 88-minute romp that doesn’t do anything to reinvent the genre or even function as a particularly good horror movie or comedy. Still, it goes down easily enough to play well to Wolfhard’s (many) fans.
It’s commendable that the two guys, Wolfhard and Bryk, don’t make themselves the movie’s focus, with them just two young ensemble members. Instead, the leads are Fred Hechinger and Knock at the Cabin’s Abby Quinn,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Paul McCartney wrote classic rock songs for numerous artists besides The Beatles. For example, he penned Badfinger’s “Come and Get It.” Subsequently, Paul revealed what he thought of the song and the band.
Paul McCartney left Linda McCartney in bed to write Badfinger’s ‘Come and Get It’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed how “Come and Get It” came together. “I wrote this very late one-night at Cavendish Avenue, leaving Linda in bed and saying, I’ve got an idea for a song,” he recalled.
Paul had a positive reaction to the song immediately. “I went downstairs and just whispered it into my tape recorder,” he said. “I played it very quietly so as not to wake her.” Paul described the tune as “a very catchy song.” Notably, The Beatles recorded a demo of “Come and Get It” that appears on some copies of the album Abbey Road.
Paul McCartney left Linda McCartney in bed to write Badfinger’s ‘Come and Get It’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed how “Come and Get It” came together. “I wrote this very late one-night at Cavendish Avenue, leaving Linda in bed and saying, I’ve got an idea for a song,” he recalled.
Paul had a positive reaction to the song immediately. “I went downstairs and just whispered it into my tape recorder,” he said. “I played it very quietly so as not to wake her.” Paul described the tune as “a very catchy song.” Notably, The Beatles recorded a demo of “Come and Get It” that appears on some copies of the album Abbey Road.
- 6/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The quiet Beatle didn’t like performing much. After touring the world throughout Beatlemania, George had had enough. However, he loved it when he got to play with a band or with his friends. Here is a list of George Harrison‘s best on-stage collaborations.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr | Dave Hogan/Getty Images Delaney and Bonnie/Eric Clapton
In 1969, George watched Eric Clapton and husband and wife duo Delaney and Bonnie perform in Bristol. The act invited George to join the tour, and he agreed. He played the next night. It was his first stage performance since The Beatles’ final concert in 1966. According to Beatles Bible, George appeared for five of the tour’s six dates, playing two shows each night.
George told Timothy White at Musician Magazine that performing with the duo influenced his slide guitar work, which he’d just begun to play. Delaney gave George a...
George Harrison and Ringo Starr | Dave Hogan/Getty Images Delaney and Bonnie/Eric Clapton
In 1969, George watched Eric Clapton and husband and wife duo Delaney and Bonnie perform in Bristol. The act invited George to join the tour, and he agreed. He played the next night. It was his first stage performance since The Beatles’ final concert in 1966. According to Beatles Bible, George appeared for five of the tour’s six dates, playing two shows each night.
George told Timothy White at Musician Magazine that performing with the duo influenced his slide guitar work, which he’d just begun to play. Delaney gave George a...
- 4/10/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Breaking Bad" is a tragedy. The series often offsets the darkness with black comedy, but by the end, the tragedy outweighs the humor. The series' climatic, antepenultimate episode "Ozymandias" is named after the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem, the greatest written testament to man's hubris.
In the "Breaking Bad" pilot, after the not-so-humble chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) gets a cancer diagnosis, he decides to use his talents to cook meth. He says it's to leave money behind for his family, but it's just as much about getting ahead of a world he feels screwed him over. As we learn more about Walt, it becomes clear his bad decisions started long before the diagnosis and he squandered his potential, both in chemistry and to be a better man.
In the series finale "Felina," Walt manages to settle things as much as he can, but his story still ends the only...
In the "Breaking Bad" pilot, after the not-so-humble chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) gets a cancer diagnosis, he decides to use his talents to cook meth. He says it's to leave money behind for his family, but it's just as much about getting ahead of a world he feels screwed him over. As we learn more about Walt, it becomes clear his bad decisions started long before the diagnosis and he squandered his potential, both in chemistry and to be a better man.
In the series finale "Felina," Walt manages to settle things as much as he can, but his story still ends the only...
- 3/25/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
There are many things to watch if you love singer-songwriter and musician George Harrison. Here’s a list of things to put in your queue—everything from the former Beatle’s favorite films to documentaries about his life.
George Harrison | Gab Archive/ Getty Images
All of The Beatles’ movies
If you’re a George Harrison fan, bets are you’re also a Beatles fan. So, if you haven’t seen all of The Beatles’ films, put those at the top of your queue. There’s A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. In A Hard Day’s Night, George has his “grotty” scene, which he didn’t want to do. Later, in Let It Be, we see his very-real tense fights with Paul McCartney.
