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Uncovering Curiosities: Bruce Robinson’s WITHNAIL AND I

Writer-director Bruce Robinson’s brilliant 1987 black comedy, Withnail And I has become a cult classic, the perennial piece that students can watch as they imbibe large quantities of alcohol during daylight hours. The great Richard [...]

December 21, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Richard Lester’s A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

It seems like only yesterday, but A Hard Day’s Night is now 57 years old. Richard Lester’s musical is getting better with age. The Beatles ditched Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, hitting the big screen for the prototype rock and roll movie. [...]

November 6, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Ron Howard’s THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS

You’d think that every story about The Beatles has been told, explored and extrapolated upon over the last half century. In truth, they probably have, but Ron Howard’s 2016 documentary, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years [...]

June 30, 2021

THE BEATLES: GET BACK – Peter Jackson’s Documentary On The Beatles Now A 3-Part Disney+ Event

Originally announced in 2019 and set for release last year, Peter Jackson‘s documentary on The Beatles was supposed to be a feature-length film set for a cinematic release. That is no longer the case – COVI19 and the launch of Disney+ [...]

June 20, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Alan G. Parker’s IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY! THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER & BEYOND

The Beatles are the most documented band in history, with hundreds of books and films covering the Fab Four’s career from the Cavern Club and beyond. Ron Howard’s documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years put the focus [...]

March 20, 2021

Controversial Music Producer Phil Spector Dies

Phil Spector, the music producer behind the iconic ‘Wall Of Sound’ has died at the age of 81. Spector was a complex figure – a genius and a madman who infamously brought guns into the recoding studio. The length and breadth of [...]

January 18, 2021

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

Get Back: Peter Jackson To Make Documentary About THE BEATLES Album Let It Be

Fifty years to the day that The Beatles played their legendary last live gig on the roof of the Apple Corps building in Saville Row comes news that Peter Jackson will make a film based around the shooting of the band’s Let It Be. The [...]

January 30, 2019

Review: IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY! THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER & BEYOND Is Fab

The Beatles are the most documented band in history, with hundreds of books and films covering the Fab Four’s career from the Cavern Club and beyond. Last year Ron Howard’s documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years put [...]

May 18, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Ron Howard’s THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS Is Fab

You’d think that every story about The Beatles has been told, explored and extrapolated upon over the last half century. In truth, they probably have, but Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years makes it all seem [...]

November 17, 2016

New Clip From Ron Howard’s THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS

Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years takes a look at the Fab Four before they retired from touring and retreated into the studio to record their progressive masterworks. The Beatles’ career has been well documented [...]

September 13, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Find Out Why WITHNAIL AND I Is A Cult Classic With This Wonderful Release

Bruce Robinson’s Withnail And I has become a cult classic, the perennial film that students can watch as they imbibe large quantities of alcohol during daylight hours. Richard E.Grant and Paul McGann play the titular characters Withnail And I, two [...]

November 9, 2014

Book Review: VERY NAUGHTY BOYS – THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF HANDMADE FILMS

The Beatles, Monty Python, Sean Madonna and Sean Penn – they’re just a few of the larger than life characters and they all help to make up Very Naughty Boys – The Amazing True Story Of Handmade Films . It’s a fast and furious read that chart [...]

September 21, 2013