Reviews

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

By | January 2001

PART TWO OF FILM THREAT’S TRIBUTE TO THE MOVIES OF ROCK! My life changed one winter night in 1982. I had recently started to get into music and I desperately wanted to go see a midnight showing of “The Kids Are Alright,” a movie about the rock band The Who…

Read More

Reviews

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

My life changed one winter night in 1982. I had recently started to get into music and I desperately wanted to go see a midnight showing of "The Kids Are...

Reviews

THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT

The typical film about the early years of Rock and Roll was called something like "Rock Rock Rock" or "Don't Knock the Rock," was in black and white, had...

Reviews

THE IDOLMAKER

"The men don't know, but the little girls understand" Teen idols haven't always been a pure indication of little talent. There was Elvis, The Beatles,...

Reviews

GRAFFITI BRIDGE

I must say this movie has aged far better than it ever had any right to, but here I am again to argue for the brilliance of Prince's sort-of "Purple Rain"...

Reviews

DEAR JULIA

"Dear Julia" is an effective creepy and seriously funny short film about a man with an acute Daedalus complex and the oddball who helps him achieve his...

Reviews

AN EVERLASTING PIECE

If for nothing else, young actor Barry McEvoy certainly earns points for finding a new and unusual way of addressing the oft-explored issue of the Northern...

Reviews

VATEL

Sometimes films released just in the nick of time for awards consideration leave you wondering exactly what kind of honors the studio is trying to win (or,...

Reviews

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PHILIP K. DICK

If you think hardcore fans of science fiction tend to be an odd bunch, what does that say about the creators of the genre? In the case of cult favorite...

Reviews

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

Of all the disappointing holiday movie releases, and there are more than a few, "All the Pretty Horses" looks to be one of the most significant. The movie...

Reviews

ROAD TO MOROCCO

I have to admit that I pretty much have always felt that either Bing Crosby or Pat Boone was the whitest guy in the history of the world. To Bing's credit...

« Previous 1 … 2,214 2,215 2,216 2,217 2,218 … 2,359 Next »