‘The Beatles Anthology’
The Beatles Anthology was a massive project the remaining Beatles undertook in the mid-1990s. It comprises an eight-part television documentary,...
George Harrison | Gab Archive/ Getty Images
All of The Beatles’ movies
If you’re a George Harrison fan, bets are you’re also a Beatles fan. So, if you haven’t seen all of The Beatles’ films, put those at the top of your queue. There’s A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. In A Hard Day’s Night, George has his “grotty” scene, which he didn’t want to do. Later, in Let It Be, we see his very-real tense fights with Paul McCartney.
‘The Beatles Anthology’
The Beatles Anthology was a massive project the remaining Beatles undertook in the mid-1990s. It comprises an eight-part television documentary,...
- 3/18/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Spoilers for "Better Call Saul" follow.
"I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell." "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has used this quote, cribbed from his partner Holly Rice, to explain his moral outlook. It may seem cynical on the surface, but buried within is a belief in justice. After all, the last moment of "Breaking Bad" is Walter White/Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston) falling dead as Badfinger sings, "Guess I got what I deserved."
Gilligan's philosophy of justice permeates "Saul Gone," the finale of prequel/sequel "Better Call Saul" about Heisenberg's lawyer, the once-and-future Saul Goodman — real name Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). During "Saul Gone," the captured Jimmy's goal changes from escaping justice to redeeming himself in the eyes of his ex-wife Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). So, he throws away the mother of all plea deals, lays his soul bare in court, and is sentenced to prison.
"I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell." "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has used this quote, cribbed from his partner Holly Rice, to explain his moral outlook. It may seem cynical on the surface, but buried within is a belief in justice. After all, the last moment of "Breaking Bad" is Walter White/Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston) falling dead as Badfinger sings, "Guess I got what I deserved."
Gilligan's philosophy of justice permeates "Saul Gone," the finale of prequel/sequel "Better Call Saul" about Heisenberg's lawyer, the once-and-future Saul Goodman — real name Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). During "Saul Gone," the captured Jimmy's goal changes from escaping justice to redeeming himself in the eyes of his ex-wife Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). So, he throws away the mother of all plea deals, lays his soul bare in court, and is sentenced to prison.
- 9/9/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
The third season of Netflix’s Elite, a Spanish-language drama centered around the secret machinations of teens at a private high school, kicks off with a scene overlaid by Chvrches’ synth-pop song “Forever.” As plot lines unfurl across eight episodes, the song rears its head again, and again — and again, marking a near-takeover of the TV series.
While neither the band nor the song are ever mentioned by the show’s characters, “Forever” serves as a sonic motif for the entire season, thanks to its repeated appearance in flashbacks and moments of suspense.
While neither the band nor the song are ever mentioned by the show’s characters, “Forever” serves as a sonic motif for the entire season, thanks to its repeated appearance in flashbacks and moments of suspense.
- 4/16/2020
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
[This story contains major spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.]
"Guess I got what I deserved…"
Badfinger's "Baby Blue" belts out over the final images of Breaking Bad as police swarm the crystal meth compound belonging to Uncle Jack (Michael Bowen) and his Nazi crew, at least up until their recent deaths by trunk-mounted machine gunfire. Sprawled out in the middle of the lab: Walter White (Bryan Cranston), finally deceased, not due to his resurgent cancer but his own explosive schemes. Far away from the action: Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), roaring off into the unknown ...
"Guess I got what I deserved…"
Badfinger's "Baby Blue" belts out over the final images of Breaking Bad as police swarm the crystal meth compound belonging to Uncle Jack (Michael Bowen) and his Nazi crew, at least up until their recent deaths by trunk-mounted machine gunfire. Sprawled out in the middle of the lab: Walter White (Bryan Cranston), finally deceased, not due to his resurgent cancer but his own explosive schemes. Far away from the action: Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), roaring off into the unknown ...
- 10/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Sep 23, 2019
Breaking Bad sequel TV movie El Camino released a new trailer containing potentially crucial information about Walter White.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is expected to answer the lingering questions of fans, picking up directly after the climactic events in that show’s swan song, “Felina,” which aired on AMC on September 29, 2013. However, it seems that the newest teaser trailer for the Netflix film just went and dropped the answer to what is, perhaps, the biggest of said lingering (we daresay tinfoil hat level) questions regarding the (some say ambiguous) series finale fate of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White – albeit in a subtle, Easter-egg-esque manner.
