bruce springsteen

Notebook Reviews: HIGH FIDELITY

Stephen Frears – 2000. Stephen Frears‘ adaptation of Nick Hornby‘s novel, High Fidelity hits all the right notes. The John Cusack starring rom-com features a killer soundtrack and the story works on just about every level (the [...]

September 25, 2021

Bruce Springsteen’s Cinema

The mighty Bruce Springsteen is an American legend. He’s sort of like the musical equivalent of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, a strong presence who delivers a quintessential view of the United States. Springsteen has always been a huge [...]

February 8, 2021

Bruce Springsteen’s THE MIDDLE

On a superficial level Bruce Springsteen‘s Jeep advert, The Middle might be intended to sell you an automobile – but it’s much more than that. It’s a piece intended to reunite a broken United States of America. The advert [...]

February 8, 2021

If Jesus Was A Sheriff And I Was The Priest…

If I Was the Priest was one of the songs that helped Bruce Springsteen score a record deal with CBS Records (now Columbia/Sony Records) back in 1972. It was in the set of the songs that Springsteen played for CBS record producer John Hammond during [...]

November 25, 2020

Official Trailer For Bruce Springsteen’s LETTER TO YOU

The mighty Bruce Springsteen has become a cross-generational icon. He’s now more than a musician, he’s one of the great artists of the last century. Over the last decade or so, Springsteen has started to document his life and career in [...]

October 15, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Morgan Neville’s 20 FEET FROM STARDOM

What is it like being a backing singer to a successful artist? That’s the core question in 2013’a 20 Feet From Stardom, the Oscar-winning documentary which examines the highs and lows of recording and singing vocals while someone else gets [...]

September 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Richard C. Sarafian’s VANISHING POINT

An energetic and thrilling piece of counter-culture cinema, Richard C. Sarafian’s Vanishing Point delivers in a way that most high octane car chase movies don’t. This 1971 film is pure cinema, the perfect combination of old-school [...]

September 18, 2020

Trailer For Music Documentary ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

One of the greatest groups of all-time, The Band delivered a scorching selection of music across their work and their music with Bob Dylan, right-up to their legendary swan song which was beautifully captured in Martin Scorsese’s The Last [...]

July 15, 2020

Blu-ray Review: The Bruce Springsteen Inspired BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Is A Feelgood Flick With A Cracking Collection Of Tunes

Bruce Springsteen’s music is steeped in Americana. It’s a blue collar look into the US, past and present, joining the dots from the country’s Old West to the post-Obama Trump administration. Therefore, it’s very interesting to discover that [...]

December 18, 2019

Blu-ray Review: VANISHING POINT Is A Fuel Injected ’70s Drama

June 18, 2019

Interview: Director Tom Jones On ASBURY PARK: RIOT, REDEMPTION, ROCK ‘N ROLL

Director Tom Jones’ documentary, Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n’ Roll is a fascinating tale of how the seaside town made famous by Bruce Springsteen‘s debut album was ripped apart by riots and rebuilt though the healing [...]

May 21, 2019

Review: ASBURY PARK: RIOT, REDEMPTION, ROCK ‘N ROLL

A postcard of a seaside town, the cover of Bruce Springsteen’s debut album Greetings From Asbury Park might look like a tacky memento of a long forgotten summer holiday, but it is reminder of how the New Jersey town impacted the singer-songwriter, [...]

May 4, 2019

Greetings! Trailer For ASBURY PARK: RIOT, REDEMPTION, ROCK N ROLL Featuring Bruce Springsteen

Serious music fans will not want to miss Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n Roll, the story of the New Jersey city Asbury Park told through the prism of race relations and music. The city was immortalised in Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 debut [...]

April 27, 2019

Born To Run: Trailer For Netflix’s SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY

It didn’t take a psychic to guess that Springsteen on Broadway would be a huge success. But Bruce Springsteen‘s one man show was even more successful than even the wildest predictions would have imagined. Tickets were scarce – [...]

November 27, 2018

DVD Review: Oscar Winner 20 FEET FROM STARDOM Hits All The Right Musical Notes

What is it like being a backing singer to a successful artist? That’s the core question in 20 Feet From Stardom, the Oscar-winning documentary which examines the highs and lows of recording and singing vocals while someone else gets all the [...]

July 20, 2014

Review: Burt Lancaster And Susan Sarandon In Louis Malle’s ATLANTIC CITY

Louis Malle’s Atlantic City is a lost classic starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon. Lancaster stars in this low key drama as an ageing gangster who gets one last shot at the big time when he befriends a trainee croupier and becomes involved [...]

April 22, 2012