john lennon Archives - Movies In Focus

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

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

Review: Jare Leto Is Mark David Chapman In John Lennon Drama CHAPTER 27

The title for the film Chapter 27 is a reference to the novel Catcher in the Ray, a book that has 26 Chapters. It is also a book that was integral in Mark David Chapman’s assassination of John Lennon. I’m a big fan of The Beatles (although I am [...]

June 29, 2012