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![]() Ron Howard chronicles Jay Z’s musical melting pot. I can’t think of a better way to get a broad spectrum music that you probably are not listening to a lot of. Take a gander at Rita Ora, Kanye West, Pearl Jam, Janelle Monae, Skrillex, Santigold, the Hives, D’Angelo, and many more. My favorite… |
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![]() Less a concert film than a rockstar biography, Keith Richards: Under the Influence uses the structure of the old bluesman’s 2015 solo album as inspiration for a look back at his half-century career atop the pops. “I ain’t a popstar anymore”, he says ironically if accurately. But he’s hardly …
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Keith @ the Press Conference, 9:20 in
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![]() Fans of the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, the Mamas & the Papas, Sonny & Cher or Nancy Sinatra should seek out this documentary about the unsung musicians who made their music for them. The Wrecking Crew wasn’t an official name for the group. These independent studio players didn’t have an officia…
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Carol Kaye stars on Good Vibrations.
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![]() This documentary profiles the successes and setbacks of a group of guys starting a company in the heat of the mid nineties dot com gold rush. As an entreprenuer myself, it did a good job of capturing many of the milestones a typical startup goes through. The movie is entertaining in that the vi… |
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![]() A very thought-provoking documentary about Central American kids who utilize riding on top of the freight train to travel the thousands of miles to the U.S border. Of course, with the current debate over immigration rights, this topic is highly contested. So seeing the perspective of individual… |
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![]() An enjoyable documentary focusing on the lives of eccentric employees who work at a parking lot in Virgina. Insightful ponderings on values, lifestyles, and existence are intertwined with a strong sense of bondng among the men who collect parking fees, and monitor the lot. In reality, the film… |
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![]() Artistic pranksters engaged in good old-fashioned anarchism make the Oscar nominated Exit Through the Gift Shop big fun. Just don’t judge its subjects too closely. Banksy’s documentary chronicles street art’s commercial breakthrough, with the director himself its shining star. Anti-capital…
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Break on thru to commercial success
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![]() As usual, Michael Moore’s movies are able to pointedly make a mockery of whatever they aim at — in this case, the US healthcare system. There are multiple sides to every story, and this movie is biased to be sure, but it is entertaining and gives you an outlet to laugh at the silliness of what h… |
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![]() Directed by Ron Howard. Shadow highlights the fascinating stories of the Apollo missions from the space men themselves. An amazing journey and story. I loved the way that the whole space program was almost a hack: try something, then fix bugs. Ironically, the height was during the 60’s when …
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![]() 5 years in the lives of two inner-city Chicago Boys (William Gates and Arthur Agee), who live, breathe, and dream basketball. You could see it in their faces, for example when Arthur gets his ear-to-ear grin when he met Isaiah Thomas during his first practice at St. Joseph’s. Where Hoop Dreams … |