The Emmys night El Camino teaser trailer immediately assuages a major desire for Breaking Bad fans, since it provides the first post-Felina look at Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman, who’s still just as we last saw him, in the...
Breaking Bad sequel TV movie El Camino released a new trailer containing potentially crucial information about Walter White.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is expected to answer the lingering questions of fans, picking up directly after the climactic events in that show’s swan song, “Felina,” which aired on AMC on September 29, 2013. However, it seems that the newest teaser trailer for the Netflix film just went and dropped the answer to what is, perhaps, the biggest of said lingering (we daresay tinfoil hat level) questions regarding the (some say ambiguous) series finale fate of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White – albeit in a subtle, Easter-egg-esque manner.
The Emmys night El Camino teaser trailer immediately assuages a major desire for Breaking Bad fans, since it provides the first post-Felina look at Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman, who’s still just as we last saw him, in the...
- 9/23/2019
- Den of Geek
Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross and Todd Rundgren are teaming up with former Chicago singer Jason Scheff and Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland for the It Was 50 Years Ago Today tour celebrating the Beatles White Album. (Let’s just ignore the fact that the album came out 51 years ago.) The show will mix in their own hits along with songs from the White Album.
The fine print on the tour poster reads “not affiliated or endorsed by the Beatles individually or collectively,” but many of the artists on the bill do have Beatle connections.
The fine print on the tour poster reads “not affiliated or endorsed by the Beatles individually or collectively,” but many of the artists on the bill do have Beatle connections.
- 6/5/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set.
Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each housed in a jacket that represents one of the series’ five seasons.
The set also features “a lift off box set with Breaking Bad logo on front with special drip-off varnish,” an exclusive poster and “Los Pollos Hermanos” plastic ID...
Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each housed in a jacket that represents one of the series’ five seasons.
The set also features “a lift off box set with Breaking Bad logo on front with special drip-off varnish,” an exclusive poster and “Los Pollos Hermanos” plastic ID...
- 9/22/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Though they wrote immortal songs like "Without You" and "Come and Get It," Badfinger's strongest legacy may be as a cautionary tale. The band, who were feted by the Beatles early on, had a promising early career, but after several hits in the early '70s, their career was derailed in the middle of that decade by several business blunders by their manager, Stan Polley. In 1975, founding member Pete Ham, despondent over the state of their career, hanged himself. Guitarist and songwriter Tom Evans never got over his friend's death, and in 1983, also hanged himself. It's a glum legacy...
- 2/4/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Though they wrote immortal songs like "Without You" and "Come and Get It," Badfinger's strongest legacy may be as a cautionary tale. The band, who were feted by the Beatles early on, had a promising early career, but after several hits in the early '70s, their career was derailed in the middle of that decade by several business blunders by their manager, Stan Polley. In 1975, founding member Pete Ham, despondent over the state of their career, hanged himself. Guitarist and songwriter Tom Evans never got over his friend's death, and in 1983, also hanged himself. It's a glum legacy...
- 2/4/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
“Guess I got what I deserved.” Badfinger’s “Baby Blue” provided a fitting sendoff to arch criminal Walter White in the final scene of Vince Gilligan’s landmark television drama Breaking Bad. We guess that’s all the show had to say. All that remained was silence, and, honestly, a fairly formidable void. Where now would audiences go? What did we deserve? As far back as we can remember, crime films have been a staple of American cinema. From the roaring days of James Cagney and the Warner gangster movies to the golden age of Scorsese, it seemed evident that the one place crime almost always paid was at the theater. Still, when looking back over the year in film that was 2014, it can’t be denied that the genre took some rather interesting turns and indeed experienced an embarrassment of riches that would make Henry Hill’s Lufthansa heist seem like small potatoes. To...
- 12/19/2014
- by Brian Salisbury
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Ending a beloved show can be a tricky proposition. The ending to The Sopranos was befuddling, people are still upset over the aborted ending to Twin Peaks, and the finale to How I Met Your Mother was divisive, to say the least.
But the ending to Breaking Bad? Well, that might have been the closest the Western Hemisphere has come to television-watching unity since the M*A*S*H closer. The show's final episode had something for everyone: Fans of action, acting and underrated power-pop all walked away satisfied.
Walter White's affectionate tour 'round the ol' meth lab, soundtracked to Badfinger's "Baby Blue,...
But the ending to Breaking Bad? Well, that might have been the closest the Western Hemisphere has come to television-watching unity since the M*A*S*H closer. The show's final episode had something for everyone: Fans of action, acting and underrated power-pop all walked away satisfied.
Walter White's affectionate tour 'round the ol' meth lab, soundtracked to Badfinger's "Baby Blue,...
- 8/24/2014
- People.com - TV Watch
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